August 2019, Week 1 Life in Southeast Alaska vs. life in occupied Palestine/Israel: Southeast: Weather sunny and beautiful. Tidal range this week is 23 feet between high and low. Sockeye salmon season is winding down. Boats occasionally, rarely, boarded by authorities to check that they’re following fishing regulations. No fishermen […]
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July 2019, Week 5 Monday 07.29.2019 Weather forecast: heat stress to increase WAFA. temperatures 3 degrees C above seasonal average. 07.29.2019 Israeli forces seal off Hebron-district road WAFA Jewish occupation troops bulldozed the road connecting villages of Shaab al-Butum, and Ma’in again. 07.29.2019 U.S. Senate allows arms sales to Saudi […]
July 2019, week 4 Life in Southeast Alaska vs. Life in occupied Palestine Southeast: State of Alaska and Juneau Tourism entities doing all they can to pack those tourists in and squeeze every nickel out of them. Occupied Palestine: At the world famous Sebastia antiquities site, where Palestinians are working […]
July 2019, Week 3 Life in Southeast Alaska vs. Life in occupied Palestine: Southeast: huge forest fires burning in Interior Alaska, and British Columbia causing haze over Southeast. The soot darkens the ice on glaciers like the Mendenhall in Juneau, causing them to absorb more heat and increase melting. Occupied […]
Life in Southeast Alaska vs. Life in Occupied Palestine/Israel: Southeast: Much loved dogs go hiking, camping, hunting, boating, march in the parades, and let you know when bears are around. Israel: Every Sephardic rabbi in Elad, Israel signed a proclamation that all dogs are bad and their owners accursed. My […]
July 2019, Week 1 Life in Southeast Alaska vs. Life in occupied Palestine Southeast: fireworks at midnight of July 3rd (show has to start late because it’s light all the time this close to summer solstice), 4th of July barbecues, town parade in Juneau, then everyone goes over to Douglas […]
June 2019, Week 5 Saturday 06.29.2019 Israel’s transportation minister works for God Mondoweiss by Jonathan Offer. Bezalel Smotrich back in the news. This shameless Arab-hating, proudly homophobic Zionist represents what Israel has become. He’s the new transportation minister because he’s co-leader of the Union of Right-Wing Parties, and therefore has […]
Life in Southeast Alaska vs. Life in Occupied Palestine: Southeast: This week I hopped on a small plane and flew up to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory to pick up a puppy. 55-minute flight each way. We were back at the house in 3 hours. The puppy is very sweet. On the […]
Saturday 06.15.2019 US medical team removes Israeli bullet from head of Palestinian infant Middle East Monitor. Article says occupation trooper shot the child three weeks ago as she sat in her mother’s lap. A team of American doctors that does difficult surgeries operated on the child to extract the bullet. […]
Life in Southeast Alaska vs Life in Occupied Palestine: Southeast: Fish are starting to run. Commercial boats are gearing up for the first sockeye opening in two weeks. There is plenty of ice for the cooler. Palestine: Israeli terrorists continue attacks on Palestinian fishermen. With Israeli power cuts, and dire […]
June 2019, Week 1 Saturday 06.01.2019 Seven Palestinians, including a child, shot in Gaza IMEMC From the safety of military emplacements on the Israeli side, Jewish snipers gassed civilian protesters on the Gaza side, and shot them with live ammunition and rubber coated steel bullets. Those hit with live ammunition […]
May 2019, Week 5 Wednesday 05.29.2019 Soldiers abduct woman and three children in Jerusalem IMEMC The woman, Raja Omar was black bagged at her home. The children seized at the courtyard of al Aqsa mosque by occupation troops who claim the kids didn’t have the proper permits required by Israel. […]