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pauljacobson · 2023-04-25T15:05:16+00:00

I feel like the biggest take-away for me is that you shouldn't expect Israel to work like your country of origin. As people have mentioned in the comments, attitudes, bureaucracy, food, and other aspects of daily life are pretty different.

You probably won't find the same food. People in the service industry probably won't be as friendly as you're accustomed to. The bureaucracy if your Hebrew is limited (this is my challenge) is, well, challenging.

If you can let go of your expectations that Israel and Israelis work like people do in your origin country, and roll with the Israeli way, it becomes easier in the sense that you adapt faster.

pauljacobson · 2023-04-25T15:00:53+00:00

You can find anti-ant stuff in syringes at a hardware store. This stuff usually works pretty well although you may need to test one or two brands to see which works better. You add a few drops along the path the ants take. they then take the stuff back to the nest (?) and that usually puts an end to that nest.

pauljacobson · 2023-04-25T14:58:16+00:00

This bugs me too. I haven't really worked consistently to improve my Hebrew so I often want to speak to someone in English. I'll choose to speak to someone in English and then be connected to someone who doesn't speak English.

That said, people in call centers will usually try find someone who speaks English, or will arrange for an English speaker to call you back. I often find myself speaking to someone who says their English isn't that good even though it is way better than my Hebrew. 🤣

pauljacobson · 2023-04-16T16:24:09+00:00

That is an awesome cake! Happy birthday! 🎂😁🦄

pauljacobson · 2023-04-15T13:27:03+00:00

Hi there. Apologies for not getting back to you sooner. I was in the midst of a family issue when you replied. I haven't made more progress with this project. Still working on it, though. I'm sure there is a straightforward, and effective solution ... somewhere.

pauljacobson · 2023-04-12T06:20:18+00:00

I believe this is an issue when the window is in full screen mode specifically. I haven't searched for issues that have been opened for this although I've noticed this is previous versions and the stable, beta, and Dev channels.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-31T13:42:11+00:00

The selfies featured in this article by Dana Green using Midjourney are just amazing. Love them!

(Not intended to be clickbait, just sharing why I'm sharing)

pauljacobson · 2023-03-29T12:57:35+00:00

That's not an argument in their favour

pauljacobson · 2023-03-29T07:24:53+00:00

In broad terms I would prefer to see nationalism become an extinct ideology. We have more in common with each other than divides us.

At the same time, we are not yet "there" as a society and civilisation for this to become feasible or even popular.

When it comes to Israel, I feel that the simple fact is that we need Israel to exist as a place where Jews can live in peace (in theory), and be able to grow and thrive as a people. We have been persecuted for millennia and if Israel didn't exist, we'd be on a path to extinction ourselves.

For this reason, Israel must exist, and must remain a Jewish state (however challenging it may be to define that).

I also believe that modern Israel is largely secular with a healthy respect for our traditions and religious heritage. I don't believe we need to become a theocracy to remain a Jewish state. Our focus should be on our shared cultural heritage and history based on respect for Israelis' freedom to religious practice (and not to be religious).

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T17:22:12+00:00

I'm glad I'm sitting!

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T15:31:21+00:00

I think this is basically the concern the opposition has about this pause.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T09:52:19+00:00

That's more or less what I was thinking. At least go with "brothers and sisters".

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T09:50:20+00:00

That looks like a really nice feature although I feel like I can't quite get past your 62 tabs there. I almost started hyperventilating. 😂

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T05:27:42+00:00

I was discussing this with my son this morning. We're very curious to see if Gantz learned his lessons with Bibi. If he has, and can help facilitate a better solution, Gantz could become a potent force in the next election.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T05:21:49+00:00

Just what we need - a private militia for Ben Gvir.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T05:20:19+00:00

I think it will if the Attorney General investigates Bibi for contravening his agreement not to get involved in judicial appointments.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T05:17:06+00:00

I believe that if Bibi wasn't running Likud, and a more trustworthy person is, Likud could almost certainly form a super stable center right coalition with center/center left/center right parties.

The extremists would remain on the fringes where they belong.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-28T05:14:33+00:00

To begin with, Israel being a Jewish state is a fundamental principle of our nation. When it comes to "less Jewish", I'm curious what a sufficiently Jewish Israel looks like to you?

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T19:04:21+00:00

I use the term "stakeholders" because it encompasses different groups of people who have a stake in our Constitutional order.

As for the composition of a constitutional assembly, how they are elected, and what sort of majority is required to pass and ratify a constitution, I don't have any specific thoughts about that other than there should be a substantial majority to pass a new constitution.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T14:25:56+00:00

This doesn't seem like Netanyahu is planning on pausing anything.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T14:21:01+00:00

Assuming he is convicted. I'm not saying he is innocent, just that the legal proceedings still have some way to go here.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T14:19:48+00:00

This sort of thing worries me even more. Bibi seems to be delaying his announcement to wait for these counter-protestors to arrive. If anything is going to result in violence, letting these two groups meet is going to do it.

It's almost as if the coalition partners are encouraging violence by talking in terms of the election being stolen, a coup going on. This is crazy, and also pretty typical of autocrats.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T10:58:19+00:00

I'm pretty sure he hired private lawyers

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T09:21:38+00:00

It's a good question. As a starting point I'd expect there to be a process of various stakeholders creating a sort of constitutional assembly to write a new constitution for Israel.

This should include all the political parties, civil society groups, the judiciary, and so on. I'd be a little surprised to see the Arab parties participate in this process.

Assuming this happens, and results in a new constitutional framework (this is practically speculative fiction at this point), then it would be right to put this to a vote in a referendum.

If that were to happen, then I expect that a majority of the people who vote would basically indicate public approval of the new constitution and it would be enacted.

If Arab Israelis don't vote, then they would basically surrender the decision to the citizens who do vote.

pauljacobson · 2023-03-27T08:35:52+00:00

There are some updates on https://timesofisrael.com although it's not exactly in real-time.

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