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What to Know About Israel's Peace Deal with the UAE
Incredible breaking news out of the Middle East. Israel and the United Arab Emirates appear on the way to a peace treaty signing on the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 13, 20207 min read


Talk with Israel's Former Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon
Israel's former Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, gave an online talk courtesy of Stand With Us. Danon served for the past 5 years in...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 11, 20201 min read


One State, Two State, Red State, Blue State
As a tour guide of Israel, one of the questions I have gotten without fail on every tour for the past 13 years is “what do Israelis...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 10, 20202 min read


11 Important Things You Missed This Week About Israel/Jews
Here are some articles, analyses and columns about important things happening in the Jewish world and in Israel which came up this week...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 7, 20202 min read


Lebanon is a Total Mess - and Hezbollah is to Blame
A grammatically-incorrect meme has been making its away around the Arab virtual world over the past day, placing blame for the killer...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 7, 20205 min read


Shockingly, Israel Could be Going to Elections... Again
What the last several months in Israel have confirmed for us is that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (of the Likud party) is a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 6, 20203 min read


Israelis and Palestinians Fight Over LGBTQ... and Tahini
In yet another episode of the theater of the absurd, the Palestinian LGBTQ group al-Qaws, which was founded in 2007 but recently banned...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 4, 20205 min read


Responses to Seth Rogen & Peter Beinart's Remarks on Israel
Comedian and actor Seth Rogen and [pseudo] intellectual Peter Beinart have each recently come out recently with beliefs that Israel as a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 2, 20203 min read


Most Jewish Sign Ever at a Protest Rally
The protests outside the residence of Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu's house have continued on, with people from all over the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Aug 2, 20203 min read


Protests in Israel are Growing as Netanyahu's Ratings Plummet
For the last weeks, nightly protests outside the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem have been growing. These are on top of the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 28, 20202 min read


Interview with an Israeli World Champion Judoka
Meet Sagi Muki. Muki is the 2019 World Champion in Judo in the under 81kg weight class and Israel's first male judo world champion. He...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 22, 20201 min read


Tour Guide on Tour to The Wild West... Bank
On Tuesday I set out for Samaria - of Judea and Samaria - also known in modern political terms as the West Bank. It's an area, as a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 16, 20206 min read


Mysterious Explosions in Iran - Just Who is to Blame?
There have been 3 mysterious explosions in the past week at Iran's nuclear facilities. So who done it? Is Israel involved somehow? Is...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 8, 20201 min read


"Annexation" Update: Much Ado About Nothing?
So for everyone wondering about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's great declaration that on July 1 Israel was going to "annex"...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jul 7, 20202 min read


Various Thoughts on Israel's Supposed Annexation/Extending of Sovereignty
I will admit it. I really have no idea what Benjamin Netanyahu is thinking of doing when it comes to either annexing or extending...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 28, 20203 min read


Online Conference on June 30: Covid-19 and the Jews: Challenges and Opportunities
The Jerusalem Post will be running a special studio broadcast on Tuesday June 30 at 7PM Israel time (12PM EDT) called "COVID-19 and the...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 27, 20201 min read


Hotel Corona: Where Israelis, Palestinians, Religious and Secular Live Together
In my last post I talked about the dangers of the anti-normalization trend among Palestinians and their supporters. ...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 24, 20201 min read


The Horrors of the Palestinian Education System
I firmly believe that peace is not made between governments. It is made between people. Today any fanatic can lead the land into a...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 24, 20202 min read


Where Does All the Aid Money to Palestinians End Up?
One of the most common questions I get as a tour guide of Israel is "why is there no peace between Israelis and Palestinians?" Well, one...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 22, 20203 min read


World Refugee Day: Comparing Palestinian & Jewish Refugees
As a tour guide of Israel, one question I often get is about the refugee issue. In the Israeli Arab conflict, the issue of Palestinian...

Kobi Tour Guide of Israel
Jun 21, 20204 min read
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