http://www.danikoesterich.com by a mildly humble Jew Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:04:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Over the last number of days, both Israel and Iran have announced significant items of news. In Iran, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced his country will begin enriching uranium in open defiance of a UN ban, up to a level of 20% enriched. He also signified the February 3rd inauguration of ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2010/02/09/israel-iran-new-news/ Over the last few days, a series of tragic events took place in Israel, with a net result of 4 unnecessary deaths, widows, orphans, vowed revenge, and heightened intensity of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I think the series of the events is a clear-as-day representation of the conflict on a grand ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/12/27/a-perfect-example/ In 1947, the United Nations voted in favor to partition Palestine into a homeland for the Jewish people, as well as a homeland for the Arab population that was living in the area at the time. It was passed at 33 against 13, with 10 abstentions. Not surprisingly, the 13 ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/12/23/fair-is-fair/ On September 11, 2001, approximately 3,000 American citizens were murdered in an act of terror against the United States. This occurrence literally paralyzed the country in many respects, and as was repeatedly reported, "changed the world forever." -- or so we were told. First of all, let me just say that ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/12/08/the-daily-911/ I was once told that computer programming is considered one of the ten most emotionally rewarding jobs. As an exceptional computer programmer myself, this made perfect sense. It's a pretty amazing feeling to spend hours, days, weeks, or even months developing software, and then actually use it - or even ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/11/12/life-equals-programming/ Today, Israel and Jordan celebrate 15 years of official peace between them. I think analyzing the history, and circumstances of this peace reveals a lot of insight into the general situation in the Middle East, and also shows how overall peace in the region could be obtained. Also, this morning, ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/10/26/israel-jordan-turn-15/ So this morning, I stumbled upon this article on Al Jazeera's website: Iraq hit by triple car bombing The article can be summarized in these sentences: "The first bomb appeared to target people queuing outside a municipal office to claim various allowances, he said. The second detonated when police and firemen ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/10/11/the-sitch-with-suicide-bombings/ Shalom. Let's just right into the meat and potatoes: Netanyahu is the man!! On September 24th, 2009, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered (what I found to be) an earth shaking speech at the United Nations, in front of the leaders of all the nations of the world. For those who ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/09/29/netanyahu-is-the-man/ In Israel's 60+ year history as a modern-day country, it has continuously bent over backwards regarding its relationship with its neighboring countries, and in how it treats its citizens (Jewish and especially non-Jewish). There are those in the world that believe Israel is an evil, racist, inhumane country, for reasons ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/05/22/israel-bends-over-backward-as-usual/ This will be my 2nd snapshot of history, in an attempt to compile the only reliable source of historical accounting of this period in time, replete with accurate, verifiable predictions of the future. To see how far the world has progressed since my last snapshot, please see Snapshot: 1st of ... http://www.danikoesterich.com/2009/04/28/snapshot-28th-of-april-2009/