Friday Afternoon 12th of May 2023, An Hour Before the Sabbath Begins<\\/h2>\\n After a gloriously sunny day in Jerusalem with blue Mediterranean skies and soft breeze. After shopping before the Sabbath sets in and after kids on their bikes and roller skates finish playing in parks and along sidewalks, we\\u2019re still in a world of conflict between Gaza based Muslim terrorists and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).<\\/p>\\n News outlets around the world cash in on the latest round of violence, death and destruction.<\\/p>\\n News and social media are busy pointing fingers at who started it.<\\/p>\\n New York Times<\\/em> did its best today to unravel the names and places, the where and why, the who and what.<\\/p>\\n But let\\u2019s be honest. Most of the world is simply bored by it. Most of the world doesn\\u2019t really care. Why should they? Every country is facing some sort of bizarre violence.<\\/p>\\n Posted online at abcNEWS, \\u201cAs of May 1, at least 13,959 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year,<\\/strong> according to the Gun Violence Archive \\u2013 which is an average of roughly 115 deaths per day<\\/em>.\\u201d\\u00a0ABCNEWS ONLINE<\\/a><\\/p>\\n In the Ukraine, between May 1st and May 7th there have been 221 civilian casualties<\\/strong>.<\\/p>\\n \\n58 killed (33 men, 16 women, 1 boy plus 8 adults whose sex has not been identified)<\\/li>\\n163 injured (62 men, 33 women, 3 boys, 3 girls as well as 63 adults whose sex is not yet known)<\\/li>\\n<\\/ul>\\n For further information on Ukrainian casualties use this link\\u00a0UN STATISTICS UKRAINIAN CASUALTIES<\\/a><\\/p>\\n \"\" Early Spring 2021, it\\u2019s over 15 months of non-stop Anti-Bibi \\u2018Crime Minister of Israel\\u2019 demonstrations near the Prime Minister\\u2019s Residence in the heart of Jerusalem. Israelis demand Bibi\\u2019s resignation. Under directions of openly gay, Bibi loyalist Amir Ohana (the Roy Cohn of Israel) demonstrators often faced water cannons and police brutality. (Photo Credit B. Cohen)<\\/figcaption><\\/figure>\\nFlashback May 2021, Bibi\\u2019s First War of Diversion<\\/h2>\\n***** *\* April 2021, indicted Prime Minister Benjamin \\u201cBibi\\u201d Netanyahu faces ever growing weekly anti-Bibi \\u2018Crime Minister of Israel\\u2019 demonstrations. Israelis demanding his resignation.<\\/p>\\n *\* At the same time Bibi enables his far right political allies to enflame tensions between right wing Israeli Jews and Israeli & Palestinian Muslims in East Jerusalem and the Old City.<\\/p>\\n *\* On top of the rumbling chaos was Bibi\\u2019s inability (or unwillingness) to pass a budget for the State of Israel.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi sat and thought \\u2013 how to calm down the demonstrations. How to sidestep the budget crisis. How to dampen the coalition problems.<\\/p>\\n *\* How about a little war.<\\/p>\\n *\* And as if on cue on May 10th, 2021 Hamas with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organizations both based in the Gaza Strip warned Bibi to stop harassing Muslims on Jerusalem\\u2019s Temple Mount.<\\/p>\\n *\* Hamas and PIJ announced a 6pm deadline.<\\/p>\\n *\* And so 6pm came and went and minutes later so did the missiles.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi had his war!!!<\\/strong><\\/p>\\n *\* *****Yes the First Bibi War of Diversion<\\/strong> lasted between May 10 through May 21, 2021.<\\/p>\\n**** \\n4,400 missiles and rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel<\\/li>\\n680 Palestinian rockets launched towards Israel fell inside Gaza Strip killing at least 20 Palestinians, mostly children<\\/li>\\n256 Palestinians killed including 129 civilians and 127 Hamas\\/PIJ combatants<\\/li>\\n13 Israelis killed including 12 civilians<\\/li>\\n312 Israeli civilians and 3 soldiers wounded<\\/li>\\n1900 Gazans wounded<\\/li>\\nMajor structural damages on both sides<\\/li>\\n<\\/ul>\\n***** *\* *****Bibi\\u2019s First War of Diversion<\\/strong> \\u2013 all of this violence, death and destruction just to keep him in power.<\\/p>\\n Bibi\\u2019s Come Back, November 2022<\\/h2>\\n******* *\* After a short stint of sitting as head of the opposition, Bibi was delighted when new elections were declared.<\\/p>\\n *\* By the end of the ballot count on November 2, 2022, Bibi was back in power.<\\/p>\\n *\* He would put together the most far-right, outrageously ultra-orthodox, intolerant, sexist, racist, homophobic coalition in the history of modern Israel.<\\/p>\\n *\* Still indicted, still involved with court cases, Bibi set out to manipulate the \\u2018Law of the Land\\u2019 to protect himself from any jail sentence.<\\/p>\\n *\* That is the reason behind his \\u201cJudiciary Overhaul,\\u201d his private \\u2018stay out of jail card<\\/em>.\\u2019<\\/p>\\n *\* Some of his fiercest allies, including right wing Republican billionaire Dr. Miriam Adelson, widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, were aghast at how far Bibi would go to rip apart Israel\\u2019s delicate democracy and balance of powers for his own selfish motives.<\\/p>\\n *\* Since the formation of the latest coalition, he has faced massive weekly nationwide anti-Bibi, Pro-Democracy Demonstrations.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi and his partners had to start taking the situation seriously when pilots, army reservists, doctors and nurses joined the anti-Bibi demonstrations.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi had to reckon with deep seeded union leaders threatening to bring Israel to a complete standstill. They even closed up Ben Gurion International Airport.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi took note as the high-tech tax based companies started to flee Israel. Where would he find the funds to honor his inflated budgetary promises?<\\/p>\\n *\* *******\\u00a0<\\/p>\\n \"\" Contrary to popular belief, these are not actors from \\u201cFiddler On The Roof<\\/em>.\\u201d They are however, \\u00a0Bibi\\u2019s Coalition partners from the United Torah Judaism Political Party. From Left to Right we have: Ya\\u2019akov Tessler, Meir Porush and Chairman of the Party, Yitzchak Goldknopf. Angry with Bibi for not keeping his promises of government funds for their orthodox schools that do not teach core basic curriculum (they do not teach modern math, science or English) plus other negotiated promises, these three men are threatening to bring down the coalition. (Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel\\/Flash90)<\\/figcaption><\\/figure>\\n******* *\* *******Concerning the State Budget, Bibi made outrageous financial promises to his lopsided coalition. 100s of millions of $$$ have been allotted to benefit orthodox men who study in Yeshivas; doubling and tripling benefits for ultra-orthodox men who refuse to serve either in the Israeli Army (IDF) or National Services; doubling and tripling government financial aid to large orthodox families and $250,000,000 to set up a private militia controlled by far right convict, Itamar Ben Gvir.<\\/p>\\n May 2023, Bibi\\u2019s Second War of Diversion<\\/h2>\\n********* *\* And so Bibi once again sat and thought. How to calm down his far right anti Arab racist coalition partners who are boycotting important cabinet meetings.<\\/p>\\n *\* How to calm down the anti-Bibi, pro-democracy demonstrations.<\\/p>\\n *\* How to sidestep the budget crisis and all of his fiscal promises.<\\/p>\\n *\* How to dampen the coalition problems.<\\/p>\\n *\* How about a little war.<\\/strong><\\/p>\\n *\* And once again, as if on cue, on May 2nd, 2023 Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists (with the moral backing from Hamas) launched over 100 rockets and missiles into Israel.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi called up his military advisors, informed opposition leaders and on May 9th started the Second War of Diversion \\u2013 <\\/strong>brought to you in living color by the Crime Minister himself, Benjamin \\u2018Bibi\\u2019 Netanyahu.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi is not interested in a quick cease-fire. The longer the conflict, the better for Bibi and his ailing coalition. And the longer he can renege on coalition promises.<\\/p>\\n *\* Hopefully missiles pointing at Tel Aviv will stop those damn Saturday evening Pro-Democracy Demonstrators.<\\/p>\\n *\* War strengthens Bibi, the self-proclaimed King of Israel.<\\/p>\\n *\* National pride boils over as Bibi uses everyone including our young soldiers, our reservists, our pilots.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi uses Israeli civilians who live along the border with Gaza.<\\/p>\\n *\* *********He uses the mothers and children, fathers and brothers, aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers who live in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ramat Gan, Holon and Beer Sheva.<\\/p>\\n \"\" May 11th, 2023. An apartment building in the Israeli central city of Rehovot damaged by a missile. The missile was launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. One dead, several wounded, all are Israeli Jewish victims of Bibi\\u2019s Second War of Diversion. (Photo Credit: Flash90)<\\/figcaption><\\/figure>\\n********* *\* Bibi uses the lovely city of Rehovot where on Thursday afternoon an apartment building received a direct hit.<\\/p>\\n *\* Rehovot, a shining star of international proportion. It is the home of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture and the Peres Academic Center.<\\/p>\\n *\* Bibi uses every Israeli as his personal human shield just to keep himself in power.<\\/p>\\n *\* When will Yair Lapid and Benny \\u2018The Liar\\u2019 Gantz stop enabling Bibi and stop participating in Bibi\\u2019s Wars of Diversion<\\/strong>?<\\/p>\\n *\* *********\\u00a0<\\/p>\\n Epilogue \\u201cFrom the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free<\\/strong>\\u201c<\\/h2>\\n*********** *\* This chant is the the common call-to-arms sung and adored by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists.<\\/p>\\n *\* It is a call to establish a State of Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, erasing the State of Israel and all Jews who live there.<\\/strong><\\/p>\\n *\* ***********It is the rallying cry sung by Congressional Jihadists: Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Betty McCollum and Jamaal Bowman.<\\/p>\\n Many of these politicians have been photographed and filmed on stage with Louis Farrakhan and the infamous Linda Sarsour (whose biography is still on Barack Obama\\u2019s Presidential Archival Online Pages) Linda Sarsour, Obama\\u2019s White House Archives<\\/a><\\/p>\\n \\u201cFrom The River To The Sea<\\/strong>\\u201d is the rallying cry sung by members of the BDS<\\/strong> (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions)<\\/strong> Movement that works to prevent any international support for Israel.<\\/p>\\n BDS, contrary to popular opinion DOES NOT BELIEVE IN A TWO STATE SOLUTION.<\\/p>\\n Congressional Jihadists and Linda Sarsour are enabled by Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other congressional leaders who are considered U.S. Progressives (although all of them except Bernie are in fact members of the DNC).<\\/p>\\n \\u00a0<\\/p>\\n \"\"*********** *\* Posted on Instagram, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is funded by Iran. 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SUNRISE OVER JERUSALEM, Multi-Award Winning Digital Painting featured in \u201cModern Renaissance Magazine\u201d and \u201cArtmagazineium Art & Culture.\u201d The rolling mountains of Jerusalem looking east towards Jordan on an early summer\u2019s day. (c) Judith Lungen, All Rights Reserved<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Friday Afternoon 12th of May 2023, An Hour Before the Sabbath Begins<\/h2>\n After a gloriously sunny day in Jerusalem with blue Mediterranean skies and soft breeze. After shopping before the Sabbath sets in and after kids on their bikes and roller skates finish playing in parks and along sidewalks, we\u2019re still in a world of conflict between Gaza based Muslim terrorists and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).<\/p>\n News outlets around the world cash in on the latest round of violence, death and destruction.<\/p>\n News and social media are busy pointing fingers at who started it.<\/p>\n New York Times<\/em> did its best today to unravel the names and places, the where and why, the who and what.<\/p>\n But let\u2019s be honest. Most of the world is simply bored by it. Most of the world doesn\u2019t really care. Why should they? Every country is facing some sort of bizarre violence.<\/p>\n Posted online at abcNEWS, \u201cAs of May 1, at least 13,959 people have died from gun violence in the U.S. this year,<\/strong> according to the Gun Violence Archive \u2013 which is an average of roughly 115 deaths per day<\/em>.\u201d\u00a0ABCNEWS ONLINE<\/a><\/p>\n In the Ukraine, between May 1st and May 7th there have been 221 civilian casualties<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \n58 killed (33 men, 16 women, 1 boy plus 8 adults whose sex has not been identified)<\/li>\n163 injured (62 men, 33 women, 3 boys, 3 girls as well as 63 adults whose sex is not yet known)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n For further information on Ukrainian casualties use this link\u00a0UN STATISTICS UKRAINIAN CASUALTIES<\/a><\/p>\n Early Spring 2021, it\u2019s over 15 months of non-stop Anti-Bibi \u2018Crime Minister of Israel\u2019 demonstrations near the Prime Minister\u2019s Residence in the heart of Jerusalem. Israelis demand Bibi\u2019s resignation. Under directions of openly gay, Bibi loyalist Amir Ohana (the Roy Cohn of Israel) demonstrators often faced water cannons and police brutality. (Photo Credit B. Cohen)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nFlashback May 2021, Bibi\u2019s First War of Diversion<\/h2>\n*** April 2021, indicted Prime Minister Benjamin \u201cBibi\u201d Netanyahu faces ever growing weekly anti-Bibi \u2018Crime Minister of Israel\u2019 demonstrations. Israelis demanding his resignation.<\/p>\n At the same time Bibi enables his far right political allies to enflame tensions between right wing Israeli Jews and Israeli & Palestinian Muslims in East Jerusalem and the Old City.<\/p>\n On top of the rumbling chaos was Bibi\u2019s inability (or unwillingness) to pass a budget for the State of Israel.<\/p>\n Bibi sat and thought \u2013 how to calm down the demonstrations. How to sidestep the budget crisis. How to dampen the coalition problems.<\/p>\n How about a little war.<\/p>\n And as if on cue on May 10th, 2021 Hamas with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror organizations both based in the Gaza Strip warned Bibi to stop harassing Muslims on Jerusalem\u2019s Temple Mount.<\/p>\n Hamas and PIJ announced a 6pm deadline.<\/p>\n And so 6pm came and went and minutes later so did the missiles.<\/p>\n Bibi had his war!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n Yes the First Bibi War of Diversion<\/strong> lasted between May 10 through May 21, 2021.<\/p>\n \n4,400 missiles and rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel<\/li>\n680 Palestinian rockets launched towards Israel fell inside Gaza Strip killing at least 20 Palestinians, mostly children<\/li>\n256 Palestinians killed including 129 civilians and 127 Hamas\/PIJ combatants<\/li>\n13 Israelis killed including 12 civilians<\/li>\n312 Israeli civilians and 3 soldiers wounded<\/li>\n1900 Gazans wounded<\/li>\nMajor structural damages on both sides<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Bibi\u2019s First War of Diversion<\/strong> \u2013 all of this violence, death and destruction just to keep him in power.<\/p>\n Bibi\u2019s Come Back, November 2022<\/h2>\n After a short stint of sitting as head of the opposition, Bibi was delighted when new elections were declared.<\/p>\n By the end of the ballot count on November 2, 2022, Bibi was back in power.<\/p>\n He would put together the most far-right, outrageously ultra-orthodox, intolerant, sexist, racist, homophobic coalition in the history of modern Israel.<\/p>\n Still indicted, still involved with court cases, Bibi set out to manipulate the \u2018Law of the Land\u2019 to protect himself from any jail sentence.<\/p>\n That is the reason behind his \u201cJudiciary Overhaul,\u201d his private \u2018stay out of jail card<\/em>.\u2019<\/p>\n Some of his fiercest allies, including right wing Republican billionaire Dr. Miriam Adelson, widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, were aghast at how far Bibi would go to rip apart Israel\u2019s delicate democracy and balance of powers for his own selfish motives.<\/p>\n Since the formation of the latest coalition, he has faced massive weekly nationwide anti-Bibi, Pro-Democracy Demonstrations.<\/p>\n Bibi and his partners had to start taking the situation seriously when pilots, army reservists, doctors and nurses joined the anti-Bibi demonstrations.<\/p>\n Bibi had to reckon with deep seeded union leaders threatening to bring Israel to a complete standstill. They even closed up Ben Gurion International Airport.<\/p>\n Bibi took note as the high-tech tax based companies started to flee Israel. Where would he find the funds to honor his inflated budgetary promises?<\/p>\n ***\u00a0<\/p>\n Contrary to popular belief, these are not actors from \u201cFiddler On The Roof<\/em>.\u201d They are however, \u00a0Bibi\u2019s Coalition partners from the United Torah Judaism Political Party. From Left to Right we have: Ya\u2019akov Tessler, Meir Porush and Chairman of the Party, Yitzchak Goldknopf. Angry with Bibi for not keeping his promises of government funds for their orthodox schools that do not teach core basic curriculum (they do not teach modern math, science or English) plus other negotiated promises, these three men are threatening to bring down the coalition. (Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel\/Flash90)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n* ***Concerning the State Budget, Bibi made outrageous financial promises to his lopsided coalition. 100s of millions of $$$ have been allotted to benefit orthodox men who study in Yeshivas; doubling and tripling benefits for ultra-orthodox men who refuse to serve either in the Israeli Army (IDF) or National Services; doubling and tripling government financial aid to large orthodox families and $250,000,000 to set up a private militia controlled by far right convict, Itamar Ben Gvir.<\/p>\n May 2023, Bibi\u2019s Second War of Diversion<\/h2>\n* And so Bibi once again sat and thought. How to calm down his far right anti Arab racist coalition partners who are boycotting important cabinet meetings.<\/p>\n How to calm down the anti-Bibi, pro-democracy demonstrations.<\/p>\n How to sidestep the budget crisis and all of his fiscal promises.<\/p>\n How to dampen the coalition problems.<\/p>\n How about a little war.<\/strong><\/p>\n And once again, as if on cue, on May 2nd, 2023 Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists (with the moral backing from Hamas) launched over 100 rockets and missiles into Israel.<\/p>\n Bibi called up his military advisors, informed opposition leaders and on May 9th started the Second War of Diversion \u2013 <\/strong>brought to you in living color by the Crime Minister himself, Benjamin \u2018Bibi\u2019 Netanyahu.<\/p>\n Bibi is not interested in a quick cease-fire. The longer the conflict, the better for Bibi and his ailing coalition. And the longer he can renege on coalition promises.<\/p>\n Hopefully missiles pointing at Tel Aviv will stop those damn Saturday evening Pro-Democracy Demonstrators.<\/p>\n War strengthens Bibi, the self-proclaimed King of Israel.<\/p>\n National pride boils over as Bibi uses everyone including our young soldiers, our reservists, our pilots.<\/p>\n Bibi uses Israeli civilians who live along the border with Gaza.<\/p>\n ***He uses the mothers and children, fathers and brothers, aunts and uncles, grandmothers and grandfathers who live in Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Ramat Gan, Holon and Beer Sheva.<\/p>\n May 11th, 2023. An apartment building in the Israeli central city of Rehovot damaged by a missile. The missile was launched by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. One dead, several wounded, all are Israeli Jewish victims of Bibi\u2019s Second War of Diversion. (Photo Credit: Flash90)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n* Bibi uses the lovely city of Rehovot where on Thursday afternoon an apartment building received a direct hit.<\/p>\n Rehovot, a shining star of international proportion. It is the home of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture and the Peres Academic Center.<\/p>\n Bibi uses every Israeli as his personal human shield just to keep himself in power.<\/p>\n When will Yair Lapid and Benny \u2018The Liar\u2019 Gantz stop enabling Bibi and stop participating in Bibi\u2019s Wars of Diversion<\/strong>?<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Epilogue \u201cFrom the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free<\/strong>\u201c<\/h2>\n This chant is the the common call-to-arms sung and adored by pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel activists.<\/p>\n It is a call to establish a State of Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea, erasing the State of Israel and all Jews who live there.<\/strong><\/p>\n ***It is the rallying cry sung by Congressional Jihadists: Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar, Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Betty McCollum and Jamaal Bowman.<\/p>\n Many of these politicians have been photographed and filmed on stage with Louis Farrakhan and the infamous Linda Sarsour (whose biography is still on Barack Obama\u2019s Presidential Archival Online Pages) Linda Sarsour, Obama\u2019s White House Archives<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cFrom The River To The Sea<\/strong>\u201d is the rallying cry sung by members of the BDS<\/strong> (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions)<\/strong> Movement that works to prevent any international support for Israel.<\/p>\n BDS, contrary to popular opinion DOES NOT BELIEVE IN A TWO STATE SOLUTION.<\/p>\n Congressional Jihadists and Linda Sarsour are enabled by Senator Bernie Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and other congressional leaders who are considered U.S. Progressives (although all of them except Bernie are in fact members of the DNC).<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n * Posted on Instagram, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad is funded by Iran. This terror organization is not interested in peace or a two state solution. Their focus is the complete annihilation of Israel. It is one of several terror groups that control the civilians of Gaza. (public domain)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n In the meantime over the past 20 minutes Palestinian Islamic Jihad has launched over 50 missiles and rockets into Israel.<\/p>\n to be continued\u2026<\/h2>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n * \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" * *************Friday Afternoon 12th of May 2023, An Hour Before the Sabbath Begins After a gloriously sunny day in Jerusalem with blue Mediterranean skies and soft breeze. 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Between 2021-2022 a selection of my digital paintings participated in 60 international exhibitions, competitions and publications \u2013 recipient of 39 awards and citations. 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