Lawrence of Cyberiatag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-73522015-10-29T15:02:11+00:00TypePadAnd What Did You Do In The War, Grandpa?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e201b8d16c4578970c2015-10-29T15:02:11+00:002015-11-09T19:24:17+00:00Future Israeli Prime Minister, Yitzhak Shamir (second left, click to enlarge) [Footnote 1], spent World War Two in Palestine as a leader of the Zionist militant group, Lohamei Herut Israel (Lehi). Unlike the Haganah, the Lehi declined to suspend its...Diane MasonQuote of the Week: Eric Hobsbawmtag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e2017c32411429970b2012-10-01T13:29:42+01:002015-10-28T22:57:06+00:00"What exactly could 'being Jewish' mean in the 1920's to an intelligent Anglo-Viennese boy who suffered no anti-Semitism and was so remote from the practices and beliefs of traditional Judaism that, until after puberty, he was unaware even of being...Diane MasonIs it Just Me?tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20163055161fe970d2012-05-08T18:23:15+01:002012-05-08T18:23:15+01:00So, I read this morning that the CEO of an Italian nuclear engineering company was ambushed and kneecapped yesterday by two men on a motor cycle. The working assumption so far seems to be that this might be the work...Diane MasonQuote Of The Day For 29 October: Safsaf And Kafr Qasim tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20162fbf74cd0970d2011-10-29T05:12:26+01:002011-10-28T18:31:03+01:00"The early history of the State of Israel is not unique. Other countries have chapters in their history of which they should be deeply ashamed. And it must also be stated that [Benny] Morris's shocking revelations of death and destruction...Diane MasonRemembering Gerard Kellytag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834522bcd69e20162fbf72043970d2011-10-28T22:50:36+01:002011-10-28T22:50:36+01:00If you grew up watching British TV anytime from the early 1970's onward, or if you were a fan of Scottish theatre in that period, then you knew Gerard Kelly. He was an acclaimed TV comedy actor, and an exuberant...Diane Mason