Overview
Approx 50 of our programs are available by podcast at: http://theroar.info/.
These include:
- A number of programs dealing with the early (20th century) events
leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel, ep3, ep9, ep13, ep14
- A program, ep5 dedicated to The Forgotten Refugees - ie the Jews expelled from Arab lands,
- An examination of the Legal Basis for Israel in ep38
And numerous interviews, including interviews with:
- Prof. Alex Bligh who was the Chair of the Department of Israel and Middle Eastern Politics
& Director of the Israel National Strategic Assessment Center at The College of Judea and Samaria
(Ariel), in ep6, ep7.
- Gal Lusky -an experienced volunteer rescue worker and humanitarian relief provider,
who founded IFA = Israel Flying Aid in 2005 in order to meet the needs of people suffering in disaster areas around the world, irrespective of ethnicity.
In order to present the true humanitarian face of Israel, she often works under cover
in dangerous areas where the governments are hostile to Israel. Israel Flying Aid which
is a non-profit, volunteer-based, non-governmental organization (NGO) that aims to provide
humanitarian life saving aid and relief to communities in areas stricken by natural disaster
or territorial conflicts. See ep12 and ep23.
- Prof. Dovid Katz Academic
and Yiddish scholar who has taught extensively internationally, including at Oxford
and Vilnius University. Our interview focuses on Dovid's work in Lithuania and
the outrageous Prague Declaration equating Nazi and Soviet crimes, and the prosecution
of elderly Holocaust survivors for treason because they fought against the Nazis.
See ep32 and ep33.
- Dr. Stephen Smith - a Christian Theologian who co-founded the
UK Holocaust Centre and the Aegis Trust See ep31
- Michelle Rojas-Tal of Stand With Us
which is fighting to spread the truth about Israel on US and international campuses. see ep22
- David Olesker - an international expert on the use of language in
Israel advocacy, on ep11 and ep10.
- Tamar Yonah - who writes regularly for ArutzSheva and has a show
several times weekly on Israel National
News in ep51
- Yaakov Katz who is the military correspondent and defense analyst for
The Jerusalem Post and is the Israel correspondent for Jane’s Defence Weekly,
the international military magazine. ep53
- Joe Roth of Keren Malki Foundation - founded in 2001 as a living memorial to a 15 yo Australian girl who dedicated herself to caring for people with disabilities and was murdered in the Sbarro bombing.
The foundation provides assistance in Israel to families of disabled children, irrespective of ethnicity. See ep4.
- Philippe Karsenty who revealed to France and to the world that the death of Muhammad al-Durrah was staged and basically a hoax. See ep49
The Maabarot
Many of the 975,000 Jews expelled from Middle Eastern and North African countries
who came to Israel were placed in tent cities called maabarot.
Some families lived as long as twenty years in maabarot before
moving to regular housing. Here are some scenes of maabarot life
in Israel in the early years of the reformed state.
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1950 Using tent ropes for hanging clothes.
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1952 Carrying water home to a tent
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A "model" maabarot before Jewish refugees arrived.
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Children at play
Future Israel prime minister, Moshe Kastov, born in Iran, fled to Israel where he
grew up in a maabarot near Ashod; his two-month-old brother Zion
was drowned when
this maabarot was inundated by a rapidly rising flood.
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Some families lived as long as twenty years in maabarot before moving to regular housing.
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Arab Refugee "Camps"
The concrete buildings of the Ein Beit el Ma refugee "camp" at Nablus.
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Construction at the refugee "camp"
at Jenin.
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Ramallah a recent image.
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Index to the Episodes
1 Introductory program
2 Discussion about narratives, media bias, and major Israeli technological contributions that are ignored
3 Beginning the History series – genetics, history, and the Arab/Israeli conflict, based in primary documents
4 Interview with Joe Roth of Keren Malki Foundation
5 The Plight of Sfaradi Jews including interview with Ron Raab
6 Interview with Prof Alexander Bligh (pt 1)
7 Interview with Prof Alexander Bligh and Esti Bligh (pt 2)
8 (doesn’t exist … numbering error)
9 Discussion current events including stuxnet virus, Ladino music, and continuation of History series (1920s)
10 Interview with David Olesker (pt1)
11 Interview with David Olesker (pt2)
12 Interview with Gal Lusky - Israel Flying Aid (IFA)
13 Discussion of current events, media and more History series (1920s)
14 Discussion of amazing recent Israeli innovations, NYP column by “the Observer” (1947), History series
15 Interview JNF Joe Kryzer Prt 1 (Haifa fires)
16 Interview JNF Joe Kryzer Prt 2 (Haifa fires)
17 Summing up current affairs (last program of year)
18 Discussion of current events
19 Interview: Nachmi Feinblatt (dog antiterrorist squad)
20 Discussing current events, “Israeli apartheid”, BDS, passports, Israeli innovation, saving turtles
21 Current event discussion, Israeli innovation series, with pre-Eurovision music
22 Interview with Michelle Rojas-tal – Stand With US
23 Interview with Gal Lusky - Israel Flying Aid (IFA) (Interview from Program 12 Repeated)
24 Discussion apartheid, History series dealing with land ownership
25 Tzvi Sivins
26 In depth discussion about “Israeli apartheid”
27 Discussion with Tzvi Sivins, Holocaust, History series.
28 Discussion Osama Bin Laden, mideast politics, History series (Al Husseinis)
29 On Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut
30 Gaby back from holidays, Discussing delegitimization of Israel, music: Israel on Eurovision
31 Phone Interview Dr Stephen Smith
32 Interview DovidKatz (pt 1)
33 Interview DovidKatz (pt 2)
34 Discussion about current affairs and Israeli achievements that don’t make our media
35 Discussion of boycott resolution, Palestinian positions, flotilla
36 Interview Father Patrick Desbois … finding Jewish mass graves in Eastern Europe
37 Discussion on genocide and refugees, more inventions from Israel
38 Current affairs general discussion
39 Discussion about media balance, and what’s happening in the world including Melbourne
40 Discussion new inventions, murder of Christian tourist, Israel helps 3rd world
41 Discussion Gilad Shalit, and peace
42 Discussion on peace agreements and the ramifications
43 current affair discussion
45 Discussion of the beginnings of Israel, Israel-Obama relationship
46 Art made from kassams, Israeli agricultural initiative, perceptions
47 Discussion on disproportionate reporting on Israel, and “The Promise”
48 Double standards, lawfare, and hacking.
49 Interview with Phillipe Karsenty
50 Discussion of issues “then and now”.
51 Interview (phone) Tamar Yona, Israeli talkback host.
52 Discussion Attack in France, Israeli muppets, Israeli inventors ans other current issues
53 Interview with Yaakov Katz, Jerusalem Post columnist
The Data
Religions in Israel
Excludes "seam region"
| Jews | 75.5% | exceeded 87% 1950-60
| | Muslims | 16.8% |
| | Arab Christians | 2.1% |
| | Druze | 1.7% | Serve in Israeli Army (IDF)
| | Others | 3.9% | Mostly those not affiliated
with any religion
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Source: Statistical Abstract of Israel, 2009, CBS.
"Table 2.2 - Population, by religion"
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The populations of Jews in M.E.
circa 1948 and 2004
Country in
Middle East
| Number of
Jews
in 1948
| Number of
Jews in 2004 |
| Algeria | 140,000 | Less than 100 |
| Egypt | 75,000 | Less than 100 |
| Iran | 100,000 | 11,000 |
| Iraq | 150,000 | Approx. 35 |
| Lebanon | 20,000 | Less than 100 |
| Libya | 38,000 | 0 |
| Morocco | 265,000 | 5,500 |
| Syria | 30,000 | Less than 100 |
| Tunisia | 105,000 | 1,500 |
| Yemen | 55,000 | 200 |
TOTAL | 978,000 | Less than 18,635
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Web Source for population data is here
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