Beloved Facebook Friends.

Thank you for the kind words and many birthday wishes that arrived on my home page of Facebook on April 22. Much appreciation.

In the 1970’s, I used to be a Buddhist monk in Thailand and India. So, as a small thank you, here are four jokes concerning monks. There are variations on these jokes. Enjoy. …

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I fly to Israel on April 11, 2011 and return to the UK on May 3. I first visited Israel in 1992. It will be 20 years of annual visits along with regular visits to Nablus in the occupied territories.  2011 marks the year of the Arab awakening in several Arab countries. There are no signals of any indication of a change in Israel’s political/military policy towards Palestinians in the West Bank or Gaza in the past two decades or before. …