Stephen Pohlmann

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Stephen Pohlmann
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Helping others to understand Israel – and Israelis to understand others…
My book list (Books that I've written, illustrated, translated, recommend or love..)

Soul Cousins – By me Visiting Hours – By me Green – By me Flo’s World (A Virtual Conversation with the Late Artist) – By Me ‘Sapiens’ – by Yuval Noah Harari ‘Fountainhead’ by Ayn Rand
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Israel / UK

# 01 – Living in Israel

# 02 – Living in Israel

# 03 – Living in Israel

# 04 – Living in Israel

# 05 – Living in Israel

# 06 – Living in Israel

# 1 – The Second Paragraph

# 2 – Jenin

# 3 – Deep Anti-Semitism

# 4 – The Beast that is the Media – And a Nervous Giggle

# 5 – The Suicide Bomber

# 6 – Tit for Tat

# 7 – Israeli Arabs

# 8 – Friedman & Sharon

# 9 – November in Israel

# 10 – Israeli Politics

# 11 – What They Think of Us

# 12 – BBC and the Iraqi Jews

# 13 – Election Day

# 14 – Non-Violence

# 15 – Sharon Coalition

# 16 – Haifa and Netanya

# 17 – The BBC

# 18 – Israeli Arabs II

# 19 – Palestinian Democracy

# 20 – Haifa, etc.

# 21 – Hinduism vs Islam

# 22 – State of Soccer

# 23 – Neve Tsedek

# 24 – Tragedy in Iran

# 25 – Art in Sweden

# 26 – Terrorism

# 27 – Gamla

# 28 – Walking in Gimmel

# 29 – Rantisi and Ikea

# 30 – Independence Day

# 32 – Answer to Aubrey’s Friend

# 33 – A Day to Remember

# 34 – Leaving Gaza

# 34 – Naomi Shemer

# 35 – The Fence

# 36 – A Wedding a Funeral a Memorial a Wall and a Fence

# 37 – Horror & Hypocrisy

# 38 – Extracts

# 39 – Locusts and Palestinian Elections

# 40 – Tsunami

# 41 – Palestinian Elections

# 42 – Ceasefire

# 43 – AUT & Pappe

# 44 – Normality in Israel

# 45 – 4 Corners

# 46 – Overhead Conversation

# 47 – With Whom I Shake Hands

# 48 – Political Summary

# 49 – Chaos Around Sharon

# 50 – Cartoons and Naïvety

# 51 – Munich, Paradise and Shoah

# 52 – One Birthday, Three Generations

# 53 – Kassam & The Rainbow

# 54 – Fireworks & Funerals

# 55 – Shows in Israel

# 56 – Schalit

# 57 – O’Shea and Current War

# 58 – Haifa Bomb

# 59 – North-South Divide & Civilians

# 60 – To Pim re UN

# 61 – Don’t Let Terrorism Win

# 62 – After Haifa Bombs

# 63 – Joanna & Bibi

# 64 – The Birds are Singing

# 65 – The Innocent Lebanese

# 66 – Cartoons

# 67 – Answer to Caroline

# 68 – Nasrallah

# 69 – Shuk Ha-Carmel

# 70 – Yom Kippur

# 71 – 11 Years Yitzhak

# 72 – Beit Hanoun – No Time to Write

# 73 – St. Stephen’s Day and Hummus

# 74 – Happy New Year

# 75 – Condoleezza & Magnus

# 76 – Hostages & Ha-Yarkon

# 77 – Sderot

# 78 – Naïvety

# 79 – 6-Day War

# 80 – Security Fence & Films

# 81 – Who is our President?

# 82 – Negotiations & Opera

# 83 – This Little Country

# 83A – New Year 5768

# 84 – The Post Office

# 85 – November 5th

# 86 – 60 Years

# 87 – Looking After the Rebbe

# 88 – Sderot & UN Balance

# 89 – Neve Tzedek

# 90 – Negev

# 91 – Palestine etc.

# 92 – Aussie Doubles

# 93 – Winograd & Hezbollah

# 94 – Abd al-Bari Atwan

# 95 – Remembrance & Independence

# 96 – Sofie

# 97 – Bulldozer

# 98 – What is ‘Happy’?

# 99 – Being Nice to Tamimi

# 100 – Doda Mazal & the Olympics

# 101 – Holidays

# 102 – Hebron & Other Stories

# 103 – Why I Write Letters

# 104 – Day in Jerusalem

# 105 – Gaza

# 106 – Gaza 2

# 107 – Ground Operation

# 108 – The Palestinians

# 109 – Ceasefire & Obama

# 110 – Election Day

# 111- Bat Mitzva, Jerusalem & Questions

# 112 – Purim, Hezbollah & Murdoch

# 113 – Peter Yarrow

# 114 – Remembrance & Independence – 2

# 115 – Pressure Time

# 116 – A Few Hours Later

# 117 – Mohammad Assaf

# 118 – Rubbish – In One Ear

# 119 – The Maccabiah

# 120 – Keshet Eilon

# 121 – Potpourri

# 122 – Controversy

# 123 – Transjordan

# 124 – J-Post

# 125 – The Other Jerusalem

# 126 – Letter to Israel

# 127 – Where’s Papa?

# 128 – Untruths

# 129 – Minarets & Refugees

# 130 – Settlers

# 131 – Gilad Schalit

# 132 – Obama in Cairo

# 133 – Beaches & Terrorism

# 134 – Agava & Potpourri

# 135 – Haiti & Terrignorance

# 136 – Red Alert

# 137 – Iran

# 138 – Democracy & Today

# 139 – Criticism

# 140 – Criticism – Responses

# 141 – Ghetto

# 142 – Update

# 143 – Elvis

# 144 – Gaza Etc.

# 145 – More on Gaza + Models

# 146 – Gaza – 3

# 147 – Gaza-4 Sabra, Etc.

# 148 – Gaza-5 Gaza Blockade

# 149 – Forwarding

# 150 – Geerd Wilders

# 151 – Dr. Hamid

# 152 – Take Me Off List

# 153 – Free Gilad Schalit

# 154 – Be Positive

# 155 – Jerusalem & Schavits

# 156 – Ground Zero

# 157 – Le Shana Tova

# 158 – You Don’t Know

# 159 – The Settlements Etc.

# 160 – Abu Hamza & the Beach

# 161 – PM Harper & Ray Hanania

# 162 – Party in Caesaria – Israel

# 163 – Bad Weather & Peace Attempts

# 164 – Florida Congressman Speaks

# 165 – Storms, Schalit, Etc.

# 166 – Gaza & The News

# 167 – Israel’s Natural Disasters

# 168 – Hallelujah & Carmel Fires

# 169 – Arabian Turmoil & Chihuly

# 170 – Sonya Peres RIP

# 171 – Egypt, Jerusalem & Twins

# 172 – Gus & Time Article

# 173 – Egypt

# 174 – Time

# 175 – Far From the Madding Shroud

# 176 – Israel Bashing – Suissa Article

# 177 – Why I write Letters – 2

# 178 – Priorities & Eliana

# 179 – Pukka & Screams

# 180 – Day in Jaffa

# 181 – The Leftists

# 182 – Dr. MacEoin in Edinburgh

# 183 – Naqba

# 184 – Netanyahu in USA

# 185 – CNN Back Story

# 186 – Canadians in Gaza

# 187 – Netanyahu

# 188 – First Church in Christianity

# 189 – Schalit Flotilla & Gaza

# 190 – Every Dark Side has a Bright Side

# 191 – Israeli Uprising

# 192 – Is Your Enemy My Enemy?

# 193 – Is Your Enemy My Enemy? – 2

# 194 – The Abusive Rake

# 195 – Rockets

# 196 – September 12

# 197 – Split Country

# 198 – Split Country – Follow-up

# 199-1 – Israel Visits

# 199-2 – Israel Visits

# 199-3 – Israel Visits

# 200 – IPO 75th

# 201 – New Year 5773

# 202 – It’s Not All Roses

# 203 – ‘The Flat’ Etc.

# 204 – Ceasefire

# 205 – Happy Holidays

# 205-A – The Next Day

# 206 – Jerusalem

# 207 – Tel Aviv is Sexy

# 208 – White Night

# 209 – A Prayer for Peace

# 210 – Summer in Israel

# 211 – Rachel Corrie Verdict

# 212 – Israeli Drivers

# 213 – Le Shana Tova

# 214 – March of Life

# 215 – From Today’s Paper

# 216 – Gaza Conflict

# 217 – Gaza Conflict – 2

# 218 – The UN

# 219 – Through the Tunnel

# 220 – The Settlements

# 221 – Apartheid & Culture in Israel

# 222 – Pre-Election

# 223 – Post-Election

# 224 – The Negev

# 225 – The Gatekeepers

# 226 – Anti-Semitism

# 227 – Purim, Etc.

# 228 – Pre-Israel Coalitions

# 229 – Post-Israel Coalitions

# 230 – Bye-Bye, Obama

# 231 – Bougainvillea & Benji

# 232 – Academics

# 233 – Day in Jerusalem

# 234 – Bursting Headlines

# 235 – Post-War Trauma

# 236 – Peace Talks Re-start

# 237 – Prisoner Release

# 238 – I Have a Nightmare

# 238-2 Living with the Military

# 239 – 6th Visit to Israel

# 240 – Peace & Democracy

# 241 – This Terrible Country

# 242 – Happy New Year

# 243 – Happy New Year – 2

# 244 – 8 Years to Die

# 245 – Davos, Jerusalem & 2 States

# 246 – Before I Die & BDS

# 247 – Carnival Time

# 248 – Give’n’Take

# 249 – Our Friends, Hamas

# 250 – Independence 66

# 251 – Mangal

# 252 – Guilty

# 253 – Qatar

# 254 – 3 Kidnapped Boys

# 255 – The Enthusiast

# 256 – Letter from Germany

# 257 – Rockets in the Skies

# 258 – Marketing Peace

# 259 – Dear Gili

# 260 – When Will it End?

# 261 – Dana & the Solution

# 262 – Protecting Your People

# 263 – Defending My Children

# 264 – Victory for Palestine

# 265 – Ceasefire

# 266 – More Anti-Semitism

# 267- Soul-Searching

# 268 – Thousands Displaced

# 269 – Jewish State

# 270 – More Elections

# 271 – Christmas in Cuba

# 272 – Paris

# 273 – I am Charles

# 274 – Sea Front

# 275 – Democracy

# 276 – Democracy Definition

# 277 – Iran, Obama & The Elections

# 278 – Post Election Again

# 279 – The New Knesset

# 280 – Elections, Coalitions & All That Jazz

# 281 – Fifa and Israel

# 282 – Mehta Murray Gas & Arab Spring

# 283 – My Roof and Iran

# 284 – Right Left Right Left

# 285 – More Terrorism

# 286 – Sarona Market

# 287 – How Far on the Left Do You Stand?

# 288 – Israeli Arabs – What Do They Want?

# 289 – BDS = UNHRC = 0

# 290 – Israel is Happy

# 291- BDS

# 292 – Holocaust Memorial Day

# 293 – Naqba – Part I

# 294 – Naqba – Part II

# 295 – We’re All Going Nuts

# 296 – Shimon Peres

# 297 – Peres the Fighter

# 298 – May He Rest in Peace

# 299 – Peres – His Legacy

# 300 – Jerusalem at 50

# 301 UN Never Misses an Opportunity

# 302 – UN, Kerry and Jan 24

# 303 – UN Resolution 2334 and Manslaughter

# 304 – The Culture Gap

# 305 – Trump’s Effect on Israel

# 306 – The 2-State Solution

# 307 – The New York Times R.I.P.

# 308 – Still Partly Left

# 309 – Jerusalem Trump & Communism

# 310 – Roger Waters 4 + 1 = 11

# 311 – Tidbits

# 312 – Those Oily Walls

# 313 – Independence

# 314 – The Ultimate Blot

# 315 – Thank-you, Oslo

# 316 – Trumped Again

# 317 – Freedom & Democracy

# 318 – The Capital of Israel

# 319 – Israel & UNRWA

# 320 – Pioneers, Iran and Poland

# 321 – Gaza Clashes – No Hope

# 322 – What do I do Now?

# 323 – Jerusalem Day

# 324 – Naqba Day

# 325 – Post Mortem

# 326 – Nothing’s Working, So…..

# 327 – Lies, Gaza and the Jewish State

# 328 – Happy New Year 5779

# 329 – 25 Years Oslo

# 330 – Hypocrisy

# 331 – Four Colours

# 332 – Two-State Solution

# 333 – Ori Ansbacher RIP

# 334 – Israel Elections & Other Jokes

# 335 – Post-Election Blues

# 336 – Mimouna

# 337 – It’s Holocaust Time Again

# 338 – Just Another Day

# 339 – Dissecting Remembrance Day

# 340 – B.A.D. – Build Another Dubai

# 341 – Israel KO’s Roger Waters

# 342 – Multi-coloured Israel

# 343 – Deal of the Century

# 344 – Yessir, Mr. Trump!

# 345 – What the Others Think

# 346 – Fifa, Qatar & Gaza

# 347 – Elections 2019 – Part II/1

# 348 – Elections 2019 – Part II/2

# 349 – No School

# 350 – Diplomacy, Democracy & Monarchy

# 351 – The Other Side

# 352 – Living with the Holocaust

# 353 – BDS & Other Lies

# 354 – Mohammed, The Silent Majority

# 355 – The Trump Deal

# 356 – Israel in Lockdown

# 357 – Israeli Arabs & Corona

# 358 – Two Minutes Meditation

# 359 – Independence Day

# 360 – V E Day May 8 1945

# 361 – Corona – Stage 2

# 362 – Pre-Annexation

# 363 – Not So Proud Israel

# 364 – August 13, 2020

# 365 – Israel in Cuckooland

# 366 – Where the Green Ends – That’s Lebanon

# 367 – My ‘Friend’ in Gaza

# 368 – Politics and Corona

# 369 – Happy New Year 5781

# 370 – Ourboox and Corona

# 371 – Saeb Erekat L.I.P.

# 372 – Pompeo & Circumstance

# 373 – Transition – Elections – Vaccine

# 374 – Desperately Seeking a new Middle East

# 375 – How to spell ‘Inauguration’

# 376 – Netanyahu’s Vaccinations

# 377 – Israel’s Arabs

# 378 – In the Heat of the Day

# 380 – Corona Newsspeak from Israel

# 381 – Tragedy and Religion

# 382 – The Maze of Jerusalem

# 383 – Little Hope

# 384 – Reflections

# 385 – Leaning to the Left

# 386 – A Rare Opportunity

# 387 – Royal Hypocrisy & Fauda

# 388 – It’s Tough Out There

# 389 Shawshankstein

# 390 – Palestinians UPR

# 391 – We All Know Shame

# 392 – Just Another Country

# 393 – Israel is Different

# 394 – Merry Christmas

# 395 – Tutu’s Loss

# 396 – Amnesty International – Antisemitism

# 397 – War & Democracy

# 398 – Other Matters

# 399 – It’s Not Fair

# 400 – The Flag

# 401 – The Centrist Path

# 402 Old-fashioned Sport

# 403 – Do I Listen?

# 405 On One Condition

# 406 – 2 States: Another Election

#408 – Hip-Hip-Hypocrosy

# 494 – It’s a Mess