"Unusual"

Ukraine supports 90% of anti-Israel decisions in the United Nations, said the Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky. "This is unusual considering Kyiv often turns to the Israeli authorities for various requests," he said. "If Ukraine sees Israel as a friendly nation and makes requests from it, then it needs to support us in the matters that are important to us just as Israel works with Ukraine on matters important to it."

In a UN vote in January on referring Israel to the International Court of Justice for its “occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territory”, Ukraine voted against Israel in the draft and didn't cast a vote in the main round after its ambassador to Israel was summoned.

In a word: Zhelensky is not a friend. 

Timna and the Tribe of Ephraim

Nissim Amzaleg writes in HaAretz about the emergence of the people of Israel. The Timna copper mines were the scene of the rebellion and escape of Amalekite slave miners. They destroyed the local temple of goddess Hathor (pic) and erected a tent sanctuary instead. It was circa 1200 BC. They settled among mountain Canaanites, as described. Joshua, an Ephraimite, led the copper miners' tribe. They could not pronounce "Shibboleth" they spoke with an "s".  

When touring Sinai (Then, it was ours!), stopped at the Timna mines and visited the underground galleries. That was forty-five years ago and already I was too fat for any exploration in that terrible heat. There were multiple holes that served as ventilation vents. At that time, the site was deserted and virgin, now development & tourism has ruined it. I took pictures but I am not going to search for them now.  

A bad day at work

 
After two or three days of lazying off, I lost the work rhythm and have difficulties running again on the rails. I wake up too early or too late and am unable to get work done. I have a meeting next Sunday in Emek Hefer Industrial Zone and I have to arrive with the plans. We have been working on this 2000 square meters thingie since January 2021,  the owner made dozens of changes and I made dozens of different updating. I spent the whole day trying to make an order and now, at 22.00 I am giving up. 

We have a serious family issue, my wife is trying to get appointments in hospital laboratories, but they are busy till September, and we cannot wait, so in the end, we may have to pay a lot for private care. I am going to bed with these worries. 

P.S.: Woke up at 2 AM and ate half a melon. I had an erection and masturbation. Being a very old man, I am a bit surprised. The closeness of young milfs in the supermarket upsets my hormonal balance.

A good day at the Bourse

 

Symbol	Last Price	Change	% Change
ICL.TA ICL Group Ltd	2,075.00	+29.00	+1.42%
ZIM ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.	12.80	+0.41	+3.31%
^IXIC NASDAQ Composite	13,816.77	+28.85	+0.21%
KEN Kenon Holdings Ltd.	23.39	+0.16	+0.69%

 

The main stocks in my portfolio changed direction and are rising. 

Maybe we are starting to regain height

Today's TASE and NASDAQ markets show an advance in the two or three stocks I am invested in. ZIM received BUY recommendations from several analysts. Only yesterday they announced ZIM's funeral. 

In Argentina, Rogelio Frigerio is the candidate for the government of Entre Rios province. The Rogelio I knew was a Marxist ideologist allied to President Arturo Frondizi. It appears he had purchased an estancia in the province. So much for his "desarrollismo" - a long-forgotten ideology proposing accelerated, Stalinist-style industrialization of the country. The man ended up as a landowner. The current Rogelio is his grandkid, a born landed aristocrat, a conservative estanciero. I am so old that am able to notice history's irony. 

Why are we left behind?

 
From Yahoo: All three major stock benchmarks logged strong performances for both the year's second quarter and first half. The Nasdaq is up more than 30% since the start of the year, according to Yahoo Finance data. That represented its best first half of the year since 1983, according to data from Bespoke Investment.

TASE on the other hand has lost height. The Americans are leaving us far behind. The god of the Americans is stronger than our god. Why? It goes against reason and sense. It is this bitter demon Ehud Barak who is spoiling our mazal. 

The Potash Industry

 

It is difficult to understand why the Israeli producer ICL (green line) has been losing value all this year n comparison with its competitors. I am losing in comparison with the industry and absolutely in shekels. Why? I ask. Is the potash market antisemite? I don't think so. It is the Ehud Barak effect, that power-hungry monster that organizes and finances Saturday night violence that creates the impression that Israel is in a state of chaos and instability. I shall keep holding this loser, hoping it will regain the shekels lost.