Conflict in the Caucasus

Armenia is part of CSTO – Collective Security Treaty Organization akin to NATO which is a Russia-led military alliance of seven former Soviet states and Azerbaijan is not a part of the group. The CSTO’s mission is to secure the collective defence of any member that faces external threat and if tensions escalate, Armenia can always invoke the CSTO. Azerbaijan was founded in 1918 after the collapse of Tzarist Russia. Before that Azerbaijan was part of different empires and dynasties - mostly of Persia. The word “Azerbaijan” is a Persian word meaning land of fire and Azeris are Turkified Iranian people, they spoke old Azeri which is Persian. The Azeris are nice people and good friends of Israel. The Armenians are a small people with large claims to lost territories (see map).

Every Project Ends in the Courts

In my former blog I commented on the low quality of the Sharona Bldg. Years after, the buyers of the shops and offices are demanding 80 million dollars from the builder Gindi Real Estate. The Judge froze Gindi's bank accounts for 15 million US$. The problem is that (1) the grease interceptors stand in the parking level, that the buyers consider their own, (2) apart from the imaginary environmental nuisance, they claim it reduces the value of their property. First thing they demand to register their claim so it will be transferred should they sell their offices, shops, etc. Happily, I was not involved in the design of the Sharona bldg's systems. Details in Hebrew follow. בחודש אפריל 2016 הגישה נציגות הדיירים תביעה נגד גינדי החזקות, מנהלי החברה ובני משפחת גינדי, שבה דרשה לסגור את "שרונה מרקט" - שוק האוכל שפועל בקומת הקרקע של הפרויקט - שגרם לדבריהם למפגעים תברואתיים. עוד טענו הדיירים כי גינדי השתלטה על חלקים ברכוש המשותף של הפרויקט וביקשו מבית המשפט צו שיאכוף את ההפרדה "בין מערכות המרקט ומגדלי המגורים". דיירי מגדלי שרונה, המיוצגים ע"י עוה"ד צבי פירון, אפרת רנד וניר פרץ ממשרד מ.פירון ושות', טוענים עתה כי אם יימכרו החניונים לצד ג' לא ניתן יהיה להעביר את בורות השומן המצויים היום בחניוני המגורים לחניון שרונה מרקט ולא ניתן יהיה לחייב את הקונה לאפשר לדיירים לעשות שימוש בחניון התפעולי המצוי בקומה מינוס 2 ומהווה את אחת מדרכי הגישה לבניינים. הדיירים דורשים אפוא "להורות על רישום הערה בדבר הגשת התביעה שבכותרת, על מנת ליידע צדדים שלישיים בדבר המחלוקות הנוגעות לחניונים ובדבר זכויותיה של התובעת בהם".

Systemic Racism Reaches Europe

The pic of the Van Der Leyden (center, red pullover) European Union Commission was commented in a Spanish journal as "racista" because there are no representatives of minorities. 10% of Europe's population is gypsy, African, South American, etc. but the ruling political class is - according to the pic - 60% elderly European women and 40% elderly European men (incl. homosexuals). They have decided to investigate the percentage of minorities everywhere - following the shining (and burning) example of America.

What worries Iran

“If the Zionists enter this region (Persian Gulf) and incidents happen that would disrupt our national security and defense, we will view them (the UAE) as the enemy’s base and we will deal with them in the same way we deal with the enemy,” said Bagheri. Bagheri is a military intelligence expert with a Ph.D. in political geography. He has been identified as the IRGC Command Network that "dominates the upper echelons of Iran's military and controls planning, operations, intelligence, covert and irregular warfare operations, and internal security."

My City: 20% Infected with Corona

Kfar Saba Municipality reports that 20% of the population carries the coronavirus. Probable world record. Probably they mean that 20% of the sampled is positive, no world champion, in Bney Brak is 50%. We are a herd with no immunity. I did not go the synagogue this Yom Kippur. Closed like a hermit. נזיר.

About the Khazars

What language they spoke? Hungarian. Why they disappeared so suddenly? An allied Russian-Mongol campaign destroyed the 300 years old Khazaria. What happened to their capital city Itil? The river Don changed its course near the delta and it became a swamp. The Khazars were White or Asians? They were Turks, they looked Europeans with Mongol mix. Like Turkmen. Did they practice Judaism? A horseback nomadic kind of. They retained their cult of Tenger (Tengri) the chief deity, the Taltos, the magic shaman, the Boldogasszony, the miracle female deity, Turul madar - the totem bird of the Magyar nation, and so. With the passing of the centuries, some assimilated and a few became totally Jewish. The Kabars - a Khazar tribe - led the Magyar allied tribes in their invasion of what is Hungary. Why Hungary? Because Hungary is the only non-forested land in Europe, with grass for the horses. Where can Khazar descendants be found today? As such, nowhere. The Nazis exterminated their remnants. Were they recognized as Kosher Jews? Yes.

James Thompson: We are being titrated

Now we are in a time of uncertainty, and the advice and exhortations are likely to change every couple of weeks. Adults should understand that we are titrating our responses to a hazard, and that even though case increases are probably not exponential, they are on an upward path. That said, it is hard to obtain commitment when the rules vary so much. Insurrection seems unlikely, but actual non-compliance will probably increase.

My beloved city Kfar Saba has just been declared "Red City", meaning that the number of infected is increasing exponentially and has passed some number. Prof Thompson explains that the number of positives is unrelated to the number of people falling ill. But fatties like me are in danger. More than that I did not understood. Anyway, I am at home trying to work. Found several projects misfiled and forgotten - now is the time to update my work schedule.