Walter's World with Walter Bingham - every Sunday on Israel National Radio

Walter Bingham is a veteran journalist and broadcaster from London who now lives in Jerusalem. His weekly radio programme, Walter´s World, can be heard on Israel National Radio.com.

Monday, September 24, 2007

Weekend Edition with Walter Bingham and Tamar Yonah - Sep. 23, 2007


September 23, 2007


Weekend Edition Hour 1: Getting Arrested


Walter Bingham joins Tamar as a co-host, as they speak to Nadia Matar who says she was arrested in a political plot to silence her and the right wing. Hear this dramatic interview how the police converged on Nadia after the demonstration was over, grabbed her by her limbs and carted her away in a police van. Also, do Israelis really want to give more land for peace? A recent poll says NO!


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Weekend Edition Hour 2: Speaking With the Stars


Why do U.S. radio talk show celebrities hang up and refuse calls from Steve Klein? What does this every-day activist say that ticks them off? Steve bares all, as he shares stories of his fight over America's public air waves and news papers.


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Dinner with Rice



Not Basmati or long grain Persian, but American. Israel is slowly waking up. Also: how this country’s Left is calling the shots. And: Is Israel’s greatest asset her beautiful girls? Plus: Grandfather’s chickens are coming home to roost. And more.

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Monday, September 17, 2007

Weekend Edition with Walter Bingham and Ben Bresky

Walter Bingham and Ben Bresky guest host Weekend Edition for September 16, 2007

Hour 1:
Countless people have bumped into Jeff Seidel at the Western Wall, in a university or outside a bar at 11PM and thus found a place for Shabbat. Hear him talk about his Jewish Student Information Center, an outreach program for English speaking students in Israeli universities.
Dovi Holtz reports from London, England on what it's like for an Israeli shaliach on the Torah MiTzion program teaching young adults about their heritage and how he deals with the cultural change.

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Hour 2:
Danny Danon, chairman of World Likud, talks about the importance of pushing Benyamin Netanyahu and making a change from within. He discusses Zev Jabotinsky's Iron Wall theory and whether it applies to today's concrete wall of Judea and Samaria.
Yitzhak Halfon sings a stirring, modern version of the traditional Unetane Tokef prayer for the High Holidays. Walter and Ben discuss electoral reform in Israel and a surprising version of Avinu Malkeinu by Mogwai, a non-Jewish hard rock band.

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They Need a Police Station in a Synagogue

Walter's World for September 16, 2007

Will Jews ever learn from the past? Also: We blow the Shofar, but he blew the Whistle. And: How protecting Israel violates Human Rights! Plus: Americans in glass houses should not throw stones. And: The moral decline of Youth; arranged marriages vs. casual dating. Also: If you can’t beat them - join them. Hear that interesting report, and more.

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Monday, September 10, 2007

Interview with Alan Dershowitz

Interview with Alan Dershowitz
Walter's World for September 9th, 2007

In this classic broadcast from July 2006, the eminent Harvard law professor explains the difference between innocent civilians in Lebanon and terrorists posing as civilians for the sake of the media.


Monday, September 03, 2007

Hear What the Terrible Twins are Up To

Walter's World with Walter Bingham
September 2, 2007

A wake-up call for all Jews. And: Lefties and Arabs discuss Israel’s future. Also: Rabbi Ovadia Joseph’s thoughtless remarks. And: why do they discuss here in Israel the Education for American Blacks. Plus: Thoughts for Rosh Hashanah and music.

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Walter's World
with Walter Bingham
August 26, 2007

Government Cuts: An end to security on buses? Access for homicide bombers eased
Also: Israeli newspapers profit from organized crime.
And: JNF Jewish land for Arabs.
Plus: Chabad builds phoney Western Wall in Berlin.
And: the Walter’s World Travel expert gives advice.

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Former Amb. Danny Ayalon, talks about Nefesh b Nefesh



Walter's World with Walter Bingham
August 19, 2007

Danny Ayalon, until recently Israel’s Ambassador to the USA talks about Nefesh b Nefesh.

To date, they brought 12,000 immigrants to Israel from the US, Canada and the UK. Join me at the latest mass arrival. Also: A report about Birthright Israel, which brings uninformed youth on free trips to Israel. Hear their stunning verdict.

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Spend the Night with Me at Hebron, During the Expulsion..



Walter's World with Walter Bingham
August 12, 2007

Spend the Night with Me at Hebron, During the Expulsion of Jewish Families from Their Homes. Hear the sounds of the destruction, the attitude of the police, the view of a dispossessed resident and feel the pain. Also: All about bereavement counseling.

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Britain, Beware of the Trojan Horse - editorial

20 Elul 5767, 03 September 07 10:14
by Walter Bingham
(IsraelNN.com) Many a fake doctor has brought about the death of a patient. But one does not have to be a member of the medical profession to fraudulently pretend to have a remedy for one or another shortcoming in a particular body. The body politic has always had, and will have, false messiahs, men, and lately also women, who profess to have the answer to a nation's, or even the world's, ills.

In the United Kingdom, such incidents are not rare. We even find them in our Trades Union, where a few misguided left-wing activists are trying to poison and brainwash the large majority of working men and women into believing that the scourge of Muslim extremism and terrorism can be eradicated by solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and that, if yet another Arab state is brought into existence, then the Islamic steamroller will run out of steam.
Nothing is further from the truth. But the National Union of Journalists, the Transport and General Workers Union and the University and College Union in Britain believe that by a campaign to boycott Israel and goods produced there will bring about change in the Middle East; that Israel will be isolated, considered a pariah state and suffer economically, as was the case in South Africa. Interestingly, their utterances on Zimbabwe - where, as a result of the dispossession of the white farmers, the country is now on the verge of total economic collapse - pale into insignificance compared with their condemnation of Israel, which is among the technologically most advanced nations in the world, and a leader in IT technology, competing with Silicon Valley.

If successful, these boycotts would be nothing but a Trojan Horse that would bring with them unimaginable damage to Britain's economy (and also the Health Service). Let's consider just some of the consequences.

Israel, the 100th smallest country, with less than 1/1000th of the world's population, can lay claim to an astounding number of advances in almost every direction (WorldNetDaily contributed to the next four paragraphs).

You would have to throw away most of your laptops, PC's and mobile phones, because Intel's new multi-core processor was completely developed at facilities in Israel. And our ubiquitous mobile phone was developed in Israel by Motorola, which has its largest development centre in that little land. Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology was also pioneered in Israel.

Bill Gates calls Israel "a major player in the high-tech world"; most of Windows NT operating system was developed by Microsoft-Israel; the Pentium MMX Chip technology was designed in Israel at Intel; both Microsoft and Cisco built their only R&D facilities outside the U.S. in Israel; and, with more than 3,000 high-tech companies and start-ups, Israel has the highest concentration of high-tech companies in the world outside Silicon Valley.

Israel leads the world in the number of scientists and technicians in the workforce, with 145 per 10,000, as opposed to 85 in the US, over 70 in Japan, and less than 60 in Germany. With over 25 percent of its workforce employed in technical professions, Israel occupies first place in this category, as well.

In the USA, AirTrain JFK - the 8.1-mile light rail labyrinth that connects JFK Airport to New York City's mass transit - is protected by the Israeli-developed Nextiva surveillance system. Not to speak of Israel's expertise in anti-terrorist security, sought after everywhere.

In the medical field, Israeli researchers have:

  • Discovered the molecular trigger that causes psoriasis.
  • Developed the Ex-Press shunt to provide relief for glaucoma sufferers.
  • Unveiled a blood test that diagnoses heart attacks - by telephone!
  • Found a combination of electrical stimulation and chemotherapy that makes cancerous metastases disappear - and developed the first fully computerized, no-radiation, diagnostic instrumentation for breast cancer.
  • Designed the first flight system to protect passenger and freighter aircraft against missile attack.
  • Developed the first ingestible video camera - so small it fits inside a pill - used to view the small intestine from the inside, enabling doctors to diagnose cancer and digestive disorders.
  • Perfected a new device that directly helps the heart pump blood, an innovation with the potential to save lives among those with congestive heart failure, synchronizing the heart's mechanical operations through a sophisticated system of sensors.
Of course, those UK union's boycott calls are not only an anti-Israel campaign, but, by their very nature, are anti-Semitic. The much-respected, late Ann Landers, who for 45 years wrote a syndicated column in many newspapers across America, once reminded her readers that it's a free world and you don't have to like Jews if you don't want to, but if you are going to be an anti-Semite, you should be consistent and turn your back on the medical advances that Jews have made possible. So, go ahead and boycott all medicines that were researched and developed by Jews. Let me just list a few:

  • The vaccine for hepatitis, discovered by Baruch Bloomberg;
  • The Wasserman test for syphilis, developed by August von Wasserman, and the first effective drug to fight that decease, developed by Paul Ehrlich;
  • Bela Schick developed the first diagnostic test for diphtheria;
  • Insulin would not have been discovered if Oskar Minskowski had not demonstrated the link between diabetes and the pancreas;
  • It was Burril Crohn who identified the decease that bears his name;
  • Alfred Hess discovered that vitamin C could cure scurvy;
  • Casimir Funk was the first to use vitamin B to treat beriberi, an inflammation of the nerves that can cause heart failure; and
  • Jonas Salk developed the first polio vaccine, and later, Albert Sabin perfected the oral version.

Humanitarianism requires us to offer these gifts to all peoples of the world, regardless of race, colour or creed. Anti-Semites who want to boycott these gifts can go ahead and turn them down, but I suspect that when it comes to their own health and survival, their principles fly out the window.

So, what's the point of all this?

Simply that the very idea of eradicating or even displacing Israel from its historic home is suicidal to the rest of the world, not just her Arab neighbours.

US trade unions including the American Postal Workers and Teamsters have attacked their British counterparts for planning to boycott Israel. In a strongly worded statement signed by over 20 representatives from trade unions, it said: "Rather than divestment from Israel, we believe that investment of time, energy and material aid is the best means to alleviate the ongoing suffering of Palestinians and Israelis." They further slammed plans for any academic boycott, stating: "Rather than limiting interactions with Israeli educators, academics and educational institutions, we see the importance of maximizing, rather than proscribing, the free flow of ideas and academic interaction between peoples, cultures, religions and countries."

Now, stop just for a second and imagine a world today that never knew Israel. And then go further and imagine what our world would be like if Israel's enemies held sway. Would you rather live in an Iran, Iraq, Syria or Hamastan, or in an Israel, the only democratic state in the Middle East?

Who needs Israel? Let's be honest. We all do.

Walter Bingham is a radio show host on Israel National Radio.com.

I stop the mighty roar of Israel’s Traffic and...



Walter's World
with Walter Bingham
August 5, 2007

I stop the mighty roar of Israel’s Traffic and from the great crowds bring you some of the interesting people who came by, sea and air to be ‘In Town Tonight’
The Buddy Bears are here and so is the man behind the idea. And: Hear the famous German TV and Movie Star Iris Berben. Also: How some Americans feel about Israel.

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Hear the Live Sounds of Tisha b'Av in Jerusalem

Walter's World with Walter Bingham
July 29, 2007

Join the thousands remembering, lamenting, hoping; and marching to assert our right. Also: Experience the welcome for the largest new immigrant arrival from France. It’s jubilant, it’s emotional, it’s unforgettable. And: Why Toni Blair should go home.

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Two Years After the Expulsion From Gush Katif its Former Residents are Still Not Fully Compensated

Walter's World with Walter Bingham
July 22, 2007

Their Farmers loose patience. Learn which terrorists have ‘Blood on their hands’. And: Can President Peres be politically impartial? Also: News from the UK and more.

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Join the Reception of 220 New Immigrants at Ben Gurion International Airport



Walter's World
with Walter Bingham
July 15, 2007

Nefesh b'Nefesh have done it again. Also: How the Ministry of Transport passes the buck when challenged about the poor bus services from the Nation’s Capital to the Airport. And: Do you plan to travel to Israel? Then you need the invaluable advice of Walter’s Travel Expert.

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Youth at the Crossroads of Life

Walter's World with Walter Bingham

How English speaking Teenagers who drifted into drugs and drink are helped by an organization tailored to their needs. Hear their frank stories. Also: Where did Jeans originate?

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