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Hello, I’m Amir Mizroch, News Editor at The Jerusalem Post, a job I’ve been doing since 2004. Welcome to my blog, Forecast Highs. Usually, I sit in my office in Jerusalem directing the paper’s news coverage, but sometimes I’m let out to write my own stories, which you will find here. I’ll also be posting stories and observations written specifically for this blog. I chose the name Forecast Highs, taken from weather report jargon, because it gives a sense of looking ahead at trends, which is what I like to do. Thanks for visiting, and feel free to leave comments. You can email me at amirm [AT] jpost [DOT] com

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on February 11, 2008 at 6:09 pm | Reply Adina Kutnicki

Shalom,

Regarding the facebook approach to the kassams – I have been clamoring for the residents to become proactive and to produce their own kassams for months. How can it be that Jews-many with military experience too!-are NOT taking their security into their own hands?The IDF has clearly been put on a VERY tight leash, all in order NOT to harm Gazan population.

Now, if a terrorized community realizes that their leaders are NOT protecting them, then my suggestion is the most rational one.
The last thing the terrorized residents should worry about is that the authorities won’t approve. Who the hell cares??
- on September 26, 2009 at 10:02 pm | Reply DB/Z
  
  Brilliant answer to the problem. Truly!
  However, the Israeli govt will not allow that to happen.
  They have a conscience, rules , sense of duty and right and wrong. Ultimately allowing our population to hit innocents there is not a true Jewish response because it facilitates wrong actions that we/they have a responsibility to protect people from. We do need to stop their fire, quickly and with strength to ensure success.
  But if the people did it on their own and the govt didn’t interfere I’m all for it. Measure for measure. If the people did it on their own it’s perfectly comensurate.
on March 8, 2008 at 6:07 am | Reply em

Thank you for the blog, Amir.

I am already seeing a new side of the stories, and exposure to more subjects than seen on my local news. These will help me understand a very complex society, at a pivotal time in its history, in a better, more personal way than the newswire stories do.

Thank you for being a potent voice directly to us.

Todah. Shalom.

Em
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on April 8, 2008 at 11:50 am | Reply Davie boy Migdal

Hey,

Found your blog, you never told me about this,looks interesting so will have a read.

Hope to see you soon.

Dave
on April 9, 2008 at 10:49 am | Reply Periodismo Ciudadano

[...] Amir Mizroch, editor de noticias para el Jerusalem Post y el que publicó la historia de Facebook que le ha traído más publicidad al grupo, escribe en su propio blog, Forecast Highs: “No estoy seguro que sea buena idea que la gente de Sderot haga sus propios cohetes y los lance a Gaza, y no quiero alentarlos. Pero como pueden ver en los comentarios del grupo, muchos piensan que es una idea a la que le ha llegado su momento”. [...]
on May 7, 2008 at 10:11 am | Reply Steve Ornstein

Hi Amir,

I enjoy your site and I am wondering if you have any interest in linking. We are both in the jpost blog list and I am also on israellycool. Please let me know. It would be a pleasure. We are interested in interviewing you for our podcast on the site. Please take a look at our site as we have listeners in over 80 countries besides our blogs.
Thanks,
Chag Sameach
Steve Ornstein
054-22-70-554
Tel Aviv
on May 30, 2008 at 12:56 am | Reply Moshe Pesach Geller

Love your blog. Loved the article about the power manipulators. Should inform every article in the JPost so that readers have the proper context and realize the essentially cynical nature of politics and all the talk about policy and what they would do, if….are lies. Any of them haven’t yet changed their positions as they attained different levels of power? And that the only guiding principle they possess is the attainment, maintenance and enhancement of that ower? The Jewish People? Oh, sorry forgot about you guys. Trying make Israel into a fun park, collect bigger homes, more pens and more mouthwash for licking everyone tushy.
on July 14, 2008 at 8:33 am | Reply Dr Ranjan Wijesinghe

Hi Amir
I did not know that there is an interest in cricket in Israil.No did I think that a journalist from post would ever do so. Yes. you would do if you arean expat journalist from Aus or SA.
Anyway, that article on Jonty Rhodes was awesome. I really enjoyed it. Keep posting similar interesting cricket postings. I would be one of your regular readers.
Janvic
on January 6, 2009 at 12:26 pm | Reply John Hunt

Hey Amir,

Sure glad you have a place where I am able to give you some feedback.

Just read and enjoyed your article, “Analysis: Gaza will not be Stalingrad”. The thought comes to me how much unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) could revolutionize urban warfare much in the same way that GPS guided bombs have revolutionized war fighting.

Also, can Israel set a deadline for all civilians to leave a certain urban sector? It seems that this would eliminate a couple of issues with urban warfare.

Also, to what extent is urban warfare done during the night time? It seems to me that if you were to cut the electricity, wear night vision goggles and use heat-detecting cameras that this could give a dramatic advantage to the more technologically advanced force.

Any thoughts?
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on September 28, 2009 at 10:40 pm | Reply Holand

ny of them haven’t yet changed their positions as they attained different levels of power? And that the only guiding principle they possess is the attainment, maintenance and enhancement of that ower? The Jewish People? Oh, sorry forgot about you guys. Trying make Israel into a fun park, collect bigger homes, more pens and more mouthwash for licking everyone tushy.
on January 25, 2010 at 10:49 am | Reply maxim reider

Hi Amir!
Putting your articles on blog is a good idea – they disappear from the JP site quite soon – I know Ruth and you planned to interview Sofa Landver – now I could read it.