The Palestinians have their own country it is Jordan! If their DNA were to be checked that is where most of them came from, and the others would have been from Egypt.

Lastly, danger grows because of Syria and the risk of Turkey becoming involved, also Iran (who financed and armed all the terrorists) is getting nearer to having a nuclear bomb. Israel must not allow this to happen.

Since Trump announced his proposal for Gaza, the Arabs have accused Israel and America of planning Ethnic cleansing. Yet nearly a million Jews were brutally forced out of Iran and all Arab countries. So many Jewish people were living in these countries long before the Muslim religion ever existed, now there are hardly any left!

It was the Muslims that were guilty of ethnic cleansing. They encouraged attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions and confiscated their bank accounts and all their assets. Nearly 100% of Jewish people were removed or killed since 1940 from; Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libia, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia and Yemen.

Unlike the so-called Palestinian refugees that all Arab states refuse to allow in, today there are no Jewish refugees, they have all (over one million) been looked after properly.

Every day I have to look at the news, especially the Israeli news, to see what is happening. Hoping the hostages will be freed and the war will be resolved once and for all.


Selling our Jade and Chinese Pendants

As the cost of living is going up faster than anyone imagined, especially in Switzerland, we have decided it is time to sell our Pendant Collection.

We met Asaph Hyman through James Roberts (who was the Bonhams representative in Marbella), sometime around 2012 and ever since we have become friends. Whenever Asaph was in Zurich, or Malaga he would get in touch and we would meet up for a meal and a chat. We were aware that there was also an ulterior motive, as he always asked if we would consider selling.  We had sold the odd piece of my father's and a jade screen we had bought in Zurich in the early 1980's that Asaph handled for us. These were after Richard Marchant had successfully sold another jade screen for us.

This year we decided that we would show him all our pendants, he confirmed that he had never seen a collection of pendants from this period before, the only other collections were of the early jade carving period, and he thought this was a wonderful unique collection.

He was really delighted at the idea of offering the complete collection and he promised us that he would produce a special catalogue, and that he would make sure to vigorously promote the auction for us. He certainly has done so; the catalogue is beautiful and it is destined to be a reference work for many years to come. We have seen on the Internet (in LinkedIn where Bonhams have 72,927 followers) Asaph stated "It is exceptionally rare to see such a superb collection and a testament to the taste and eye of Trudy and John Cohen, and their perseverance in seeking only the very finest. It is a great pleasure to offer this collection at Bonhams Hong Kong on May 5th, 2025."