Uri Avnery's Column
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The Doomsday Weapon
IT IS already a commonplace to say that people who don’t learn from history are condemned to repeat their mistakes. • 20/03/10
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The Harlot’s Grave
SOME WEEKS ago, Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in Rome, was released after serving 28 years in prison. • 06/03/10
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Dubious in Dubai
FROM TIME to time I ask myself: what would happen if the world’s governments decided to abolish all their spy agencies simultaneously? • 20/02/10
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A Four-Letter Word
MANY IMPORTANT struggles in Israel are calling out to people of conscience. Among others (in random order): • 06/02/10
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The Kangaroo
GEORGE MITCHELL looks like a kangaroo hopping around with an empty pouch. • 30/01/10
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The Liebarak
THE BUSINESS is registered in the name of Binyamin Netanyahu. But the reality is different. • 23/01/10
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“Kill Another Turk…”
I TRIED to resist the temptation to tell the same classical Jewish joke a second time, but circumstances delivered a plausible excuse. • 16/01/10
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The Quiet American
THE QUIET AMERICAN was the hero of Graham Greene’s novel about the first Vietnam War, the one fought by the French. • 09/01/10
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Cast Lead 2
DID WE win? Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Gaza War, alias Operation Cast Lead, and this question fills the public space. • 26/12/09
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Oybama
THIS WEEK I enjoyed an hour of happiness.
I was on my way home, after collecting William Polk’s new book about Iran. I admire the wisdom of this former State Department official. • 19/12/09
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Spot the Difference
A SHORT historical quiz: Which state:
(1) Arose after a holocaust in which a third of its people were destroyed?
(2) Drew from that holocaust the conclusion that only superior military forces... • 12/12/09
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Federation? Why Not?
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THESE DAYS mark the 5th anniversary of the murder of Yasser Arafat, and bring back to me our last conversation in his Ramallah compound, a few weeks before his death. It was he who brought up... • 21/11/09
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“Where Have All the Friendships Gone…"
ACCORDING TO a Chinese saying, if someone in the street tells you that you are drunk, you can laugh. If a second person tells you that you are drunk, start to think about it. If a third one tells... • 24/10/09
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