Uri Avnery's Column
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Abu Mazen’s Gamble
A WONDERFUL SPEECH. A beautiful speech.
The language expressive and elegant. The arguments clear and convincing. The delivery flawless. • 24/09/11
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Sad and Happy
“WILL THIS be the happiest day of your life?” a local interviewer asked me, referring to the approaching recognition of the State of Palestine by the UN. • 17/09/11
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Dogs of War
Such terrifying dogs have not been seen since the Hound of the Baskervilles. • 03/09/11
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The Return of the Generals
SINCE THE beginning of the conflict, the extremists of both sides have always played into each other’s hands. The cooperation between them was always much more effective than the ties between the... • 20/08/11
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Dichter's Law
“THE PEOPLE Demand Social Justice!” 250 thousand protesters chanted in unison in Tel Aviv last Saturday. But what they need – to quote an American artist - is “more unemployed politicians”. • 13/08/11
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“How Goodly Are Thy Tents”
FIRST OF all, a warning.
Tent cities are springing up all over Israel. A social protest movement is gathering momentum. At some point in the near future, it may endanger the right-wing government. • 06/08/11
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It Can Happen Here!
YEARS AGO I said that there are but two miracles in Israel: the Hebrew language and democracy.
Hebrew had been a dead language for many generations, more or less like Latin, when it was still... • 15/07/11
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The Jewish Ayatollahs
THE ARCHBISHOP of New York announces that any Catholic who rents out an apartment to a Jew commits a mortal sin and runs the risk of excommunication. • 02/07/11
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Sacred Mantras
THE PALESTINIANS are planning something thoroughly obnoxious: they intend to apply to the UN for statehood. • 25/06/11
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Deny! Deny!
I AM fed up with all this nonsense about recognizing Israel as the “Jewish State”. • 18/06/11
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A Brown-haired Young Man
MY HERO of the year (for now) is a young brown-haired Palestinian refugee living in Syria called Hassan Hijazi. • 11/06/11
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RACHEL
I HAD the unqualified blessing of living with Rachel Avnery for 58 years. Last Saturday I took leave of her body. She was as beautiful in death as she was in life. I could not take my eyes off her... • 04/06/11
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Bibi and the Yo-Yos
IT WAS all rather disgusting.
There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few... • 28/05/11
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Rubber Man
I COULD not restrain myself. Though I was alone in the room, I burst out laughing. • 14/05/11
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“Rejoice Not…”
“REJOICE NOT when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth, / Lest the Lord see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.”. • 07/05/11
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One Word
IN ONE word: Bravo!
The news about the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas is good for peace. If the final difficulties are ironed out and a full agreement is signed by the two... • 30/04/11
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Tahrir Square, Tel Aviv
AMRAM MITZNA is a nice guy. He is modest and radiates credibility. He reminds one of the late Lova Eliav, the Secretary General of the Labor party who quit the party in disgust. Like Eliav, he has... • 23/04/11
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The Settler State
THE OTHER day, the almighty General Security Service (Shabak, formerly Shin Bet) needed a new boss. It is a hugely important job, because no minister ever dares to contradict the advice of the... • 16/04/11
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Napoleon’s Dictum
IT WAS Napoleon who said that it is better to fight against a coalition than to fight as part of one. • 02/04/11
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A Dirty Word
ON THURSDAY EVENING I could not think of anything except Libya.
First I heard the blood-curdling speech by Muammar Qaddafi, in which he promised to occupy Benghazi within hours and drown the... • 19/03/11
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The Dwarfs
JERUSALEM IS abuzz with brilliant new ideas. The brightest minds of our political establishment are grappling with the problems created by the ongoing Arab revolution that is reshaping the... • 12/03/11
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Wrong Side
OF ALL the memorable phrases uttered by Barack Obama in the last two years, the one that stuck in my mind more than any other appeared in his historic speech in Cairo in the early days of his... • 05/03/11
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A Crazy Prophet
“WHY DON’T the masses stream to the square here, too, and throw Bibi out?” my taxi driver exclaimed when we were passing Rabin Square. The wide expanse was almost empty, with only a few mothers... • 26/02/11
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