Uri Avnery's Column
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An End Foreseen
A WISE person once said: "A fool learns from his experience. An intelligent person learns from the experience of others." To which one could add: "And an idiot does not even learn from his own... • 09/02/08
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Look Who's Talking
SOMETIMES, SOMETHING is said about you, and you are not quite sure whether to take it as a compliment or an insult. • 18/01/08
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The Hands of Esau
WHICH OF the two men is the leader of the greatest power on earth and which is the boss of a small client state? • 12/01/08
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The Beilin Syndrom
MEPHISTO, the demon who bought the soul of Faust in Goethe's monumental drama, describes himself as "a part of that force which always wants the bad and always creates the good." • 29/12/07
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How They Stole The Bomb From Us
IT WAS like an atom bomb falling on Israel.
The earth shook. Our political and military leaders were all in shock. The headlines screamed with rage.
What happened?
A real catastrophe: the... • 08/12/07
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"The Tumult And The Shouting Dies…"
"THE TUMULT and the shouting dies, / The captains and the kings depart…" Rudyard Kipling wrote in his unforgettable poem "Lest We Forget" ("Recessional") • 01/12/07
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Omelettes into Eggs
I WAS awakened from deep sleep by the noise. There was a commotion outside, which was getting louder by the minute. The shout of excited people. An eruption of joy. • 24/11/07
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12 Years Later
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More than anything, Rabin was the typical representative of my generation, the "generation of 1948" - and not by accident was this generation defined by a war. • 27/10/07
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BIL'IN! BIL'IN!
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WHEN MY friends fall prey to despair, I show them a piece of painted concrete, which I bought in Berlin. • 08/09/07
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A BRUISED REED
IN THE year 701 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem. The Bible records the words which the Assyrian general, Rabshakeh, addressed to Hezekiah, king of Judah: "Now, behold, thou... • 01/09/07
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Miss C.
INTRODUCING Miss Calculatsia, that fashionable foreigner, the new star in Israeli discourse. • 18/08/07
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OSLO REVISITED
ON THESE hot, sticky days of the Israeli summer, it is pleasant to feel the coolness of Oslo, even if the visit is only virtual. • 11/08/07
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WHITE ELEPHANTS
THE KING of Siam knew how to deal with domestic opponents: he would present them with a white elephant. • 04/08/07
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A Warning to Tony
LAST WEEK, James Wolfensohn gave a long interview to Haaretz. He poured out his heart and summed up, with amazing openness, his months as special envoy of the US, Russia, the EU and the UN (the... • 28/07/07
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A Trap for Fools
IN A classical American western, the difference is as glaring as the midday sun in Colorado: there are Good Guys and Bad Guys. The good ones are the settlers, who are making the prairie bloom... • 21/07/07
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