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The Fearmongers
ON THE anniversary of David Ben-Gurion’s death, the usual memorial meeting was held at his graveside in Sdeh Boker, the Negev desert village where he lived in his retirement. There is no cemetery... • 10/12/11
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SHOCKED
Our leaders
Are shocked
By the results
Of the free elections
In Egypt.
They should look
Into the mirror:
In our free elections,
The followers of
Meir Kahane
And the admirers
Of Joe McCarthy
Won. • More...
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The King’s Speech
IN THE middle of the '80s, a German diplomat conveyed to me a surprising message. A member of the Jordanian Royal family would like to speak with me in Amman. At the time, Jordan was still... • 03/12/11
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THE PROOF
Withholding Palestinian money
Was Netanyahu's way
Of pressuring the PA
To stop demanding
Independence.
But this arbitrary act
Has clearly shown them
Just how urgently
They need
Independence. • More...
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If already...
The Prime Minister
Proposes
To import doctors
From India.
Wouldn't it be
A better idea
To import from India
A Prime Minister? • More...
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Weimar Revisited
“YOU AND your Weimar!” a friend of mine once exclaimed in exasperation, ”just because you experienced the collapse of the Weimar Republic as a child, you see Weimar behind every corner.” • 19/11/11
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CHUTZPAH
The Netanyahu Government
Is daily interfering
In the domestic politics
Of the United States -
Openly and without shame
The Netanyahu Government
Accuses European governments,
Which are funding... • More...
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“YOU are Fed Up?”
“YOU CAN lie to all of the people some of the time, and to some of the people all of the time, but you cannot lie to all of the people all of the time.” • 12/11/11
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Delegitimation
The government defines
Settlement extension
as punishment
For the Palestinians.
Violent settlers fix
Their own "price tag".
The Knesset is busy
Enacting anti-democratic laws.
Thugs implement them... • More...
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“Hold me back!"
EVERYBODY KNOWS the scene from school: a small boy quarrels with a bigger boy. “Hold me back!” he shouts to his comrades, “Before I break his bones!” • 05/11/11
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PUNISHMENT
With a majority
Of 107 against 14,
Amid wild applause,
UNESCO accepted
The State of Palestine
As a full member.
“Punishing” the Palestinians
Offends 107 countries
And isolates Israel
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A View from the Villa
THE KILLING of Muammar Gaddafi and his son Muatasim was not a pretty sight. After seeing it once, I looked away when it was shown again and again on TV – literally ad nauseam. • 29/10/11
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THE THREAT
Foreign Minister Lieberman
Called for the removal
Of Mahmud Abbas.
As always,
He says openly
What Netayahu is thinking.
A Palestinian leader
Who mobilizes without violence
World-wide support
For... • More...
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Everybody’s Son
THE MOST sensible – I almost wrote “the only sensible” – sentence uttered this week sprang from the lips of a 5-year old boy. • 22/10/11
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IT IS POSSIBLE!
The lesson from
The prisoner exchange:
When the goal is just
And we struggle for it
Long and hard -
We can bend
Even a Netanyahu
And achieve what seems
Impossible! • More...
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The Second Herzl
ON YOM KIPPUR eve last week, when real Jews were praying for their lives, I sat on the seashore of Tel Aviv, thinking. • 15/10/11
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Logically
To solve
Our social problems -
Israel must cut
The defense budget.
To cut
The defense budget -
Israel must turn
Towards peace.
To turn
Towards peace -
Israel must recognize
The State of Palestine • More...
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Gisha
Legal Center for Freedom of Movement
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The More Enemies, The More Honor
AN OLD photo from World War I shows a company of German soldiers getting on the train on their way to the front. On the wall of the car somebody had scribbled: “viel Feind, viel Ehr’” (“The more... • 08/10/11
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We, the Traitors
"THERE ARE situations in which a real patriot has no alternative but to be a traitor," wrote the distinguished German journalist, the late Rudolf Augstein, in a review of one of my books in the... • 07/10/11
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Anatot settlers
Brutally assaulted
Palestinians and Israeli
Peace activists.
Police was present
But looked the other way
Some of the attackers
Were themselves policemen
Living in the settlement. • More...
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Mutiny on the Titanic
HERE IS a story that has never been told before:
When the Titanic was well out into the Atlantic, its crew mutinied. • 01/10/11
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QUIZZ
Who said:
“I hope that
Our neighbors
Will realize that
We cannot be made
To remain a subordinate
Dependent minority
In our historic homeland!”
Abu Mazen in the UN?
Ben Gurion in the UN?
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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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NO OTHER
A sovereign Palestine
Within the 1967 borders,
A full member of the UN -
We don't .
And will never have,
Another partner for peace! • More...
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