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AS THEN
Sewers
Are running over.
Waves
Of fascist incitement
Are flooding
The country:
Internet talkbackists,
Rightist media,
And a
Despicable song, too.
As
On the eve
Of Rabin’s murder. • More...
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A Birthday Present
YESTERDAY I went to the health clinic to get a vaccination. It was a pleasant day, sunny but not too hot. The trip to the clinic and back, including the waiting, took just over an hour. During... • 17/04/10
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No More!
Instead of
A deluge of
Clichés and
Empty phrases –
There is
Only
One message
On
Remembrance Day:
NO
MORE! • More...
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The Big Gamble
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I MET Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister, two weeks ago, and was again impressed by the calm and modesty he radiates. • 10/04/10
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FREE ZONE
The only
Answer
To the
Nuclear Danger:
Israeli-Arab
Peace
And the turning
Of the
Entire
Middle East
Into a
Nuclear free zone. • More...
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“Hold Me Back!”
“HOLD ME back!” is a part of Israeli folklore. It reminds us of our childhood. • 03/04/10
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On The Road To Canossa
IN JANUARY 1077, King Henry IV walked to Canossa. He crossed the snow-covered Alps barefoot, wearing a penitent monk’s hair shirt, and reached the North-Italian fortress in which the Vicar of God... • 27/03/10
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CONGRATULATIONS
Obama,
Mazal Tov!
Against intense opposition
You have paved the way
For Americans
To receive
Medical treatment.
Now
Heal us please
From the
Malignant occupation.
Many in Israel
Will be grateful! • More...
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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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DEMANDS
Stop all settlements
In East Jerusalem.
Negotiate about
Jerusalem, borders,
Settlements and refugees.
These are the demands
Of Hillary Clinton.
These are the demands
Of Israelis
Who care for... • More...
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PROVOCATION
The day on which
The negotiations with
The Palestinians
Were to begin
Was marked by
The confirmation of a
Huge new settlement
In East Jerusalem
And a slap in the face
Of the US Vice President... • More...
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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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SANITY
Nobody would think about
Destroying dozens of
Jewish homes
Because King David
Had a garden there
3000 years ago.
In Israel 2010,
Such an evil plan
Against Arabs
Was seriously considered
And came... • More...
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Squatter on his own land
The detained Bedouin human rights activist Nuri el Okbi will be brought to the Be'er Sheba Magistrate's Court (Shalom Court) tomorrow (Mon. March 1) at 12.00 noon. • 28/02/10
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“HERITAGE”
The modest “Rachel’s Tomb”
In the heart of Bethlehem,
Sacred to the three faiths,
Has been turned
Into a fortified position
Forbidden to Muslims.
The “Cave of Machpelah”
Which is also “Ibrahim’s... • More...
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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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PREVENT!
The War can be prevented -
In spite of the threats!
The readiness to make peace
And to leave
The occupied territories
Will make it possible
To reach agreement
With the Syrians
And the... • More...
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VOTERS ABROAD
In the Biberman state,
Voters abroad
Who will not spill
Their own blood
Nor sacrifice
Their own sons
Will vote on war.
In the Biberman state,
Voters abroad
Who do not pay
Taxes in Israel
Will... • More...
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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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Occupied Territory
This is
“United” Jerusalem:
The elected mayor
Of West Jerusalem
Is the military governor
Of East Jerusalem.
The Jerusalem police
Is an occupation force.
See: Sheikh Jarah. • More...
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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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“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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HAITI-GAZA
In far-away Haiti
A terrible disaster
Has occured.
Within a few hours
An Israeli aid mission
Was organized.
In near-by Gaza
Hundreds of houses
Lie in ruins.
The inhabitants do not ask
For an aid... • More...
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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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