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The Donkey of the Messiah
“THE TWO-STATE solution is dead!” This mantra has been repeated so often lately, by so many authoritative commentators, that it must be true.
Well, it ain‘t. • 11/05/13
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THE DANGER
Of all the dangers
Facing Israel,
The one
That frightens
The government
Most is
The danger of
Peace. • More...
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No, We Can’t!
AN AMBASSADOR is an honest man sent abroad to lie for the good of his country, a British statesman famously wrote some 400 years ago. That is true, of course, for all diplomats.
The question is... • 04/05/13
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Three events on one day:
The army resumed
“Targeted” assassinations.
A settler was
Stabbed to death.
The Arab states extended
Their peace initiative.
The way to peace is open.
So is the way to escalation.
The choice... • More...
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The Russians Came
WHEN THE huge immigration wave from the Soviet Union arrived in 1990, we were glad.
First of all, because we believe that all immigration is a good thing for the country. This, I believe, is... • 27/04/13
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A happy end
Hunger striker
Samer Issawi
Faced alone
The full might
Of the Government
Of Israel.
He won his struggle
As well as the hearts
Of all Palestinians
And many Israelis. • More...
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In Praise of Emotion
IT WAS a moving experience. Moments that spoke not only to the mind, but also – and foremost – to the heart. • 20/04/13
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In Their Shoes
OBAMA IN ISRAEL: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect.
Obama in Palestine: Every word wrong. Every gesture inappropriate. Every single detail misplaced... • 06/04/13
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Abu-Rish From Kafr Kassem
Ya’ir Lapid
Wants to improve
The lot of
Ricky Cohen
From Hadera.
And of Rachel Berkowitz
From Ramat-Aviv.
But what about
Fatima Abu-Rish
From Kafr Kassem? • More...
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Idiocracy
SO, FINALLY our Prime Minister has apologized to Turkey for “operational mistakes” that “might have” led to the death of nine Turks during the attack on MV Mavi Marmara, the ship which tried to... • 30/03/13
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The Speech that was Not Delivered
Note: This text was written on Wednesday, a day before
President Obama made his historic speech in Jerusalem. It appears that my text came much closer to his actual speech than I had dared to... • 23/03/13
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28 years
An offer Obama
And Kerry
Cannot refuse:
Release Pollard
After 28 years -
In return
For the release
Of all Palestinians
In Israeli prisons
Since before Oslo,
Some more than
28 years. • More...
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To the Victor, the Spoils
IN THE days following the recent Israeli elections, Ya’ir Lapid, the major winner, let it be known that he wanted to be the next Foreign Minister. • 16/03/13
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A BUS
A BUS
CALLED
APARTHEID
Whoever separates
Between buses for
Israelis and Palestinians –
Renders aid and support
To the
“Israel Apartheid Week”
Held now in universities
All over the world. • More...
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“Ich bin ein Bil’iner!”
THIS DOES not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her country has NOT been awarded an Oscar. And not just one film, but two. • 09/03/13
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Faster than ever
If Bennett’s party
Gains control
Of the Housing Ministry,
The cat will
Guard the cream.
Settlements will expand
Faster than ever.
And how will
Foreign Minister Lapid
Explain this? • More...
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The Third Intifada?
IS THIS the third intifada? This question was raised this week by a number of Israeli security experts. And not only by them – their Palestinian colleagues were almost as perplexed. • 02/03/13
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Dead and Buried
Intifada
Or no intifada -
One thing is clear:
The “New Politics”,"
Which ignore the Palestinians
And focus on other issues,
Are dead and buried. • More...
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Peace and Watermelons
ONE OF the most interesting and prolonged private debates I have had in my life was with the brilliant Dr. Nahum Goldmann. The subject: American peace initiatives. • 23/02/13
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