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HUNGER STRIKE
Palestinian prisoners
Are on a hunger strike.
If they die,
There may be
Another intifada.
If there is
Another intifada,
There will be
No peace process.
What will
Tzipi Livni do then? • More...
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The Zuabis
THE SOLE contribution of Ya’ir Lapid to Israeli folklore so far is his saying that he would not join a move to block Binyamin Netanyahu, since this would mean joining forces with “the Zuabis”. • 16/02/13
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SECRETS
In the name of "Security"
We are surrounded by secrecy -
Secret weapons,
Secret Prisoners,
Secrets badly held
Creating the need for more secrecy
Only one thing is not secret:
The way to peace. • More...
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Can Two Walk Together?
“COMPARED TO the Knesset it could have been, this is a very good Knesset!”
I heard this, in so many words, from at least ten former Knesset members and others, as we were drinking orange juice in... • 09/02/13
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THE VISIT
President Obama
Will ask for
Clear answers
On Peace,
The Palestinian state,
Occupation and settlements.
For the new government,
There is no escaping
From what really matters. • More...
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Woe to the Victor
“VAE VICTIS!” was the Roman cry. Woe to the vanquished.
I would alter it slightly: “Vae Victori”, Woe to the victor! • 02/02/13
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A Move to the Center
IT WAS the night of the optimists.
Tuesday at 10.01 pm, a minute after the ballot boxes were sealed, the three TV news programs announced the results of their exit polls. • 26/01/13
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Who to vote for?
THE ELECTIONS will take place in three days, and they are boring, boring, boring.
So boring, indeed, that even to think about their boringness (if there is such a word) is boring. • 19/01/13
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Welcome, Chuck
I FIND Chuck Hagel eminently likeable. I am not quite certain why.
Perhaps it’s his war record. He was decorated for valor in the Vietnam War (which I detested). He was a mere sergeant. Since I... • 12/01/13
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ELECTION LISTS
Peace is Israel’s
Existential need.
Any election list
That does not
Have peace
Heading its program
Is leading
Towards disaster. • More...
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Weird Elections
IN A few hundred years, a professor looking for an especially esoteric subject will ask his students to research the Israeli elections of 2013.
The students will come back with a unanimous... • 05/01/13
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THE AMBASSADORS
When Israeli ambassadors
Openly criticize
The government of Israel -
It shows how bad
Israel’s international
Situation is.
The government’s
Disastrous
Settlement spree
Has brought this about. • More...
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A Person Called Nobody
SUDDENLY, I realized that a new star had appeared on the political firmament of Israel. Until yesterday I did not even know of its existence. • 29/12/12
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FORETASTE
The recognition of
The settlers’ “university”
Of Ariel
Is a foretaste
Of the next government.
If Netanyahu and his
Right-wing bunch
Is elected –
The de-legitimization
Of Israel will become
A... • More...
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The Sea and the River
“Palestine, from the Jordan to the Sea, belongs to us!” declared Khaled Meshal last week at the huge victory rally in Gaza. • 15/12/12
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Playing with Fire
A military raid
In Ramallah
And a media campaign
To let soldiers kill.
Plans for massive
Settlement construction.
Netanyahu and Lieberman
Ignite the Third Intifada
For electoral gain. • More...
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Cold Revenge
“Revenge is a dish that is best eaten cold,” is a saying attributed to Stalin. I don’t know if he really said that. All the possible witnesses were executed long ago.
Anyhow, a taste for delayed... • 08/12/12
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Don't get it wrong!
Netanyahu,
Don't get it wrong!
Europeans and Americans
Gave a wide interpretation
To Israel’s right of self-defense.
They did not
Give you a green light
To build settlements
And dig a grave
For... • More...
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