IF I were a cartoonist, I would draw Israel as a length of hose pipe. At one end, Jews are flowing in, encouraged by anti-Semites and a large Zionist apparatus. At the other end, young disappointed Israelis are flowing out and settling in Berlin and other places. By the way, the numbers entering and leaving … Read more
ExpellingInternationalHuman RightsActivistsWon’t hideFrom the worldThe injustice ofThe occupation.On the contrary. Published in Haaretz, 12/08/16
ON JUNE 28, 1914, the Austrian heir to the throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, visited Sarajevo, the main town of Bosnia, then an Austrian province. Three young Serbian inhabitants of Bosnia had decided to assassinate him, in order to achieve the attachment of Bosnia to Serbia. They threw bombs at the car of the archduke. All … Read more
After a FIFAInterventionGazan soccer playersWere allowedTo go to HebronFor thePalestinian Cup Final.Suddenly, this wasNo longer”A security risk”. Published in Haaretz, 05/08/16
SO HERE we are. Either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton will be our next president. “Our”? I am not a US citizen, and have no desire to be one. But I live in a world in which the USA is the sole superpower, in which every decision of the US administration has an impact on … Read more
It is importantTo investigateThe conduct ofThe 2014 war.Even more importantTo investigate:What (if anything)Did the governmentDo in 2016To preventThe next war. Published in Haaretz, 29/07/16
THE State of Israel was still young, when two famous comedians produced a short act: Two Arabs stand on the seashore and curse a boat carrying new Jewish immigrants. Next, two of the new immigrants stand on the seashore and curse a boat carrying new immigrants from Poland. Next, two immigrants from Poland stand on … Read more
Who isDesecratingThe flag?First and foremost,The one whoRaises itIn settlementsCreated by forceOn stolen land. Published in Haaretz, 22/07/16
Rothschild Boulevard, opposite Habima Theater, Friday, July 22, 2016, 10 am – 4 pm.The largest in the series of grassroots negotiations organized by “Minds of Peace”:will take place on Friday, July 22, in downtown Tel Aviv. No less than 500 people – half of them Israelis, half Palestinians – will sit down for six hours … Read more
FOR ME, France is the land of liberty. When I was just 10 years old, I fled with my family from Nazi Germany to France, on our way to Palestine. We were afraid of being detained at the border. When our train crossed the Rhine, leaving Germany behind us and entering France, I breathed deeply. … Read more