I DON’T know if the Guinness Book of World Records has a special section for Chutzpah.If it does not, it should. That’s the one competition where we might take home a few gold medals.The first one would surely go to Binyamin Netanyahu. THIS WEEK, on the eve of the first round of serious negotiations between … Read more
It is customaryTo carry outConfidence building measuresBefore peace negotiations.Ahead ofThis week’s talks,The governmentProclaimed 1200Confidence destroying measures. Published in “Haaretz” – August 16, 2013
(A shorter version of this article was published yesterday in Haaretz). AVRAHAM BURG (58) was a member of the Labor Party and for some time the Chairman of the Knesset. His late father was a long-time cabinet minister and a leader of the National-Religious Party, before it became a rabid messianic mob. The relations between … Read more
Who said thatOur leadersHave no principles?Israeli ministersFollow withComplete sincerityOne ideological principle:The settlementsAlways getThe mostGenerous funding.That’s theFirst priority. Published in “Haaretz”, August 9, 2013
IT IS now fashionable to say that “the two-state solution is dead”. Or: “Time for the two-state solution is running out”.Why dead? How dead? It’s one of those things that need no proof. To say it is enough. If pressed, though, the fake mourners of the two-state solution give a reason: there are just too … Read more
Israel is going toRelease prisoners with“Blood on their hands”.When peace comes,People with“Blood on their hands”On both sidesWill shake hands.So there will not beAnymore people with“Blood on their hands”. Published in “Haaretz”, August 2, 2013
WHEN YOU have a conflict between two parties, the way to solve it is clear: you put them in the same room, let them thrash out their differences and emerge with a reasonable solution acceptable to both. For example, a conflict between a wolf and a lamb. Put them in the same room, let them … Read more
The bill promotedBy Naftali BennettWill seal the doomOf the settler’ dream.If a peace agreementIs signedAnd broughtTo a referendum,It will be supportedBy a large majority Published in “Haaretz”July 26, 2013
Solidarity with el-Hakawati Theatre (East Jerusalem), closed by the Israeli government ahead of a… puppet theatre show for kids Artists, actors, musicians, activists and members of parliament invite you to an evening of solidarity with the el-Hakawati theatre, attended by its director, Mr. Muhamad Halika. Place: Mahsan 2, JaffaTime: Saturday 20/7, 21:00 Background : http://972mag.com/sesame-street-puppeteers-launch-campaign-for-e-jerusalem-theater/74890/
ON MY 70th birthday, I received a gift from Yitzhak Rabin: he signed the document recognizing the existence of the Palestinian people, after many decades of denial. He also recognized the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as its representative. I had demanded this, almost alone, for many years. Three days later, the Oslo agreement was signed … Read more