Recently I was asked by the German Else-Laker-Schueler-Gesellschaft, which commemorates the German-Jewish-Israeli poetess, to describe how peace would look like. On the eve of Yom Kippur, the day of reconciliation, I would like to distribute it instead of my weekly article. русский A fairy tale “If you want, it is no fairy tale!”Theodor Herzl, founder … Read more
All our governmentsHave assumed thatAs long as the AmericanSupport us,We can ignore the whole worldAnd oppress the Palestinians.But no Empire lasts foreverAnd the message is writtenOn the Walls ofWall Street.The only way of ensuringThe future of Israel:To make peace withThe Palestinians,To be accepted by theArab world -And do it quickly,While we can. Ad published in … Read more
IN COLLOQUIAL Israeli Hebrew, when someone discovers something that everybody else already knows, we say: “Good morning, Elijahu!” Why Elijahu? I don’t know. Now one could say: “Good morning, Ehud!” That’s what I said to myself when I read the sensational interview that Ehud Olmert gave this week, on the eve of the Jewish New … Read more
Not the settlers aloneAre guilty ofThe violent riots.The occupationAnd all its organsAre guilty:The government,The army,The police andThe courts. Ad published in Haaretz, October 3, 2008
THE GERMAN name Sternhell means bright as the stars. The name fits: the positions of Professor Ze’ev Sternhell indeed stand out sharply against the darkness of the sky. He warns against Israeli fascism. This week, Israeli fascists laid a pipe-bomb at the entrance of his apartment and he was lightly injured. The choice of victim … Read more
The police says that the familyOf the young Arab whoRan over the soldiers in JerusalemAre “Jew haters”.Many Jews in the cityAre “Arab haters””United Jerusalem”Has become a curse.The solution:To divide the cityBy agreement and mutual respect. Ad in Haaretz September 26, 2008
THE POLLS were wrong, as usual. And in a big way. As usual.Instead of winning by a huge margin, as predicted until the very last moment by all the polls, she just squeaked through. Of the 72 thousand or so registered Kadima members, only 39,331 troubled themselves to go to the polls, and among these … Read more
Ehud OlmertDuring his lastDays in officeOffers good and true ideasWhen he has no chanceOf implementing themTzipi LivniCan, right at the beginningWalk towards peaceNot by wordsBut by deeds Ad published in Haaretz, September 19 , 2008
AS AN ISRAELI, I am ashamed. An incumbent Prime Minister has been compelled to resign because of personal corruption. How awful! As an Israeli, I am proud. An incumbent Prime Minister has been compelled to resign because of personal corruption. How wonderful! Compelled not by a revolution, not by a military coup, not by rioting … Read more
On Thursday, Sept. 11, the Supreme Court in Jerusalem deliberated on the appeal lodged by the Gush Shalom movement against the creation of a settler radio station (“Radyosh” – “Judea and Samaria Radio”) . The judges gave the state ten days to answer whether it would be willing to cancel, in practice, the proceeding of … Read more