photo gallery “Is there a justification for violating the Freedom of Expression?” Justices asked the state during the debate on the Boycott Law. Feb. 16 an intensive debate developed at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, when a special panel of nine judges convened to deliberate a series of appeals against the “Boycott Law”. State officials … Read more
On Sunday,Nine Judges ofThe Supreme Court Will judgeThe Boycott Law.Consumer boycottsAre legitimate:Boycotting cottage cheeseBecause its priceIs too high,Boycotting settlementsWhose priceIs prohibitive. Published in Ha’aretz, February 14, 2014
WHAT’S WRONG about the demand that the Palestinian leadership recognize Israel as the “Nation State of the Jewish People”? Well, practically everything. States recognize each other. They don’t have to recognize each other’s ideological character. A state is a reality. Ideologies belong to the abstract realm. When the United States recognized the Soviet Union in … Read more
Not because ofInternational boycottShould weMake peace.We shouldMake peaceBecause it isIn Israel’sVital interest! Published in Ha’aretz, February 7. 2014
PETE SEEGER touched my life only once. But what a touch. It was a few days before the 1967 Six-Day War. After almost three weeks of mounting tension, the war fever was nearing breaking point. I knew that the war was only days, perhaps hours, away. Dina Dinur, the wife of the Holocaust-writer K. Zetnik, … Read more
A Jew living in PalestineSubject to and respectingPalestinian lawIs one thing.A settler who livesIn an armed enclaveUnder the protectionOf an occupation armyIs something very different. Published in “Haaretz” – January 31, 2014
DURING THE last hundred years, Russia has undergone huge changes. At the beginning, it was ruled by the Czar, in an absolute monarchy with some democratic decorations, a “tyranny mitigated by inefficiency”. After the downfall of the Czar, a liberal and equally inefficient regime ruled for a few months, when it was overthrown by the … Read more
Advice to Netanyahu:Rather thanBeing dazzledBy the Zionist speechOf a Canadian PM,Listen toThe warningOf our ownCaptains of industry:Failure ofThe negotiationsMight deal a severe blowTo Israel’s economy Published in “Haaretz”, January 24, 2014
IN THE middle of the 70s, Ariel Sharon asked me to arrange something for him – a meeting with Yasser Arafat. A few days before, the Israeli media had discovered that I was in regular contact with the leadership of the PLO, which was listed at the time as a terrorist organization. I told Sharon … Read more
Defense Minister Ya’alonOpenly opposesPeace withThe Palestinians.A minister in controlOf the armyHas many waysTo sabotage negotiations.A Prime MinisterWho leaves him thereIs fully responsibleFor the consequences. Published in “Haaretz” – January 17, 2014