In Jewish legend, the Golem was a man-made creature endowed with enormous strength. RabbiJudah Loew of Prague, also know as the Maharal, created him of clay and gave him life by putting apiece of paper with the secret name of God under his tongue. The Golem helped the Jews defend themselves against anti-Semitic rioters, but … Read more
For a fraction of a second, I was panic-stricken. The terrible monster coming towards me was not more than five meters away and continued to moveas if I weren’t there. The giant bulldozer pushed a great heap of dirt and boulders before it.The driver, two meters above me, seemed a part of the machine. It … Read more
A few days ago, the State of Israel celebrated its 56th anniversary according to the Hebrew(lunar) calendar. A chance to escape from reality for a day, at a time when the whole country was braced forsuicide-bombings to avenge the assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin and Dr. Abd-al-Azizal-Rantissi. A day of nostalgia for the Israel of … Read more
In the darkness of a cinema, a woman’s voice: “Hey! Take your hands off! Not you! YOU!” This old joke illustrates the American policy regarding nuclear armaments in the MiddleEast. “Hey, you there, Iraq and Iran and Libya, stop it! Not YOU, Israel!” The danger of nuclear arms was the main pretext for the … Read more
Sharon’s Skin and Bush’s Spots Question: Is the “Unilateral Disengagement” plan, which was so dramatically endorsed thisweek by President Bush, a bluff? Answer: Yes and No. If Ariel Sharon can avoid implementing it, he certainly will. He will implement it only if hehas no alternative. The written plan says that it will be implemented “by … Read more
Some more thought about the war (6): Some more thought about the war: The white man’s burden . A depressing thought: the Iraq war proves that in the year 2003 AD, the world has not essentially changed since 2003 BC. A military power can attack a weak nation, conquer its territory and plunder its resources. … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of Gush Shalom met today (Saturday, 10.04.04) with the Chairman of thePalestinian authority, Yasser Arafat, in order to protest against Ariel Sharon’sdeclarations about his intention to kill him. ”We appreciate not only your place in history as the leader of the Palestinian NationalMovement, but also recognize you as the only Palestinian … Read more
Bitter Rice (2)or: The March of Folly The following passage may look familiar: “On the fourth day of the 1982 Israeli attack on Lebanon, I crossed the border at a lonelyspot near Metulla and looked for the front, which had already reached the outskirts ofSidon. I was driving my private car, accompanied by a … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of Gush Shalom met today (Saturday, 10.04.04) with the Chairman of thePalestinian authority, Yasser Arafat, in order to protest against Ariel Sharon’sdeclarations about his intention to kill him. ”We appreciate not only your place in history as the leader of the Palestinian NationalMovement, but also recognize you as the only Palestinian … Read more
President Yasser Arafat, Shalom. I write these lines in order to protest against a statement that I cannot ignore. In theweekly Palestinian paper, The Jerusalem Times, there appeared on March 26 a short itemreporting that you have viewed the controversial film of Mel Gibson, “The Passion of theChrist”. Afterwards your advisor and close … Read more