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Uri Avnery: Lonely Rider
Monday, 8 September 2008, 11:59 am | Uri Avnery
AT THE funeral of Abie Nathan, I said to myself: the Israel-as-it-is takes its leave from the Israel-as-it-could-have-been More >>
Uri Avnery: The Devil's Hoof
Monday, 25 August 2008, 2:50 pm | Uri Avnery
I WAS shocked when I read the headline in Haaretz. It quoted Sari Nusseibeh as saying "There is no Room for Two", meaning two states between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Anger, the Longing, the Hope
Monday, 18 August 2008, 11:19 am | Uri Avnery
ONE OF the wisest pronouncements I have heard in my life was that of an Egyptian general, a few days after Anwar Sadat's historic visit to Jerusalem. More >>
Uri Avnery: A Knight on a Gray Horse
Monday, 11 August 2008, 11:47 am | Uri Avnery
This week, many of Barack Obama's admirers were shocked. Up to now, it had been believed that the huge sums of money flowing into the coffers of his campaign came from anonymous citizens, each sending a check for 100 or 200 dollars. More >>
Uri Avnery: Hollow Time
Monday, 4 August 2008, 1:58 pm | Uri Avnery
We were protesting the death of Ahmad Moussa, aged 10, who was murdered during a demonstration against the Separation Fence at Na'ilin village - the fence that robs the village of most of its land in order to give it to the nearby settlement. A soldier ... More >>
"If I Forget Thee, Umm Touba..."
Sunday, 27 July 2008, 6:29 pm | Uri Avnery
IN ONE of the most beautiful songs in the Bible, the poet vows: "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, / Let my right hand forget her cunning. / If I do not remember thee, / Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; / If I prefer not Jerusalem above ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Different Planets
Sunday, 20 July 2008, 6:48 pm | Uri Avnery
It was an eerie experience: in a fraction of a second I could switch between two worlds, but all the channels reported on exactly the same occasion. In one section of the breaking news, the events happened at a distance of a few dozen meters from ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Why Not?
Monday, 14 July 2008, 1:06 pm | Uri Avnery
IF YOU want to understand the policy of a country, look at the map - as Napoleon recommended. More >>
Uri Avnery: An Apology
Monday, 16 June 2008, 4:51 pm | Uri Avnery
THIS WEEK, the Prime Minister of Canada made a dramatic statement in Parliament: he apologized to the indigenous peoples of his country for the injustices done to them for generations by successive Canadian governments. More >>
Uri Avnery: No, I Can't!
Tuesday, 10 June 2008, 11:13 am | Uri Avnery
AFTER MONTHS of a tough and bitter race, a merciless struggle, Barack Obama has defeated his formidable opponent, Hillary Clinton. He has wrought a miracle: for the first time in history a black person has become a credible candidate for the ... More >>
When the Kettle Calls the Pot Black
Monday, 2 June 2008, 1:58 pm | Uri Avnery
I CANNOT say that I ever liked Ehud Olmert. But now I almost feel sorry for him. More >>
Uri Avnery: Escaping Forwards
Wednesday, 28 May 2008, 12:10 am | Uri Avnery
THE GERMANS call it "die Flucht nach vorne" - escaping forwards. When the situation is desperate, attack! Instead of retreating, advance! When there is no way out, storm ahead! More >>
Uri Avnery: With Friends Like These...
Monday, 19 May 2008, 11:17 am | Uri Avnery
LATELY WE are flooded with friends. The Great of the Earth, past and present, come here to flatter us, to fawn on us, to grovel at our feet. More >>
Uri Avnery: 1948
Sunday, 11 May 2008, 2:14 pm | Uri Avnery
ONE DAY, I hope, a "Truth and Reconciliation Commission", on the South African model, will be set up here. It should be composed of Israeli, Palestinian and international historians, whose job will be to establish what really happened in this country in ... More >>
"...Namely the State of Israel"
Monday, 5 May 2008, 11:27 am | Uri Avnery
EVERY TIME I hear the voice of David Ben-Gurion uttering the words "Therefore we are gathered here…" I think of Issar Barsky, a charming youngster, the little brother of a girl-friend of mine. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Military Option
Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 10:28 am | Uri Avnery
A big military operation against Hamas in the Gaza strip? A cease-fire with Hamas? More >>
Uri Avnery: The Lion and the Gazelle
Tuesday, 22 April 2008, 12:17 am | Uri Avnery
TONIGHT THE JEWS all over the world will celebrate the Seder, the unique ceremony that unites Jews everywhere in the defining Jewish myth: the Exodus from Egypt. More >>
Uri Avnery: Manifest Destiny?
Monday, 14 April 2008, 11:29 am | Uri Avnery
NEXT MONTH, Israel will celebrate its 60th anniversary. The government is working feverishly to make this day into an occasion of joy and jubilation. While serious problems are crying out for funds, some 40 million dollars have been allocated to ... More >>
Uri Avnery: "Death to the Arabs!"
Monday, 31 March 2008, 5:44 pm | Uri Avnery
TOMORROW WILL BE the 32nd anniversary of the first "Day of the Land" - one of the defining events in the history of Israel. More >>
Uri Avnery: Two Americas
Sunday, 23 March 2008, 3:48 pm | Uri Avnery
"WAR IS much too serious a thing to be left to military men," in Talleyrand's memorable words. In the same spirit, one could say: The American presidential elections are much too serious to be left to the Americans. More >>
