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Uri Avnery: A Disgusting Exercise
Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 11:07 am | Uri Avnery
THE CENTRAL theme of this article is disgust. Therefore I apologize in advance for the frequent use of this and similar words. More >>
Uri Avnery: A Four-Letter Word
Monday, 13 March 2006, 1:33 pm | Uri Avnery
IN ENGLISH, a "four-letter word" is a rude expletive. It is a vulgar description of a sexual act or organ, and an educated person will not use it. Now it appears that in the Hebrew language, too, there is a four-letter word, which a decent person ... More >>
Uri Avnery: A War of Religions? God Forbid!
Monday, 20 February 2006, 10:04 am | Uri Avnery
ONE OF our former Chiefs-of-Staff, the late Rafael ("Raful") Eytan, who was not the brightest, once asked a foreign guest: "Are you Jewish or Christian?" "I am an atheist!" the man replied. "Okay, Okay," Raful demanded impatiently, "but a Jewish atheist ... More >>
Uri Avnery: "… Shall We Not Revenge?"
Thursday, 9 February 2006, 12:24 am | Uri Avnery
IF ONE wants to understand what the Palestinians did on election day, one has to see the film "Paradise Now", which has been nominated for an Oscar for the best foreign film, after collecting several prestigious international prizes. ... More >>
Uri Avnery: To Talk With Hamas
Monday, 30 January 2006, 11:58 am | Uri Avnery
LIKE TWO very tired wrestlers who clasp each other, unable to separate, the Israeli and Palestinian societies are glued to each other. More >>
Uri Avnery: Deja Vu
Monday, 30 January 2006, 11:57 am | Uri Avnery
IF ARIEL Sharon had not been in a deep coma, he would have jumped out of his bed for joy. The Hamas victory fulfils his most ardent hopes. For a whole year now, he did everything possible to undermine Mahmoud Abbas. His logic was quite obvious: ... More >>
Pity the Orphan: Avnery on Hamas
Monday, 23 January 2006, 10:45 am | Uri Avnery
IT WAS a colorful day in Bil'in. Political flags of many colors were fluttering in the brisk breeze, the vivid election posters and the colorful graffiti on the walls adding their bit. It was the biggest demonstration in the beleaguered village for ... More >>
Uri Avnery: With Friends Like These…
Monday, 16 January 2006, 11:49 am | Uri Avnery
JUDAS ISCARIOT is headed for a makeover. According to news reports, cardinals close to the new pope recommend a change in the Catholic Church's attitude towards him: exit the treacherous Jew who turns the messiah over to the cohorts of the evil High ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Three Fingers, No Fist
Wednesday, 11 January 2006, 11:52 am | Uri Avnery
A political earthquake before an election is an unusual event, but not unknown. A second earthquake in such a period is already rare. But a third earthquake before an election, a short time after the first two - now, that is really scary. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Main Thing - to Have No Fear!
Sunday, 25 December 2005, 8:09 am | Uri Avnery
SOMETHING BAD is happening to the election campaign of Amir Peretz. It is just shuffling around. The surge that started with his election as leader of Labor has petered out. Events in the country are chasing each other: the "big bang" of the new Kadima party, ... More >>
Uri Avnery: The Curse of the Gods
Monday, 12 December 2005, 11:59 am | Uri Avnery
THIS WEEK I was strolling through the streets of Athens, at the foot of the Acropolis, when my eye was caught by a sign bearing one single word in Greek letters: Sisyphus. It was the name of a taverna. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Giant's Daughter
Tuesday, 6 December 2005, 4:01 pm | Uri Avnery
A GERMAN poem tells of the giant's daughter, who found a peasant plowing his field and brought him home in her handkerchief to show to her father. But the father said gravely: "The peasant is no toy!" and told her to put him gently back where she had ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Two Earthquakes
Tuesday, 29 November 2005, 2:56 pm | Uri Avnery
A POLITICAL earthquake is itself a rare event. When two major political earthquakes follow each other in quick succession, this is almost unheard of. One such earthquake was the election of Amir Peretz as leader of the Labor Party. The other is Sharon's ... More >>
Uri Avnery: A Great Miracle
Monday, 14 November 2005, 1:25 pm | Uri Avnery
NORTH AFRICAN immigrants on the periphery of French cities are torching them. North African immigrants on the periphery of Israel this week carried out a democratic revolution in our country. More >>
Uri Avnery: Peretz Is Not Peres
Monday, 7 November 2005, 2:44 pm | Uri Avnery
"Thus saith the Lord: For three transgressions of the Labor Party, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof..." If the prophet Amos were living today, one of the chapters of his book would probably have begun with these words. More >>
Uri Avnery: Abbas and the Lame Duck
Monday, 31 October 2005, 12:57 am | Uri Avnery
A twenty-minute drive is all that separates the Israeli Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem from that of the Palestinian President in Ramallah. But for all practical purposes, the Muqata'ah in Ramallah might as well be on the moon. More >>
Uri Avnery: War is a State of Mind
Friday, 21 October 2005, 4:31 pm | Uri Avnery
Some years ago I talked with a young Israeli writer. I was struck by the fact that in spite of being very successful and acclaimed by the critics, and that at a relatively early age, she somehow exuded an air of insecurity. More >>
Uri Avnery: What Awaits Samira?
Monday, 17 October 2005, 11:26 am | Uri Avnery
A few days ago, at a conference in Europe, I met a charming young lady. Intelligent, well educated, versed in several languages, and, well, very attractive. After a few hours of shopping, she was as elegant as a model, dressed in the very latest fashion. ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Salaam or Salami
Monday, 10 October 2005, 1:18 pm | Uri Avnery
He is a familiar hero in literature: the compulsive gambler who hits a lucky streak. With every turn of the roulette wheel, the heap of jetons in front of him grows bigger. He could leave the table, exchange the jetons for money and live on it happily ever ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Dear Settlers (And Others)
Monday, 29 August 2005, 3:53 pm | Uri Avnery
"Dear" in the most literal sense. At long last it must be spelled out, without hypocritical pity, without "if" and "but". We have paid billions of shekels in order to settle you in the Gaza Strip. More >>
