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Uri Avnery: Matter of the Heart
Sunday, 12 July 2009, 6:23 pm | Uri Avnery
EVERY GERMAN child knows the story of the Captain of Koepenick. The scene is 1908 Germany, with the Second Reich at the peak of its power, ruled by a Kaiser who is almost always decked out in a splendid military uniform. More >>
Uri Avnery: BANANAS
Monday, 6 July 2009, 9:45 am | Uri Avnery
NOT EVERY day, and not even every decade, does the Supreme Court rebuke the Military Advocate General. The last time this happened was 20 years ago, when the Advocate General refused to issue a proper indictment against an officer who ordered his men ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Between Tel Aviv and Tehran
Wednesday, 1 July 2009, 12:45 pm | Uri Avnery
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Iranian citizens pour into the streets in order to protest against their government! What a wonderful sight! Gideon Levy wrote in Haaretz that he envies the Iranians. And indeed, anyone who tries these days to get Israelis in ... More >>
Between Tel Aviv and Tehran
Sunday, 28 June 2009, 4:25 pm | Uri Avnery
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Iranian citizens pour into the streets in order to protest against their government! What a wonderful sight! Gideon Levy wrote in Haaretz that he envies the Iranians. More >>
When He Says Yes – What Does He Mean?
Monday, 22 June 2009, 11:53 am | Uri Avnery
“YOU MUST be celebrating,” the interviewer from a popular radio station told me after Netanyahu’s speech. “After all, he is accepting the plan which you proposed 42 years ago!” (Actually it was 60 years ago, but who is counting?) More >>
Obama won’t wink back
Monday, 15 June 2009, 11:22 am | Uri Avnery
Netanyahu’s biggest problem is to make believe that the old is new. To make yesterday’s tired old clichés sound like the rallying call for tomorrow. But how to do that without using winks? More >>
The Tone and the Music
Monday, 8 June 2009, 11:31 am | Uri Avnery
ONE MAN spoke to the world, and the world listened. He walked onto the stage in Cairo, alone, without hosts and without aides, and delivered a sermon to an audience of billions. Egyptians and Americans, Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Arabs, Sunnis ... More >>
Uri Avnery: "Racists for Democracy"
Monday, 1 June 2009, 1:38 pm | Uri Avnery
HOW LUCKY we are to have the extreme Right standing guard over our democracy. This week, the Knesset voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish and Democratic State. More >>
Calm Voice, Big Stick
Monday, 25 May 2009, 11:55 am | Uri Avnery
BARACK OBAMA is often compared to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but it is from the book of another Roosevelt that he has taken a leaf: President Theodore Roosevelt, who, 108 years ago, advised his successors: “Speak softly and carry a big stick!” More >>
Uri Avnery: Quarrel on the Titanic
Monday, 18 May 2009, 12:47 pm | Uri Avnery
ONE OF THE HAPPIEST moments in my life occurred in a restaurant. It happened before the second intifada. I had invited Rachel to celebrate her birthday with dinner at a famous restaurant in Ramallah. We were sitting in the garden under strings of colorful ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Sir Winston Peres
Monday, 11 May 2009, 10:26 am | Uri Avnery
First of all, I want to apologize to all the good women who are engaged in the world’s oldest profession. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Emperor’s Old Clothes
Monday, 4 May 2009, 9:38 am | Uri Avnery
EVERYBODY IS talking about the first 100 days of Barack Obama. And there’s a lot to talk about. Like a young bull he stormed into the arena. A deluge of new ideas in every direction, a tsunami of practical initiatives, some of which have already ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Can Two Walk Together?
Sunday, 26 April 2009, 6:15 pm | Uri Avnery
I AM not saying that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is an agent of the Mossad. Absolutely not. I don't want to be sued for libel. I am only saying that were he an agent of the Mossad, he would not behave any differently. And also: If he did not exist, the Mossad ... More >>
Uri Avnery: A Little Red Light
Tuesday, 21 April 2009, 12:14 pm | Uri Avnery
PERHAPS Avigdor Lieberman is only a passing episode in the annals of the State of Israel. Perhaps the fire he is trying to ignite will flicker briefly and go out by itself. Or perhaps the police investigations into the grave corruption affair of ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Who’s The Boss?
Monday, 6 April 2009, 12:58 pm | Uri Avnery
ON THE first day of the new Israeli government, the fog cleared: it’s a Lieberman government. The day started with a celebration at the President’s office. All the members of this bloated government – 30 ministers and 8 deputy ministers – were ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Biberman & Co.
Monday, 30 March 2009, 2:59 pm | Uri Avnery
IS THIS the government of Biberman (Bibi Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman) or perhaps of Bibarak (Bibi and Ehud Barak)? Neither. It is the government of Bibiyahu. More >>
Uri Avnery: A Judicial Document
Monday, 23 March 2009, 12:56 pm | Uri Avnery
THE MOST important sentence written in Israel this week was lost in the general tumult of exciting events. Really exciting: In a final act of villainy, typical of his whole tenure as Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert abandoned the captive soldier, Gilad Shalit. More >>
Uri Avnery: The Rape of Washington
Monday, 16 March 2009, 2:24 pm | Uri Avnery
RETURNING HOME from a very short visit to London, I found the country in the grip of uncontrollable emotions. No, it was not about the looming danger of the radical right gaining control. It is now almost certain that the next government will consist ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Remember Ophira?
Monday, 9 March 2009, 12:49 pm | Uri Avnery
THIS WEEK I had a nostalgic experience. I met a parliamentary delegation from one of the European countries. What turned this meeting into a special occasion for me was its location. More >>
Uri Avnery: 10 Ways to Kill Fatah
Monday, 2 March 2009, 9:14 am | Uri Avnery
979 DAYS HAVE passed since the soldier Gilad Shalit was taken prisoner. On any one of these days it would have been possible to free him for the price fixed by Hamas right from the beginning: 450 “important” Palestinian prisoners, in addition ... More >>
