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Uri Avnery: The Great Gamble
Monday, 23 February 2009, 10:33 am | Uri Avnery
“IACTA ALEA EST” – the die is cast – said Julius Caesar and crossed the River Rubicon on his way to conquer Rome. That was the end of Roman democracy. More >>
Uri Avnery: Dirty Socks
Monday, 9 February 2009, 11:18 am | Uri Avnery
"I have some good news and some bad news," the sergeant in the joke tells his men. "The good news is that you are going to change your dirty socks. The bad news is that you are going to exchange them among yourselves." More >>
Uri Avnery: The Black Flag Of Illegality
Monday, 2 February 2009, 1:16 pm | Uri Avnery
A SPANISH JUDGE has instituted a judicial inquiry against seven Israeli political and military personalities on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The case: the 2002 dropping of a one ton bomb on the home of Hamas leader Salah Shehade. ... More >>
Uri Avnery: On The Wrong Side
Monday, 26 January 2009, 9:52 am | Uri Avnery
OF ALL the beautiful phrases in Barack Obama's inauguration speech, these are the words that stuck in my mind: "You are on the wrong side of history." He was talking about the tyrannical regimes of the world. But we, too, should ponder these words More >>
Uri Avnery: How Many Divisions?
Monday, 12 January 2009, 10:58 am | Uri Avnery
NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS ago, in the course of World War II, a heinous crime was committed in the city of Leningrad. For more than a thousand days, a gang of extremists called “the Red Army” held the millions of the town’s inhabitants hostage and provoked ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Molten Lead
Tuesday, 6 January 2009, 2:24 pm | Uri Avnery
JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, ... More >>
Uri Avnery: A Congress of Peace Seekers
Sunday, 28 December 2008, 3:25 pm | Uri Avnery
“Gush Shalom” has acceded to my wish to mark my 85th birthday not with a public celebration, as on my 80th, but with a brain-storming session devoted to the main issues concerning Israel. More >>
Uri Avnery: Spot the Difference
Monday, 22 December 2008, 10:45 am | Uri Avnery
A MAN was asked about his sons. “I have three,” he said, “but one of them is a complete idiot.” “Which one?” they asked. “Take your pick,” he replied. In 51 days, we shall vote for a new Knesset and a new government. Three big parties ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Tzipi’s Nation-State
Friday, 19 December 2008, 3:26 pm | Uri Avnery
In this tale, an American politician gets up and declares: The United States was founded by British Protestants who were persecuted in Europe for their Puritan beliefs. Therefore, the United States is an Anglo-Saxon Protestant state. More >>
Uri Avnery: Memo For Obama
Monday, 8 December 2008, 10:59 am | Uri Avnery
The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, special forces soldier in the 1948 war, editor-in-chief of a newsmagazine, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement: More >>
Barak Ovadya, Candidate
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 9:50 am | Uri Avnery
THE ISRAELI OBAMA. What will he look like, the Israeli counterpart of Barack Obama? What will be his attributes? That is a tantalizing question. It goes without saying that one cannot construct a human being according to a recipe, like a cake from a ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Eyes Wide Shut
Monday, 24 November 2008, 10:46 am | Uri Avnery
THE DAY before yesterday, two documents appeared side by side in Haaretz: a giant advertisement from the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the results of a public opinion poll. More >>
Uri Avnery: An Unforgettable Moment
Monday, 17 November 2008, 3:05 pm | Uri Avnery
WHEN I told this to Anwar Sadat, he laughed: "The moment the door of your airplane opened, all Israelis held their breath. I live on a main street in Tel-Aviv, and at that moment I looked out at the street below. It was totally empty. Nothing moved, ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Yes, You Can!
Monday, 10 November 2008, 5:56 pm | Uri Avnery
IN JULY 2004, the convention of the Democratic Party was about to nominate John Kerry as its candidate for President. The organizing committee had to decide who would deliver the keynote speech. In the American tradition, that speech sets the tone ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Is Akko Burning?
Monday, 20 October 2008, 12:06 pm | Uri Avnery
THROUGHOUT ITS thousands of years of history, Akko has never been an Israelite town. Even according to the mythological story of the Bible, the Israelites did not conquer the city, which was already an ancient port. The first chapter of the Book of Judges, ... More >>
Uri Avnery: A Fairy Tale
Thursday, 16 October 2008, 1:20 pm | Uri Avnery
Recently I was asked by the German Else-Laker-Schueler-Gesellschaft, which commemorates the German-Jewish-Israeli poetess, to describe how peace would look like. On the eve of Yom Kippur, the day of reconciliation, I would like to distribute it instead ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Summing Up
Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 3:27 pm | Uri Avnery
IN COLLOQUIAL Israeli Hebrew, when someone discovers something that everybody else already knows, we say: "Good morning, Elijahu!" More >>
Uri Avnery: It Can Happen Here!
Monday, 29 September 2008, 11:46 am | Uri Avnery
THE GERMAN name Sternhell means bright as the stars. The name fits: the positions of Professor Ze'ev Sternhell indeed stand out sharply against the darkness of the sky. He warns against Israeli fascism. This week, Israeli fascists laid a pipe-bomb ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Fly, Tzipora, fly!
Monday, 22 September 2008, 11:26 am | Uri Avnery
THE POLLS were wrong, as usual. And in a big way. As usual. Instead of winning by a huge margin, as predicted until the very last moment by all the polls, she just squeaked through. Of the 72 thousand or so registered Kadima members, only 39,331 ... More >>
Uri Avnery: Tzipi's Choice
Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 1:31 pm | Uri Avnery
AS AN ISRAELI, I am ashamed. An incumbent Prime Minister has been compelled to resign because of personal corruption. How awful! More >>
