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62 years after its foundation, the State of Israel is still living in fear of the “demographic danger”. It is afraid of its Arab citizens, and therefore discriminates against them in every sphere.
Web | Nov 20, 2009
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As high as the hopes were then, so deep is the disappointment now. Worse, the Obama administration has shown by its actions and omissions that it is not really different from the administration of George W. Bush.
Web | Nov 13, 2009
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It is impossible for a leader to steer his people towards a total change (as Ataturk did in Turkey, for example) if he is not completely devoted to the change himself. Impossible to make peace with an enemy without understanding his truth.
Web | Nov 06, 2009
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The struggle over the Goldstone report is now at its height. In Jerusalem, the rising energy of the waves can be clearly felt. Does this portend a tsunami?
Web | Oct 30, 2009
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It is, of course, all the fault of Judge Richard Goldstone. He is to blame for it, as he is to blame for all the other ills that are befalling us now. Now he is to blame also for the existential danger facing Mahmoud Abbas
Web | Oct 23, 2009
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Israel is far from being the monolithic body that appears in the caricatures. It is a varied, multifaceted society with many possibilities, one of which leads to war and the other towards peace and reconciliation.
Web | Oct 16, 2009
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The efforts of the Israeli government to prevent the referral of the Goldstone report to the UNSC or General Assembly, or to the ICC are now supported by Barack Obama and the European leaders.
Web | Oct 09, 2009
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No point denying it: in the first round of the match between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama was beaten: after being compelled to give up his demand for a settlement freeze, the meeting no longer had any content.
Web | Sep 23, 2009
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The official Israeli reaction to the Goldstone report would have been amusing, if the matter had not been so grave.
Web | Sep 19, 2009
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Obama, Netanyahu and Abbas: Even the Romans never saw a game like this in their arena: three gladiators fighting against each other, while at the same time each of them has to defend himself against attackers from behind.
Web | Sep 17, 2009
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I have no argument with people who hate Israel. Or those who want to abolish the State of Israel. That’s entirely their right. I just don’t think that we have any common ground for discussion.
Web | Sep 10, 2009
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How much did the boycott of South Africa actually contribute to the fall of the racist regime? Can something like that work for Israel?
Web | Sep 02, 2009
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“Peace Now is a virus” So are “all the media”. As are “the elite” in general. In addition, the “politicians” are to blame. And, of course, he is “not afraid of the Americans!”
Web | Aug 28, 2009
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This could have been a small local conflict, one of many in this mixed and quarrelsome town, if it did not have such profound ideological and political implications.
Web | Aug 19, 2009
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Amos Kenan faded away some years ago, together with the culture he had helped to create. His death marks the exit of one of that Hebrew culture’s last remaining exponents.
Web | Aug 12, 2009
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An open letter to a 95 year old Sabra (native born Israeli Jew) who recently wrote that he "...shall not be loyal to the Jewish fascist state and its mad visions..."
Web | Aug 05, 2009
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A historic responsibility rests on the shoulders of Barack Obama: not to fold, not to give in, not to “compromise”.
Web | Jul 29, 2009
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Like the ghost of Hamlet’s father, the evil spirit of the Gaza War refuses to leave us in peace. This week it came back to disturb the tranquillity of the chiefs of the state and the army.
Web | Jul 22, 2009
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How could completely nonsensical stories, without any foundation at all, capture a whole country and elicit general acceptance, at least at the beginning? Could it be because they express one of the deeply-held beliefs of the country at large?
Web | Jul 15, 2009
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The army is us. Its character has an impact on all our lives, on the life of our state itself. It has already been said: "Israel is not a banana republic. It is a republic that slips on bananas." And what bananas!
Web | Jul 08, 2009