Who the Hell Are We?
August 4, 2018 11:24 pm Leave your thoughts
Years ago I had a friendly discussion with Ariel Sharon.
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The March of Folly
July 30, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts The Israeli argument was that the victims were shot while trying to "storm the fences". Actually, not a single such attempt was photographed, though hundreds of photographers were posted on both sides of the fence.
A Very Intelligent Person
July 21, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Would I vote for Barak in spite of his record?
Princely Visits
July 2, 2018 9:45 am Leave your thoughts Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, visited Israel this week.
The Siamese Twins
July 2, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts After commenting on most of the episodes on the first Israeli Prime Ministers in Raviv Drucker's TV series "The Captains", I must come back to the one whose episode I have not yet covered: Yitzhak Rabin.
Strong as Death
June 21, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts I have spent many happy hours in Gaza. I had many friends there. From the leftist Dr. Haidar Abd al-Shafi to the Islamist Mahmoud al-Zahar, who is now the foreign minister of Hamas
The Day of Shame
June 6, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts I asked myself: what would I have done if I had been a youngster of 15 in the Gaza Strip?
Who is the vassal?
May 21, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts "If you want to understand the policy of a nation, look at the map!" Napoleon is supposed to have said.
The Great Day
May 1, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts Two days ago, the State of Israel celebrated its 70th birthday. For days we heard about nothing else. Innumerable speeches full of platitudes. A huge festival of kitsch.
A Song is Born
April 22, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts The situation in the Gaza Strip is as close to hell as one can get. Food at subsistence level, electricity for two to four hours a day, the water is polluted. Work is extremely scarce. Only the most severely ill are let out.