The President Elect
November 19, 2016 12:00 am Leave your thoughtsWe are entering an era of complete uncertainty. We Israelis and the entire world. From shoe-shine boy to head of state.
Uri Avnery
We are entering an era of complete uncertainty. We Israelis and the entire world. From shoe-shine boy to head of state.
We do not really know who Trump is, and what he will do during the next four years. We know only the Trump of the elections: a nasty person, a megalomaniac, a liar, an ignoramus.
Who will win the elections in the US in three days?
What will Donald Trump do if he loses the elections in a week and a half from now, as most polls indicate?
Shimon Peres would have enjoyed it. A public battle about his funeral.
Kissinger achieved his goal. The Soviets lost the Arab world to the United States. Until Vladimir Putin came along
People wonder why Netanyahu denounces Abbas as an "inciter", while not mentioning Hamas. To solve this mystery, one must understand the Israeli Right does not fear war, but is afraid of international pressure - and therefore the "moderate" Abbas is more dangerous than the "terrorist" Hamas.
Shimon Peres was a genius. A genius of impersonation
Political ideas and structures don't die easily. The human mind is lazy and apprehensive, and clings to familiar ideas, long after they have become obsolete
I am not the envious type, but I envy the Germans. I envy them for Angela Merkel