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The Second Battle of Trafalgar
  Uri Avnery     A mighty naval battle took place this week on the waves of the Mediterranean. It will go down in history as the equal of Salamis or Trafalgar. In a daring move, the navy of the State of Israel intercepted ...
Israel’s decision to attack Gaza was the real war crime
  Uri Avnery     “War is hell!” the US general George Patton famously exclaimed. War is the business of killing the “enemy”, in order to impose your will on them. Therefore, “humane war” is an oxymoron. War itself is a crime. There are ...
BDS and its effect on Israel
Uri Avnery Benjamin Netanyahu  was racking his brain. His whole career is based on fear mongering. Since Jews have lived in fear for millennia, it is easy to invoke it. They are addicts. For years now, Netanyahu has built his ...
The map on the wall
Uri Avnery A former cabinet minister, an intelligent person (nonetheless) asked me the other day: “Let’s assume that your plan is realized. A Palestinian state will come into being side by side with Israel. Even some kind of federation. Then, ...
Who will save Israel from itself?
    Uri Avnery     The battle is over. The dust has settled. A new government – partly ridiculous, partly terrifying – has been installed. It is time to take stock. The net result is that Israel has given up all pretense of desiring ...
Israeli Supreme Court upholds Anti-Boycott Law
  Uri Avnery     This week I won a dubious distinction: a groundbreaking Supreme Court judgment has been named after me. It is an honor I would have gladly dispensed with. My name appeared at the head of a list of applicants, associations ...
National Unity Government leaves Israeli without an effective opposition
  Uri Avnery     My first reaction after the Israeli election was: “Oh, no! Not a National Unity Government, please!” In my first article after the election, I devoted a large part to the danger of a “national unity” government, though at the time ...
The Israeli Salvation Front
  Uri Avnery     The 2015 election was a giant step toward the self-destruction of Israel. The decisive majority has voted for an apartheid state between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, in which democracy will slowly disappear. The decision is not ...
Israeli elections: For whom to vote?
  Uri Avnery     Once a Soviet citizen went to vote. He was given a sealed envelope and told to put it in the ballot box.  “Could I possibly see for whom I am voting?” he asked timidly. “Of course not!” the official ...
Netanyahu’s speech: A lot of hot air
  Uri Avnery     Suddenly it reminded me of something. I was watching The Speech by Benjamin Netanyahu before the Congress of the United States. Row upon row of men in suits (and the occasional woman), jumping up and down, up and down, ...
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