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US official calls Netanyahu a coward
  Uri Avnery     When a high-ranking official of one country uses a derogatory term to call the leader of another country a coward, it may be assumed that the relations between the two countries are not at their best. In fact, they ...
‘Mohammed’ is the most popular name in Israel!
  Uri Avnery     It sounds like a joke. But it isn’t. About a month ago, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, the government statistical office published a set of interesting items about the population of the state. It is intended as ...
Two speeches to the UN General Assembly
Uri Avnery If I could choose between the two rhetorical gladiators, I would rather have Mahmoud Abbas representing Israel and Netanyahu representing the other side.  Abbas stood almost motionless and read his speech (in Arabic) with quiet dignity. No gimmicks. ...
Uniting the Israeli peace movement
Uri Avnery In today’s Israel, using the word “peace” in political discourse is almost indecent. One may still express a wish for a “political settlement”, but even that sounds a bit suspicious. It has become fashionable to say that the ...
Scotland on the Euphrates
Uri Avnery Two countries competed this week for first place in news programs all over the world: Scotland and the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.There could not be a greater difference than between these two countries. Scotland is ...
Israel’s Hannibal Procedure
Uri Avnery The last war has come to an end, the next war has not yet started, so let’s use the time to speak of many things. Of Hannibal, for example. Hannibal? The man with the elephants? The very same. ...
Metro Gaza
    Uri Avnery   Tel Aviv has no metro. It has been discussed for decades. Successive mayors have promised it. Alas, still no metro.   When the Israeli army entered the Gaza strip and found there an astounding system of underground tunnels, an idea made ...
Once and for all!
  Uri Avnery In this war, both sides have the same aim: to put an end to the situation that existed before it started. Once and for all!  To put an end to the launching of rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, ...
A political solution must be found for Gaza crisis
  Uri Avnery What would history look like if it were written in the style of the “Solid Cliff (a.k.a. Protective Edge) operation? For example: Winston Churchill was a scoundrel. For five years he kept the population of London under the unceasing fire ...
The atrocious murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir
  URI AVNERY Bombs are raining on Gaza and rockets on southern Israel, people are dying and homes are being destroyed. Again. Again without any purpose. Again with the certainty that after it’s all over, everything will essentially be the same as ...
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