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The American-Israeli debacle
Uri Avnery The greatest danger to Israel is not the putative Iranian nuclear bomb. The greatest danger is the stupidity of our leaders. This is not a uniquely Israeli phenomenon. A great many of the world’s leaders are plain stupid, ...
The battle of the titans
Uri Avnery This is not merely a fight between Israel and the US. Nor is it only a fight between the White House and Congress. It is also a battle between intellectual titans. On the one side there are the ...
The Judaization of Israel
Uri Avnery On my 16th birthday, in 1939, I rushed to the district registration office of the Government of Palestine to change my name officially. I shed the German name I was given at birth and adopted the Hebrew first ...
Will Israel exist 90 years from now?
Uri Avnery Will Israel exist in another 90 years? The very question is typical of Israel. No one would take it seriously in England or Germany, or even in other states born from immigration, like Australia or the USA. Yet ...
Taking apartheid apart
Uri Avnery Is Israel an apartheid state? This question is not going away. It raises its head every few months. The term “apartheid” is often used purely for propaganda purposes. Apartheid, like racism and fascism, is a rhetorical term one ...
Israelis no longer proud of their country
Uri Avnery     Those who are interested in the history of the Crusades ask themselves: What brought about the Crusaders' downfall? Looking at the remnants of their proud fortresses, we wonder. The traditional answer is their defeat in the battle of the ...
Ovadia’s choice
Uri Avnery When Rabbi Ovadia Yosef first appeared on the national scene, I heaved a deep sigh of relief. Here was the man I had dreamed of: a charismatic leader of oriental Jews, a man of peace, a bearer of ...
Killjoy was here
Uri Avnery Benjamin Netanyahu aroused my pity. From my 10 years of membership in the Knesset I know how unpleasant it is to speak before an empty hall. His die-hard followers – a pathetic residue of Casino magnates and burnt-out ...
Two stolen wars
Uri Avnery If somebody steals something precious from you, say a diamond, you may be angry.  But now somebody has stolen from us something much more precious: A war. Perhaps even two wars. So we have every right to be ...
The only good war is a war avoided
Uri Avnery Here is another Jewish joke: A hungry young Jew sees an announcement outside a local circus: anyone who climbs to the top of a 50-meter pole and jumps onto a tarpaulin below will win a prize of a ...
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