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IT WAS a colorful day in Bil’in. Political flags of many colors were fluttering in the brisk breeze, the vivid election posters…
Uri Avnery
Uri Avnery (1923-2018) was an Israeli writer, journalist, and peace activist. He was a prominent figure in Israeli politics and one of the earliest and most vocal advocates for the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. Avnery sat for two terms in the Knesset from 1965 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1981.
A political earthquake before an election is an unusual event, but not unknown. A second earthquake in such a period is already…
SOME 721 YEARS ago, the town of Hamelin in Germany was suffering from a plague of rats. A citizen called Bunting offered…
A POLITICAL earthquake is itself a rare event. When two major political earthquakes follow each other in quick succession, this is almost…
Uri Avnery’s opinions are not to be taken lightly. The most outspoken leader of Israel’s peace movement, Avnery has in his own…
A picture engraved in memory: Ariel Sharon in the Knesset. Around him the storm is raging. The Members rush about, shouts ring…
At this moment, Israel resembles a patient before an operation. Like every major operation, it is dangerous. The patient hopes that everything…
For some weeks now, a red light has been flickering in my mind, illuminating a word in large Gothic letters: Weimar. As…
All the world saw the horror on TV: a Palestinian boy lying on the ground, unconscious. An Israeli soldier bending over him,…
All the world saw the horror on TV: a Palestinian boy lying on the ground, unconscious. An Israeli soldier bending over him,…