Hi, Joe McCarthy, so you are back again. When you passed away you were generally despised, yourname has become a curse in many languages, including Hebrew. And now you have come to lifeagain, in all your sinister splendor, and in the State of Israel, out of all places. (If, as Isuspect, you were a hidden … Read more
Or: The Lies of Mr. Peres “One could save millions of words and mountains of paper, if one could bring a million Israelishere, It would change their outlook in a minute!” exclaimed a woman when she reached, worn outand breathing heavily, the top of the hill. The hill is called, in occupation-speak, “Palm’s Hill”. Very … Read more
Faisal al-Husseini was a very special person. A great Palestinian patriot, an undauntedfighter against the occupation, and at the same time an untiring activist for peace andconciliation between the two peoples of this country. Faisal was the personification of the best qualities of the Palestinian people, a nobleman inthe best sense of the word. His … Read more
In May 1291, exactly 710 years ago, the last of the Crusaders were thrown from the sea-wall ofAcre into the sea. Yitzhak Shamir might have said: “The Muslims are the same Muslims, theCrusaders are the same Crusaders and the sea is the same sea.”* Paraphrasing Shamir’s famous saying: “The Arabs are the same Arabs, the … Read more
I was giving a lecture last week to a group of Palestinian intellectuals and foreign diplomatsin East Jerusalem, when a Palestinian professor asked: “Do you think that a second Nakba ispossible?” I was going to answer with a categorical “No”. But suddenly I was seized by doubt: Was I lying tohim? Was I lying to … Read more
(Draft proposal for Israeli-Palestinian Discussion) Version 7 / 13.5.01 Between the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Representative of the Palestinian People. Whereas both parties wish to end the historical conflict between them, establish peace and bring about a historical conciliation between the two nations, And whereas both parties wish to base … Read more
or: The Height of Chutzpah “Chutzpah” is a Jewish word. It cannot be accurately translated. Some render it asbrazenness, gall. In many languages, the word is used in its original Hebrew’Yiddish form. The leaders of the Zionist Organization of America recently reached the very height ofChutzpah, when they demanded that the US Government abstain from … Read more
“An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country,” said the Britishstatesman, Sir Henry Wotton, some 400 years ago. Shimon Peres is a perfect ambassador and an honorable man (as in the speech by Marc Anthonyabout the murderers of Caesar in Shakespeare’s play: “And they are all, all … Read more
Report of Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee April 30, 2001 Suleyman Demirel 9th President of the Republic of Turkey Thorbjoern Jagland Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway George J. Mitchell, Chairman Former Member of the United States Senate Javier Solana High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, European Union Sharm el-Sheikh Fact-Finding Committee, April … Read more
“Jurassic Park” is one of Steven Spielberg’s immensely successful kitsch-movies. If hewants to produce a sequel, something like “Jurassic Park II”, he should come to Israel. In the original film, a group of scientists succeeded in resurrecting the dinosaurs bycloning. They intended to create an amusement park where people could admire the terriblelizards (that, by … Read more