“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
“People, Atten-tion!!!” The voice comes from thousands of loudspeakers covering the whole country: “Fourth glass, d-r-i-n-k!” “Attention – m-o-u-r-n!” “At ease – r-e-j-o-i-c-e!” There are no loudspeakers in reality. No such orders, either. This is not the Soviet Union.What the hell, here we have democracy! Everyone can do what he bloody well wants! Provided, ofcourse, … Read more
an official request to annul the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Mr. Shimon Peres. Tel-Aviv, April 9, 2001 Mr. Geir Lundestad, Ph. D. Director, Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Oslo. Dear Sir, On behalf of Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, I hereby submit an official request to annulthe Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Mr. Shimon … Read more
Years ago a French anti-Semite asked to meet my friend Issam Sartawi, Yasser Arafat’s specialemissary in Paris. He offered him the help of the anti-Semites in the fight against Israel.Sartawi interrupted him: “Sir,” he said, “Take your papers and get out!” “The guy disgusted me,” he said when he told me about it the next … Read more
Despair is taking hold of great parts of the Israeli public. Its main cause is not just the coming to power of Ariel Sharon, the man of blood, but the absenceof any ray of hope. The Labor party has become a collaborator of Sharon’s; its leaders, Simon Peres and theothers, have become his most efficient … Read more
I am stuck in a huge traffic jam at the entrance to Jerusalem, and I am furious. Around me I seehundreds of cars stuck at the only entrance to the “eternal capital”, as they are every day, andas they are at the entrance to Tel-Aviv and Haifa. My thoughts wander to the dozens ofwonderful, modern, … Read more
Venice is sinking. The jewel of mankind, with its unparalleled beauty, is in the process ofvanishing. Scientists are already calculating when the waves will finally close over thecity. But the sinking is so slow that the inhabitants do not notice it. Israel is in a similar situation. Our Israel, the state that we have created … Read more
I met Yassir Arafat for the first time in besieged Beirut, on July 3, 1982. The city wascompletely surrounded, hundreds of Mossad and Phalangist agents were searching for Arafatin order to kill him. Few believed that he would come out alive. At the beginning of that war he could have left the city easily. Everyone … Read more
P eople in Israel and abroad, who believe that I am somewhat of an expert on Sharon, have asked mehow to deal with him. Here are some practical suggestions: 1. Don’t underrate him . That is the first rule. Over the course of time, many have made thatmistake and paid for it dearly. That is … Read more
“Can two walk together, except they be agreed?” asked the prophet Amos (3,3), and perhaps heforesaw the alliance of the two power-hungry generals. Agreed – since when? I believe that there was an understanding between them right from thebeginning of the election campaign, in which they accused each other of leading towardsnational catastrophe. Two weeks … Read more