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“In Jenin I founded…”

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105 years ago, the day after the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Theodor Herzl, wrote in hisdiary: ” In Basel I founded the State of the Jews.” This week, Ariel Sharon should note in hisdiary: “In Jenin I founded the State of the Palestinians.” Of course, he did not mean to. Quite the contrary, his … Read more

Tom, Dick and Harry

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The three most brilliant speechwriters of George Bush prepared last Thursday’s speech of thePresident. Let’s call them Tom, Dick and Harry. Tom’s job was to make certain that the speech would not offend the pro-Israel lobby (both theJewish and the Christian-fundamentalist). Dick saw to it that the speech would conform to thePresident’s style and intellectual … Read more