There is no international law against stupidity. Therefore, Karmi Gilon cannot be tried onthis account. The foolish actions of the Ambassador-on-the-way (the way home) start with his agreeing tobecome the Israeli ambassador in Denmark in the first place. Denmark is a very sensitivecountry. For some reason, the Danes don’t like torture, nor do they like … Read more
Why Did Talks End in Collapse? (Conclusion of “Quest for Mideast Peace: How and Why it Failed” from the New York times of July26, 2001 Assuming the mantle of Mr. Rabin, Mr. Barak came to office inJuly 1999 trumpeting his intent to end the conflict with thePalestinians in short order. But then he chose to … Read more
Everybody knows who is a war criminal. For example, somebody who kills prisoners-of-war ormassacres a civilian population (or allows others to do this) is one. The time has come to define who is a peace criminal: somebody who kills peace and thereby makeswar inevitable. Golda Meir, for example, in the early 70s, killed the chances … Read more
The Cossacks were settlers in Southern Russia who were granted land by the Czars in return fortheir obligation to defend the border. They were known as fierce and ruthless fighters, and inJewish memory they became notorious as the perpetrators of the most abominable pogroms. Therefore, there is a lot of bitter irony in the old … Read more
Mr. Malley, as Special Assistant to President Clinton for Arab-IsraeliAffairs, was a member of the US peace team and participated in the CampDavid summit. Mr. Agha has been involved in Palestinian affairs for morethan thirty years and during this period has had an active part inIsraeli- Palestinian relations. In accounts of what happened at the … Read more
All the existential problems of the State of Israel are now merging into one question: What todo with Yasser Arafat? Who doesn’t deal with this? Ministers and taxi-drivers, professors and fruit vendors,reserve generals and flight attendants, members of the Knesset and top models, settlers andTV entertainers, columnists and owners of market stands. Everybody who thinks … Read more
In all its 53 years, Israel has never been likethat it is now. Almost Tthe entire Israeli publicseems to have becomehas become a bunch flock of parrots. No matter who Whoever is talking- the seller of Fellafel fallafel or a professor ofhistory, a taxi driver or Our Political Correspondent, an army officer or a member … Read more
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