The Fake Enemy
TOWARDS THE END of 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and declared war on the US. Their Nazi ally followed with its own declaration of war, and so did all its satellites. The joke tells about the Hungarian ambassador in Washington who delivered his declaration of war to the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, who […]
The shame goes on
No elections!The most right-wingGovernment everStays on.So will the investigations,The deportations,The occupation,The 70-years celebration. Published in Haaretz, 16/03/18
The Great Conspiracy
IN THE Autumn of 1948, after some eight months of continuous fighting, I was promoted to the lofty rank of corporal. After taking part in a crash course for squad leaders, I was allowed to choose my new soldiers – new immigrants from Poland or Morocco. (Everybody wanted Bulgarians, but the Bulgarians were already taken. […]
Nothing
The TrumpPeace plan?There will beNothingBecauseThere isNothing. Published in Haaretz, 09/03/18
Because there is Nothing
THE FLOOD of corruption affairs that is now engulfing the Netanyahu family and its assistants and servitors does not seem to diminish his popularity among those who call themselves “the People”. On the contrary, according to the opinion polls, the voters of the other nationalist parties are rushing to the rescue of “Bibi”. They believe […]
A little gift
A provocativeEmbassy?Just a little giftTo a friendIn trouble. Published in Haaretz, 02/03/18
Go in Peace!
I HAVE a confession to make: I don’t hate Binyamin Netanyahu. I don’t hate Sara’le either. I generally don’t hate people. With the sole exception of people who have betrayed the trust I put in them and tried to stick a knife in my back. Not more than three or four in all my life. […]
Inter-religious dialogue on the Gaza Strip border
On February 4th, 70 people joined the Abrahamic Reunion South journey to meet religious, peace and ecology leaders in communities in the Negev and Gaza border region. Joining us were Jews, Christians and Muslims, rabbis and sheikhs, men and women, including Palestinians from East Jerusalem, Nablus, Jericho, Bethlehem and Hebron, Israelis from Jerusalem, and the […]
Emergency help to “most vulnerable” 140,000 Palestinians replaces (very partially) cuts to UNRWA budget
Report from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs: Today, the Humanitarian Fund for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt HF) released approximately US $900,000 for health and food support over the next six months to around 140,000 Palestinians, almost half of them children, in dozens of West Bank communities, including in East Jerusalem. […]
Bigger corruption
…butThe biggestCorruptionOf allIs the occupation! Published in Haaretz, 23/02/18