King and Emperor

ZIONISM IS an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning. Already the founding father, Theodor Herzl, a Viennese writer, penned some pieces with a clear anti-Semitic slant. For him, Zionism was not just a geographical transplantation, but also a means of turning the despicable commercial Jew of the Diaspora into an upright, industrious … Read more

A Terrible Thought

SUDDENLY, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying? Impossible. He cannot really believe all those things. No, no. But if he does? Where does that leave us? AVI GABBAY is the new leader of the Israeli Labor Party. Until recently, he was a founding member of a … Read more

Free Dareen!

The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court will hear the appeal of poet Dareen Tatour to abolish her house detention on Monday, November 20, at 10:00 am.Dareen was arrested on October 11, 2015. She spent 3 months in different prisons. Now, two years and a month after her arrest, she is still under house detention “until the end … Read more

A History of Idiocy

I am furious. And I have good reason to be furious. I was going to write an article about a subject I have been thinking about for a long time. This week I opened the New York Times and lo, my yet unwritten article appeared on its opinion pages in full, argument after argument. How … Read more

Haifa court to deliberate on “The Women’s Boat” which tries to reach Gaza

On Sunday Nov 12 at 9:30 am in the Haifa district courtContinued hearing of the Zaytouna-Oliva release case by Honourable Judge Ron Sokol, vice president The boat Zaytouna-Oliva was captured by the Israeli navy in international waters on Oct 5, 2016Women’s Boat to Gaza was organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in order to bring … Read more

Quiet in Jerusalem

Nir Barkat, Mayor of”United Jerusalem”,Asked the armyTo blow upHigh rise buildingsAnd completely razeA Palestinian neighborhood.He deserves theIsrael Prize for Pyromania. Published in Haaretz, 17/11/17

A Kumbayah Moment or a Political Rally?

A Kumbayah Moment or a Political Rally? Fascinating and troubling, the public debate leading up to tomorrow’s memorial ceremony marking 22 years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The media are full of this discussion. Commanders for Israel’s Security and Darkenu, (“Our path”), who assumed responsibility for this year’s rally, state clearly in their websites’ … Read more