The Israeli Trumpess
WHAT WILL Donald Trump do if he loses the elections in a week and a half from now, as most polls indicate? He has already declared that he will recognize the results – but only if he wins. That sounds like a joke. But it is far from being a joke. Trump has already announced […]
A Simple Story
The ministerThreatened toCut the budget.The theaterSurrendered.The actorsWill performIn Kiryat Arba.Baruch GoldsteinIs laughingIn his grave. Published in Haaretz, 28/10/16
The Funeral Ruckus
SHIMON PERES would have enjoyed it. A public battle about his funeral. The Arab members of the Knesset did not attend. So what? I did not attend, either. We never liked each other, and my attendance would have been sheer hypocrisy. I don’t like hypocrisy. The Knesset members of the Joint List decided to boycott […]
Speaking in America
“Why did B’tselem’s El-AdHave to speakAt the UN in New York,Instead of here in Israel?”So cried out the PM.The same one who insistedOn addressing the CongressIn Washington. Published in Haaretz, 21/10/16
B’Tselem’s response to Prime Minister’s attack
In solidarity with the B’Tselem Human Rights organization, targeted in a vicious campaign by the Prime Minister as by Netanyahu’s satellites in the media and political system. we publish here verbatim the press release issued by B’Tselem Spokesperson Amit Gilutz. B’Tselem’s response to Prime Minister’s attack: We will continue saying the truth in Israel and […]
What breaks the quiet?
The PoliceCommissioner:“The Jerusalem attackWas designedTo break the quietOf the Jewish Holiday.”Yes, an occupationLasting 50 yearsInevitably breaksThe quietOf all who liveIn this country. Published in Haaretz, 14/10/16
The Kissinger Story
I AM writing this (may God forgive me) on Yom Kippur.Exactly 43 years ago, at this exact moment, the sirens sounded. We were sitting in the living room, looking out on one of Tel Aviv’s main streets. The city was completely silent. No cars. No traffic of any kind. A few children were riding about […]
What exactly breaks the quiet?
The PoliceCommissioner:“The Jerusalem attackWas designedTo break the quietOf the Jewish Holiday.”Yes, an occupationLasting 50 yearsInevitably breaksThe quietOf all who liveIn this country. Published in Haaretz, 14/10/16
The Triumph of Sisyphus
DAVID BEN-GURION was not buried in the Great of the Nation portion of the national cemetery in Jerusalem, but next to his wife’s grave in Sde Boker, the Negev settlement he loved. Shimon Peres, his pupil and follower, was not buried next to his wife’s grave in Ben Shemen, the place she loved. But in […]
13 courageous women
A boat of womenPeace activistsFrom all overThe worldSailed to theShore of Gaza.No weaponsWhatsoeverOn board.A “security threat”? Published in Haaretz, 07/10/16