The Children's Teeth
One of the most progressive Jewish principles of old is now being put to the test: "In those daysthey shall say no more, ‘The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set onedge'. But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, histeeth shall […]
Visit Arafat? For God's Sake, Why?
"Have you gone mad? Now? He is irrelevant! He's finished!" These were the reactions of somepeople when Israeli TV showed my meeting with Arafat in Ramallah this week. Is Arafat "finished"? If so, he has not heard about it. I found him in splendid shape. At some ofmy meetings with him over the last few […]
Mas'sha Camp 03/05/03
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A Drug for the Addict
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The following is a performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear phases,timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by thetwo parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-buildingfields, under the auspices of the Quartet [the United States, European Union, […]
A Drug for the Addict
A Performance-Based Roadmap to a Permanent Two-State Solution to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict The following is a performance-based and goal-driven roadmap, with clear phases,timelines, target dates, and benchmarks aiming at progress through reciprocal steps by thetwo parties in the political, security, economic, humanitarian, and institution-buildingfields, under the auspices of the Quartet [the United States, European Union, […]
Mas'sha Camp 27/04/03
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Don't Envy Abu-Maze
My first impression of Abu-Mazen was of a serious, methodical, somewhat aloof introvert. Hereminded me of a high-school principal, very different from Arafat, the impulsiveextrovert, prone to personal gestures, exuding warmth to all around him. I met Abu-Mazen for the first time some 28 years ago. We were secretly in Tunis to meet YasserArafat. There […]
Abu against Abu
The clash between Abu-1 and Abu-2 – Abu-Amar v. Abu-Mazen – is not a personal matter, as it ispresented by journalists in Israel and all over the world. Of course, the egos of the twopersonalities do play a role, as in all political fights. But the controversy itself goes muchdeeper. It reflects the unique situation […]
At Midnight, a Knock on the Door
It was an almost unbelievable news story: in order to trim the national budget, the Ministry ofEducation had decided to dismiss hundreds of teachers. A private company got the job ofdelivering the bitter news to the dismissed teachers. Two days before Passover – one of thehighpoints of the Jewish calendar, both for religious and secular […]
Operation "Syrian Freedom"
Some more thoughts about the war (7): Some more thoughts about the war: Victory justifies nothing . No victory justifies an evil war. Quite the opposite. It just addsto the evil. With the entry of American forces into Baghdad, opposition to the war in the US and Britain isdwindling. In other countries, too, doubts are […]