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Our savior the fearmonger

by Gideon Levy

10 March 2012

Without treading into the Iran nuclear debate, Gideon Levy lashes out against the Israeli Prime Minister’s rhetoric before AIPAC. For decades, every one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speeches has basically boiled down to instilling fear against an imaginary future holocaust. This time was no (…)

“The new anti-Semitism, cartoon division”

by Bradley Burston

2 March 2006

If there is something that journalists know what to do is insulting people. The good journalists know how to avoid that, including using racist terms, personal attacks and denigration of individuals. The bad journalists usually do not care about insulting people, thus contravening the (…)

“Lighten up, fellow Muslims”

by Irshad Manji

1 March 2006

In the world economic forum held in January, I noticed something revealing. In a session about the US religious right-wing, a cartoonist showed a cartoon featuring Pat Robertson and everybody in the hall laughed. Among those who laughed, there was a figure from the British Muslim community who (…)

“Olmert’s strategic options”

by Ze’ev Schiff

1 February 2006

The next Israeli Prime Minister is, apparently, leading Kadima. The main issue is to know whether Olmert will follow the steps of Ariel Sharon or whether he will adopt an independent stance. It is likely that Olmert claims he has the intention of following Sharon’s plans after the elections, but (…)

“Good-bye, giants of 1948”

by Yoel Marcus

18 January 2006

While I write these lines, Ariel Sharon fights for his life. It is not necessary to be a neurologist to know that the end of his days as Prime Minister are over. He was the last of the 1948 generation’s giants. He was adored and hated. His career was similar to that of Moshe Dayan. Dayan (…)

“The blind love of the people”

by Gideon Levy

18 January 2006

A concept has been created: “Sharon’s inheritance”, a concept that succeeds “Rabin’s inheritance” and equally isolated from the real person. Such a concept makes out of Sharon a singer for peace and withdrawal. Sharon is probably the most influential leader since Ben Gurión, but he has also been (…)

“Barbarians at the gate”

by Alain Finkielkraut

16 December 2005

To see riots reduced to their social level is what is wanted in France. That is, to see a revolt of the young people of the outlying zones against the situation in which they live, against the discrimination they suffer and against unemployment. However, the problem is that most of the young (…)

“Toward a partnership of hope”

by Javier Solana

14 December 2005

This week we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership in the city where it all began: Barcelona. I am proud of having chaired the first meeting, which was aimed at turning the Mediterranean into an area of security, solidarity, and shared exchanges. The beginning of (…)

“Fold Up the Road Map”

by Akiva Eldar

1 December 2005

Sharon believes that the Palestinian children are raised on the milk of Israel hatred, and that they will not rest until the country is wiped out. Therefore, a peace treaty with them is of no value whatsoever, and Israel is left with no alternative but to subdue the enemy by force, until it (…)

“Not one of their own”

by Gideon Levy

1 December 2005

Three powerful bombs –not to mention the right and Shimon Peres- are expected to damage Amir Peretz’ accession to the post of Prime Minister: two of them were placed by the two most powerful opinion groups of the country and also by a scary genius. If Peretz finds a way to deactivate them, he’ll (…)

“North Korea vs. Iran”

by Young Sam Ma

26 October 2005

Last week, the Asians received two news; a good one from Beijing, where an agreement was reached regarding the North Korean nuclear issue; and a bad one from Vienna, where the Iranian nuclear issue has come to a standstill. The text signed in Beijing was welcomed worldwide. North Korea abandoned (…)

“Israel needs no one but itself”

by Alon Liel

12 October 2005

The past five years have taught us an important lesson: Israel has become immune to international pressure. At the beginning of the 21st century, the Israeli-Arab conflict became more of a national problem of Israel and some of its neighbours and less of an international problem. During the (…)

“Would-be German chancellor promises to fight anti-Semitism”

by Angela Merkel

3 October 2005

For us, relations with Israel are a valuable treasure that must be preserved. We should remember its history and the responsibility it entails. We must adopt a clear position in favour of the close ties with the Jewish community in Germany and, of course, with Israel. Our relations must be (…)

“Nothing more than an internal Zionist dispute”

by Meron Benvenisti

5 July 2005

The closer the date of the withdrawal from Gaza, the clearer the extent of that “historical event”: an internal, limited, intra-tribal, Jewish-Zionist struggle between two camps split on the evacuation of Gaza but united in their attitudes toward the settlement as a supreme value, as part of the (…)

“Two scripts for the day after”

by Zalman Shoval

5 July 2005

Many Israelis have found out about the confrontation between Moshe Ya’alon and Avi Dichter concerning the Gaza post-withdrawal political-security forecast. However, while their opinions differ about the withdrawal short term effects, there is far less disagreement between them when it comes to (…)

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