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By Uri Avnery (about the author)
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True, it will not be much. But that is what can be done to cut losses, as they say in the business world.
That can happen. If Olmert is clever enough to extricate himself from the trap, before it closes entirely. (As folk wisdom says: a clever person is one that gets out of a trap that a wise one would not have got into in the first place.) And if Condoleezza gets orders from her boss to allow it.
On the 19th day of the war, we must recognize that soon we will be faced with a clear choice: to slide into a war with Syria, intentionally or unintentionally, or to get a general agreement in the north, that will necessarily involve also Hezbollah and Syria. At the center of such an agreement will be the Golan Heights.
Olmert and Peretz did not think about that in those intoxicating moments on July 12, when they jumped at the opportunity to start a nice little war. But then, were they thinking at all?
Become a Fan (14 fans) -- Page 3 of 3 page(s)
That can happen. If Olmert is clever enough to extricate himself from the trap, before it closes entirely. (As folk wisdom says: a clever person is one that gets out of a trap that a wise one would not have got into in the first place.) And if Condoleezza gets orders from her boss to allow it.
On the 19th day of the war, we must recognize that soon we will be faced with a clear choice: to slide into a war with Syria, intentionally or unintentionally, or to get a general agreement in the north, that will necessarily involve also Hezbollah and Syria. At the center of such an agreement will be the Golan Heights.
Olmert and Peretz did not think about that in those intoxicating moments on July 12, when they jumped at the opportunity to start a nice little war. But then, were they thinking at all?
Uri Avnery is a longtime Israeli peace activist. Since 1948 has advocated the setting up of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. In 1974, Uri Avnery was the first Israeli to establish contact with PLO leadership. In 1982 he was the first Israeli (more...)
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Permission to use your article A Nice Little War Gets Out of
by Ranjit Goswami on Thursday, Apr 12, 2007 at 12:11:35 AM
Tribute to Uri Avnery
by Hamish on Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 at 8:44:00 PM
There's an acute dearth in true global statemanship.
by Ranjit Goswami on Tuesday, Aug 1, 2006 at 11:39:45 PM
Editor Note RE: �"
by Amanda Lang on Wednesday, Aug 2, 2006 at 12:47:53 PM
I'd like to reprint this
by Lynn Hirshman on Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 at 12:36:27 PM
Anti Israel?
by Regina Carpenter on Thursday, Aug 3, 2006 at 4:36:30 PM