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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 ever to meet Yassir Arafat, after crossing the lines in besieged Beirut. He served three terms in the Israeli Parliament (Knesset), and is the founder of Gush Shalom (Peace Bloc). Visit his Website.
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Sunday, August 11, 2013
A Federation -- Why Not? The occupation is a bleeding wound, and it has to be healed in the framework of peace before everything else. There can be no meaningful talk about federation between oppressor and oppressed. Federation presumes partners of equal status, if not of equal strength. egotiations between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine concerning a federation must be free of pressure, conducted in good faith between equals.
Sunday, August 11, 2013A Federation -- Why Not? The occupation is a bleeding wound, and it has to be healed in the framework of peace before everything else. There can be no meaningful talk about federation between oppressor and oppressed. Federation presumes partners of equal status, if not of equal strength. egotiations between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine concerning a federation must be free of pressure, conducted in good faith between equals.
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Friday, August 2, 2013
Two-State Solution -- Civil War? Any government interested in making peace will have to grapple with the settlers. The hundreds of thousands of Israeli Jews now living in the new neighborhoods there do not think of themselves as settlers at all, they have forgotten all about the Green Line. Indeed, they are quite surprised when reminded of it. They could not dream of ever acquiring anything similar in Israel proper.
Friday, August 2, 2013Two-State Solution -- Civil War? Any government interested in making peace will have to grapple with the settlers. The hundreds of thousands of Israeli Jews now living in the new neighborhoods there do not think of themselves as settlers at all, they have forgotten all about the Green Line. Indeed, they are quite surprised when reminded of it. They could not dream of ever acquiring anything similar in Israel proper.
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Friday, July 26, 2013
The Turkey Under the Table It seems that Kerry has the gift of inspiring such trust. Let's hope he does not squander it. So, with or without a turkey to keep the wolf from devouring the lamb, and in spite of all the past disappointments, let's hope that this time real negotiations get going and lead towards peace. The alternative is too dismal to contemplate.
Friday, July 26, 2013The Turkey Under the Table It seems that Kerry has the gift of inspiring such trust. Let's hope he does not squander it. So, with or without a turkey to keep the wolf from devouring the lamb, and in spite of all the past disappointments, let's hope that this time real negotiations get going and lead towards peace. The alternative is too dismal to contemplate.
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Monday, July 22, 2013
A Gift from Europe The European decision says that no Israeli institution or corporation which has any direct or indirect connection with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights will receive any contract, grant, prize or suchlike from the EU or any member state. To assure compliance, every contract between Israelis and the EU will contain a paragraph stating that the settlements are not part of Israel.
Monday, July 22, 2013A Gift from Europe The European decision says that no Israeli institution or corporation which has any direct or indirect connection with Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem or the Golan Heights will receive any contract, grant, prize or suchlike from the EU or any member state. To assure compliance, every contract between Israelis and the EU will contain a paragraph stating that the settlements are not part of Israel.
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Friday, July 12, 2013
The Grand Dilemma It's no longer a clear choice between black and white, but between different shades of grey, or, if that is possible, different shades of black. A civil war is raging. The misery of the population is indescribable. The number of dead terrifying. What will happen, if the government forces lose the battle and the rebels win?
Friday, July 12, 2013The Grand Dilemma It's no longer a clear choice between black and white, but between different shades of grey, or, if that is possible, different shades of black. A civil war is raging. The misery of the population is indescribable. The number of dead terrifying. What will happen, if the government forces lose the battle and the rebels win?
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Friday, July 5, 2013
A Human Spring Jewish fundamentalism is setting up settlements in the Occupied West Bank and threatening Israeli democracy. All over the Arab world and many other Muslim countries, Islamic fundamentalism raises its head, causing havoc. In the US, evangelical fundamentalism has created the Tea Party and is dragging the Republican Party to the extreme right, much against its own interest.
Friday, July 5, 2013A Human Spring Jewish fundamentalism is setting up settlements in the Occupied West Bank and threatening Israeli democracy. All over the Arab world and many other Muslim countries, Islamic fundamentalism raises its head, causing havoc. In the US, evangelical fundamentalism has created the Tea Party and is dragging the Republican Party to the extreme right, much against its own interest.
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Friday, June 28, 2013
Kerry and Chutzpah At the moment, poor Kerry is trying to put something together that would satisfy the wolf while keeping the lamb alive. Give Abbas American assurances without Israeli assurances, for example. IN ALL this bickering, one basic fact is ignored. It's that elephant again. The elephant in the room, whose existence Netanyahu denies and which Kerry is trying to ignore. The occupation.
Friday, June 28, 2013Kerry and Chutzpah At the moment, poor Kerry is trying to put something together that would satisfy the wolf while keeping the lamb alive. Give Abbas American assurances without Israeli assurances, for example. IN ALL this bickering, one basic fact is ignored. It's that elephant again. The elephant in the room, whose existence Netanyahu denies and which Kerry is trying to ignore. The occupation.
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Saturday, June 22, 2013
When the Gods Laugh AT LONG last, the way was clear. Peres assumed the leadership of the party and ran for elections. The Labor Party was bound to win, as it always had before. But the Gods only laughed. After 44 years of continuous Labor Party dominance, in the Yishuv and the state, Peres managed to achieve the unthinkable: he lost.
Saturday, June 22, 2013When the Gods Laugh AT LONG last, the way was clear. Peres assumed the leadership of the party and ran for elections. The Labor Party was bound to win, as it always had before. But the Gods only laughed. After 44 years of continuous Labor Party dominance, in the Yishuv and the state, Peres managed to achieve the unthinkable: he lost.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
Triumph and Tragedy The vast majority of today's Israelis, anyone less than 60 years old, cannot even imagine an Israel without the occupied territories. On the 46th anniversary of that great drama, we can only wish that it had never happened, that it was all a bad dream.
Friday, June 14, 2013Triumph and Tragedy The vast majority of today's Israelis, anyone less than 60 years old, cannot even imagine an Israel without the occupied territories. On the 46th anniversary of that great drama, we can only wish that it had never happened, that it was all a bad dream.
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Saturday, June 8, 2013
Butterflies in Damascus Shiites from all over the Muslim world stream into Syria to help Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship to survive, while Sunnis from many countries hasten there to support the rebels. The implications of this go well beyond the bloody Syrian struggle. It is a historic revolution, region-wide and perhaps world-wide.
Saturday, June 8, 2013Butterflies in Damascus Shiites from all over the Muslim world stream into Syria to help Bashar al-Assad's dictatorship to survive, while Sunnis from many countries hasten there to support the rebels. The implications of this go well beyond the bloody Syrian struggle. It is a historic revolution, region-wide and perhaps world-wide.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
The False Torch Taxes on the rich will remain minimal. Multinationals and other big companies will pay almost no taxes at all. Services for the poor will be cut. But the brunt of the burden will be borne by the middle class indirectly -- value-added and other taxes will raise Israel's already very high cost-of-living even higher.
Saturday, June 1, 2013The False Torch Taxes on the rich will remain minimal. Multinationals and other big companies will pay almost no taxes at all. Services for the poor will be cut. But the brunt of the burden will be borne by the middle class indirectly -- value-added and other taxes will raise Israel's already very high cost-of-living even higher.
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
The State of Whom? As long as the world consists of nation-states, we shall have our own. And by the same logic, the Palestinian people will have one, too. Our state cannot be a nation-state of a non-existent nation. Israel must and will be the nation-state of the Israeli nation, belonging to all Israeli citizens living in Israel, Arabs and other non-Jews included. And to nobody else.
Saturday, May 25, 2013The State of Whom? As long as the world consists of nation-states, we shall have our own. And by the same logic, the Palestinian people will have one, too. Our state cannot be a nation-state of a non-existent nation. Israel must and will be the nation-state of the Israeli nation, belonging to all Israeli citizens living in Israel, Arabs and other non-Jews included. And to nobody else.
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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Women of the Wall Under state doctrine, Israel is the Nation-state of the Jewish people. Under Zionist doctrine, the Jewish people and the Jewish religion are one and the same. Israelis are a nation, and the State of Israel belongs to this nation. Every citizen, male or female, should be able to pray to whoever he or she wants, in any public place, including the Western Wall.
Saturday, May 18, 2013Women of the Wall Under state doctrine, Israel is the Nation-state of the Jewish people. Under Zionist doctrine, the Jewish people and the Jewish religion are one and the same. Israelis are a nation, and the State of Israel belongs to this nation. Every citizen, male or female, should be able to pray to whoever he or she wants, in any public place, including the Western Wall.
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Saturday, May 11, 2013
The Donkey of the Messiah The occupation has already created a de facto One State -- an evil state of oppression and brutality, in which half the population (or slightly less than half) deprives the other half of almost all rights -- human rights, economic rights and political rights. The Jewish settlements proliferate, and every day brings new stories of woe.
Saturday, May 11, 2013The Donkey of the Messiah The occupation has already created a de facto One State -- an evil state of oppression and brutality, in which half the population (or slightly less than half) deprives the other half of almost all rights -- human rights, economic rights and political rights. The Jewish settlements proliferate, and every day brings new stories of woe.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
No, We Can't! Kerry will elicit some more words from the Arabs. Some more promises from Netanyahu. There may even be a festive opening of a new round of negotiations, a great victory for President Obama and Kerry. But nothing will change. Negotiations will just drag on. And on. And on. For the same reason that there has been no movement in the past, there will be no movement in the future.
Saturday, May 4, 2013No, We Can't! Kerry will elicit some more words from the Arabs. Some more promises from Netanyahu. There may even be a festive opening of a new round of negotiations, a great victory for President Obama and Kerry. But nothing will change. Negotiations will just drag on. And on. And on. For the same reason that there has been no movement in the past, there will be no movement in the future.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
The Russians Came The immigrants from the former Soviet Union--bundled together as "the Russians" in common parlance--have not mingled. They are a separate community, living in a self-made ghetto. They continue to speak Russian. They read Russian newspapers, all rabidly nationalist and racist. They vote for their own party, led by the Moldavian-born Evet (now Avigdor) Lieberman. They have practically no contact with other Israelis.
Sunday, April 28, 2013The Russians Came The immigrants from the former Soviet Union--bundled together as "the Russians" in common parlance--have not mingled. They are a separate community, living in a self-made ghetto. They continue to speak Russian. They read Russian newspapers, all rabidly nationalist and racist. They vote for their own party, led by the Moldavian-born Evet (now Avigdor) Lieberman. They have practically no contact with other Israelis.
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Friday, April 19, 2013
In Praise of Emotion To give an impetus to a real peace movement, you have to imbue it with the spirit of empathy for the other side. You must have a feeling for their humanity, their culture, their narrative, their aspirations, their fears, their hopes. And that applies, of course, to both sides. Fraternization between Palestinians and Israelis is a must. No peace movement can succeed without it.
Friday, April 19, 2013In Praise of Emotion To give an impetus to a real peace movement, you have to imbue it with the spirit of empathy for the other side. You must have a feeling for their humanity, their culture, their narrative, their aspirations, their fears, their hopes. And that applies, of course, to both sides. Fraternization between Palestinians and Israelis is a must. No peace movement can succeed without it.
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Saturday, April 13, 2013
"Around Us the Storm is Raging" The only real dangers facing Israel come from within. Mad policies, the continued occupation, the permanent war, the encroachment of fundamentalist religion--these are the real causes for worry. Israel is strong, and because it is strong it can take risks, make peace with the Palestinian people and the entire Arab and Muslim world.
Saturday, April 13, 2013"Around Us the Storm is Raging" The only real dangers facing Israel come from within. Mad policies, the continued occupation, the permanent war, the encroachment of fundamentalist religion--these are the real causes for worry. Israel is strong, and because it is strong it can take risks, make peace with the Palestinian people and the entire Arab and Muslim world.
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Friday, April 5, 2013
In Their Shoes Diplomats can string together hollow phrases to conjure up the illusion of progress. That is one of their main talents. But after a historic conflict lasting some 130 years, no progress towards peace between the two peoples can be real, if there is no equal respect for their national history, rights, feelings and aspirations.
Friday, April 5, 2013In Their Shoes Diplomats can string together hollow phrases to conjure up the illusion of progress. That is one of their main talents. But after a historic conflict lasting some 130 years, no progress towards peace between the two peoples can be real, if there is no equal respect for their national history, rights, feelings and aspirations.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Israeli Idiocracy the blockade was imposed by the Israeli navy for the sole purpose of preventing arms reaching the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip. If this had been a serious concern, the Mavi Marmara could have been stopped on the high seas, searched for arms and released. This was not even considered. From then on, it became solely a matter of prestige. Of childish political or personal ego. In short, of idiocy.
Friday, March 29, 2013Israeli Idiocracy the blockade was imposed by the Israeli navy for the sole purpose of preventing arms reaching the Hamas-governed Gaza Strip. If this had been a serious concern, the Mavi Marmara could have been stopped on the high seas, searched for arms and released. This was not even considered. From then on, it became solely a matter of prestige. Of childish political or personal ego. In short, of idiocy.
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