Uri-Avnery

Avnery Reveals: The Return of the Generals

by James M. Wall August 22, 2011

Why, indeed, is Israel bombing Gaza? The Israeli public must be persuaded that Palestinians are not to be trusted. Israel is in danger of losing the September 20 vote for Palestinian statehood in the UN General Assembly.

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Netanyahu and the Border Incident: The Return of the Generals

by Uri Avnery August 21, 2011

With a sigh of relief, Netanyahu returned to his usual stance. Here he was, surrounded by generals, the he-man, the resolute fighter, the Defender of Israel.

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Israel adopts laws targeting Arab citizens and criminalizing boycott of Jewish settlements

by Uri Avnery March 28, 2011

Uri Avnery views three laws recently adopted by the Israeli parliament: “two obnoxious racist laws… clearly directed against Israel’s Arab citizens”, and a third law that will punish “any person or association publicly calling for a boycott of Israel” or the illegal Jewish settlements.

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On the wrong side of history: Obama’s wavering on Egypt

by Uri Avnery February 13, 2011

Uri Avnery argues that US President Barack Obama should have trusted his instinct and placed the US on the right side of history by supporting the people’s revolution in Egypt, rather than give in to the “small people” – politicians, generals, “security experts”, diplomats, pundits, lobbyists, business leaders and. the hugely powerful Israel lobby.

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Western media frightened of the “F” word in its Israeli context

by Alan Hart November 12, 2010

As Misgav noted, there are scholars who are warning against using the term “fascism” too lightly and cheapening it. Tel Aviv University Professor Yossi Shain was quoted as saying, “The question is whether a threat to democracy exists.” As Einstein observed all those years ago, the American public “must” be informed about what is really happening in Israel. But there’s no chance that it will be as long as the mainstream media is unwilling to give voice to those Israeli Jews who can see fascism coming.

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Weimar in Jerusalem: the rise of fascism in Israel

by Uri Avnery October 23, 2010

Yitzhak Herzog, the minister of welfare in the Netanyahu government, a member of the Labour party, the grandson of a chief rabbi and the son of a president, said a few days ago that “fascism is touching the margins of our society”. He was wrong: fascism is not only touching the margins, it is touching the government in which he is serving, and the Knesset, of which he is a member.

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His father’s boy: the three faces of Binyamin Netanyahu

by Uri Avnery October 12, 2010

Binyamin Netanyahu’s main motivation is his total obedience to his old father. When Netanyahu the son transferred a part of Hebron to the Palestinian Authority, his father rebuked him and stated publicly that he was unfit for the job of prime minister, fit at most to serve as foreign minister. But the son made a huge effort to remain true to his father’s views, and that is the main motivation for his policy. According to Samet, he would not dare to face his father and tell him that he had given away parts of Eretz Israel.

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“A framework agreement” between Israel and Palestinians: precursor to talks without end

by Uri Avnery September 11, 2010

By Uri Avnery* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz There is a story about the man who dictated his will. He divided his property generously, provided for all the members of his family, rewarded his friends and did not forget his servants. He finished off with a short paragraph: “In the event of my death, this [...]

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Uri Avnery – The Slippery Slope

by Uri Avnery October 18, 2009

By Uri Avnery * It is, of course, all the fault of Judge Richard Goldstone. He is to blame for it, as he is to blame for all the other ills that are befalling us now. He is to blame for the trouble we are having at the UN, both in New York and in [...]

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Uri Avnery – The Boss Has Gone Mad

by Uri Avnery February 1, 2009

169 YEARS before the Gaza War, Heinrich Heine wrote a premonitory poem of 12 lines, under the title “To Edom”. The German-Jewish poet was talking about Germany, or perhaps all the nations of Christian Europe. This is what he wrote (in my rough translation): “For a thousand years and more / We have had an [...]

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Uri Avnery – Molten Lead

by Uri Avnery January 2, 2009

By Uri Avnery 3.1.2009 JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT, Aljazeera’s Arabic channel was reporting on events in Gaza. Suddenly the camera was pointing upwards towards the dark sky. The screen was pitch black. Nothing could be seen, but there was a sound to be heard: the noise of airplanes, a frightening, a terrifying droning. It was impossible [...]

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Weekend read: Biased Media, War Crimes, One-State Solution and ‘Right to Exist’

by Haitham Sabbah May 5, 2007

1. What ‘Israel’s right to exist’ means to Palestinians By John V. Whitbeck (Source: The Christian Science Monitor) “Recognizing Israel” or any other state is a formal legal and diplomatic act by one state with respect to another state. It is inappropriate â€“ indeed, nonsensical â€“ to talk about a political party or movement extending [...]

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The Great Experiment

by Uri Avnery October 15, 2006

Indispensable new article by Uri Avnery The Great Experiment IS IT possible to force a whole people to submit to foreign occupation by starving it? That is, certainly, an interesting question. So interesting, indeed, that the governments of Israel and the United States, in close cooperation with Europe, are now engaged in a rigorous scientific [...]

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A War of Religions? God Forbid!

by Haitham Sabbah February 22, 2006

With all the religiophobia going around, specially when it comes to Palestinian issue, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, following article by Uri Avnery is a must read. A War of Religions? God Forbid! Uri Avnery, 19.2.06 ONE OF our former Chiefs-of-Staff, the late Rafael (“Raful”) Eytan, who was not the brightest, once asked a foreign guest: [...]

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