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Avnery: Lovable Man
Znet Article, November, 09 2006
Uri Avnery
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IN ITS original German form - Liebermann - the name means "lovable man". It is hard to imagine a name less appropriate for the new Deputy Prime Minister of Israel. He is not lovable, neither in his personality nor in his views - and that is the u...
Avnery: The Great Experiment
Znet Article, October, 16 2006
Uri Avnery
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The Great Experiment
Avnery: Lunch in Damascus
Znet Article, October, 11 2006
Uri Avnery
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ONCE, WHILE traveling in a taxi, I had an argument with the driver - a profession associated in Israel with extreme right-wing views. I tried in vain to convince him of the desir...
Avnery: Muhammad's Sword
Znet Article, September, 25 2006
Uri Avnery
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Since the days when Roman Emperors threw Christians to the lions, the relations between the emperors and the heads of the church have undergone many changes. Constantine the Great, who became Emperor in the year 306 - exactly 1700 years ago - enco...
Avnery: Help! Peacemongers!
Znet Article, September, 20 2006
Uri Avnery
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GUESS WHOSE words these are: "Starting this war was a scandal…It was possible to solve the problem of the missiles in South Lebanon by diplomatic means…The offensive of the last two days of the war, in which 33 soldiers were killed...
Avnery: When Napoleon Won at Waterloo
Znet Article, September, 04 2006
Uri Avnery
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NAPOLEON WON the battle of Waterloo. The German Wehrmacht won World War II. The United States won in Vietnam, and the Soviets in Afghanistan. The Zealots won against the Romans, and Ehud Olmert won the Second Lebanon War. You didn't know that? W...
Avnery: The Day After
Znet Article, August, 31 2006
Uri Avnery
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If it is true that the 33-day war on Lebanon was the culmination of regional developments and that it can hardly be fathomed separate from the brutal Israeli war on Gaza or the faltering American imperial project in Iraq, then it is hardly incons...
Avnery: From Mania to Depression
Znet Article, August, 18 2006
Uri Avnery
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THIRTY THREE days of war. The longest of our wars since 1949. On the Israeli side: 154 dead - 117 of them soldiers. 3970 rockets launched against us, 37 civilians dead, more than 422 civilians wounded. On the Lebanese side: about a thousand dead ...
Avnery: What The Hell Has Happened To The Army?
Znet Article, August, 13 2006
Uri Avnery
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SO WHAT has happened to the Israeli army? This question is now being raised not only around the world, but also in Israel itself. Clearly, there is a huge gap between the army's boastful arrogance, on which generations of Israelis have grown up, a...
Avnery: Junkies of War
Znet Article, August, 09 2006
Uri Avnery
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FOR ME it was a moment of shocking revelation.I was listening to one of the daily speeches of our Prime Minister. He said: "We are a wonderful people!" He said: We have already won this war, it is the greatest victory in the history of our state...
Avnery: Is Beirut Burning?
Znet Article, July, 27 2006
Uri Avnery
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Tel Aviv - "IT SEEMS that Nasrallah survived," Israeli newspapers announced, after 23 tons of bombs were dropped on a site in Beirut, where the Hizbullah leader was supposedly hiding in a bunker. An interesting formulation. A few hours after the ...
Avnery: The Real Aim
Znet Article, July, 17 2006
Uri Avnery
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THE REAL aim is to change the regime in Lebanon and to install a puppet government. That was the aim of Ariel Sharon's invasion of Lebanon in 1982. It failed. But Sharon and his pupils in the military and political leadership have never really gi...
Avnery: Agatha In The Rain
Znet Article, July, 03 2006
Uri Avnery
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"ISRAEL HAS declared war on the Palestinian people! The Palestinian people will answer in kind! The Palestinian rebellion will go on! The Palestinian fighters are steadfast in the service of the nation! Down with the Nazi-Zionist occupation! Out w...
Avnery: A War of Religions? God Forbid!
Znet Article, May, 30 2006
Uri Avnery
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ONE OF our former Chiefs-of-Staff, the late Rafael ("Raful") Eytan, who was not the brightest, once asked a foreign guest: "Are you Jewish or Christian?" "I am an atheist!" the man replied. "Okay, Okay," Raful demanded impatiently, "but a Jewish...
Avnery: Blaming the Victims
Znet Article, May, 22 2006
Uri Avnery
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THOSE WHO listened to the radio news last Saturday heard a stunning report: that Muhammad Abu-Ter and Uri Avnery had barricaded themselves together in a private home in a-Ram. The very fact that these two - the No. 2 man of Hamas and the notorious...
Avnery: Voices From Prison
Znet Article, May, 13 2006
Uri Avnery
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PRISON SERVES an important function in the annals of every revolutionary movement. It serves as a college for activists, center for the crystallization of ideas, rallying point for leaders, platform for dialogue between the various factions. For ...
Avnery: Israel's New Government
Znet Article, May, 08 2006
Uri Avnery
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SHALL WE start with the good news or the bad news? As confirmed optimists, let's start with the good news. To paraphrase an old Hebrew saying: Don't look at the vessel but at what's not in it. Avigdor Liberman is not in the Israeli government. H...
Avnery: Peretz's Trap
Znet Article, April, 29 2006
Uri Avnery
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WHEN YOU see a person walking into a trap, you shout: "Look out!" But when you see a person walking into a trap knowingly, with open eyes, what are you supposed to do? AMIR PERETZ is about to become Minister of Defense and he knows that it is...
Avnery: Who's the dog? Who's the tail?
Znet Article, April, 25 2006
Uri Avnery
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Who's the dog? Who's the tail?
Avnery: The Day After
Znet Article, April, 21 2006
Uri Avnery
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The airwaves and the headlines are full of talk of a U.S. military strike against Iran. That is as it should be -- the danger of such a reckless move is real, and rising, and we should be talking about it. The Bush administration claims that negot...
