Tag: Arabs
The Call of the Mu’ezzin
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The first mu`ezzin stood on the roof of the prophet Muhammad's home in Medina, during his exile from Mecca, and...
The President-Elect Donald Trump
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The first shock has passed. President-Elect Donald Trump. I am gradually getting used to the sound of these words.
We are...
The Funeral Ruckus
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Shimon Peres would have enjoyed it. A public battle about his funeral.
The Arab members of the Knesset did not attend....
Abu-Mazen’s Balance Sheet
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Mahmoud Abbas was not present at my first meeting with Yasser Arafat during the siege of Beirut in the First...
Lucky Bibi
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). "Give me generals who have luck!" Napoleon once exclaimed.
Which reminds one of Goethe's Faust, who complained that "the fools never...
Olympic Jews?
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The scene at Ben-Gurion airport this week was rather astonishing.
More then a thousand young male fans came to welcome the...
“Us” and “Them”
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). No. It's not "us" and "them".
Not "us" – the good ones, the moral ones, the righteous ones. Or, to put...
The Great BDS Debate
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Help! I am walking into a minefield. I can't help myself. The minefield has a name: BDS – boycott, divestment,...
Holy Water
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). He appeared out of nowhere. Literally. The Israeli Police needed a new commander. The last one had come to the...
When God Despairs
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Right after the foundation of Israel, God appeared to David Ben-Gurion and told him: "You have done good by my...
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