Tag: Ben-Gurion
“Anyone But Bibi”
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The vultures are circling. They can see the wounded man on the ground, and are waiting for his end.
So are...
Soros’ Sorrows
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). George Soros, the American multi-billionaire, is causing Binyamin Netanyahu a lot of trouble.
At this particular moment, Netanyahu does not need...
Whoso Confesseth and Forsaketh
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). In the tumult of the last few days, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the "unification" of Jerusalem,...
The Visitation
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Thank God for Oren Hazan.
Without him, this would have been an exceedingly dull visit.
Israel's cabinet ministers were lined up in...
A Curious National Home
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The present Israeli government coalition consists of 67 (out of 120) members of the Knesset.
Each member wants to be elected...
The Tunic of Nessus
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). In a few weeks, Israel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. Millions of words, most of them...
Perhaps the Messiah will Come
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). If someone had told me 50 years ago that the rulers of Israel, Jordan and Egypt had met in secret...
The Arabs did it – The Great Fire in Greater Israel
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). When my parents married in Germany, just before World War I, among the gifts was a document attesting that a...
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....
The Triumph of Sisyphus – Memories of Shimon Peres
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). David Ben-Gurion was not buried in the Great of the Nation portion of the national cemetery in Jerusalem, but next...