Tag: British
Adolf and Amin
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Binyamin Netanyahu is a perfect diplomat, a clever politician, a talented leader of the army.
Lately, another jewel has been added to...
A Song is Born – Ahed al-Tamimi, the Palestinian Jeanne d’Arc
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). A friend from overseas sent me the recording of a song. An Arab song, with a soft Arab melody, sung by...
Son of a Dog
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The closer Mahmoud Abbas gets to the end of his reign, the more extreme his language becomes.
Recently he spoke about...
Cry, Beloved Country
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Anyone proposing the death penalty is either a complete fool, an incorrigible cynic or mentally disturbed – or all of...
Crusaders and Zionists
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). A few days ago I found myself in Caesarea, sitting in a restaurant and looking out over the sea. The...
The Four-Letter Word
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). When a Briton or American speaks about a "four-letter word", he means a vulgar sexual term, a word not to...
The New Wave
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). When I was young, there was a joke: "There is no one like you – and that's a good thing!"
The...
Parliamentary Riffraff
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). When I first entered the Knesset, I was shocked by the low standard of its debates. Speeches were full of...
Palestine’s Nelson Mandela
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I have a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti.
I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times....