Tag: Gaza
Eyeless in Gaza
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I have a unique confession to make: I like Gaza.
Yes, I like this far-away corner of Palestine, the narrow strip...
The Cannons of Napoleon
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Napoleon came to a German town and was not welcomed with the traditional artillery salute.
Furious, he summoned the mayor and...
Respect the Green Line!
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The most incisive analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I have ever read was written by the Jewish-Polish-British historian Isaac Deutscher....
Confessions of a Megalomaniac
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). THE ARAB taxi driver who brought me to Ramallah had no trouble with the Israeli border posts. He just evaded...
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...