Tag: Israel
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...
A Lady With A Smile
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). It is not easy to be an Arab in Israel. It is not easy to be a woman in Arab...
Optimism of the Will
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). So now we have another anti-Semite. Mazal Tov ("good luck") as we say in Hebrew.
His name is Ban Ki-moon, and...
The Pied Piper of Zion
el Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Hamelin, a small town in Germany (not so far from where I was born), was infested with rats. In their...
Fear of Assimilation
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The Israeli Ministry of Education has struck a book from students' reading lists.
Big deal. Happens every day in Russia, China...
Imagined Nations
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Two weeks ago, Benedict Anderson died. Or, as we say in Hebrew, "went to his world". Anderson, an Irishman born...
A Lonely Lawyer
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). By now every Israeli has seen the TV clip several times - showing a 14-year old Arab girl being shot...