Tag: Jerusalem
The Great Conspiracy
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). In the Autumn of 1948, after some eight months of continuous fighting, I was promoted to the lofty rank of...
Pity the Almond Tree
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Pitty the almond tree, especially when it is in full bloom.
The bloom of the almond is, in German, Mandelblüt. That...
The Jumping Parliament
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Years ago, when I was a member of the Knesset, I decided to stage a demonstration in the plenum hall.
I...
The Man Who Jumped
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Nobody described the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict better than the historian Isaac Deutscher.
A man lives in a house that...
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...
Children of Stones
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). For God's sake, are they crazy?
They congregate in the marketplace, boys of 15, 16 years, take stones and throw them...
From Barak to Trump
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Ehud Barak has "broken the silence". He has published an article in The New York Times attacking our prime minister...
Two Meetings
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). During the last few days, I met with two old friends: Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin.
Well, the term "friends" may...
Who is Afraid of the Iranian Bomb?
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I hate self-evident truths. Ideals may be self-evident. Political statements are not. When I hear about a self-evident political truth,...
Pickled Cucumbers
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Hallelujah! AT long last I have found a point on which I agree with Binyamin Netanyahu. Really!
This Monday the Knesset...
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