Tag: Jews
Wistful Eyes
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The whole world watched with bated breath while the days passed. Then the hours. Then the minutes.
The world watched while...
The March of Folly
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). My late friend, Nathan Yellin-Mor, the political leader of the LEHI underground, once told me that a certain politician is "not...
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...
Abe, Izzy & Bibi
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The whole thing could have been a huge practical joke, if it had not been real.
All of Israel was taken...
The Bizarre Case of Bashar
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Conan Doyle, the creator of the legendary Sherlock Holmes, would have titled his story about this incident "The Bizarre Case...
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...
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...
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...