Tag: Jordan
Yitzhak Rabin – The Siamese Twins
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). After commenting on most of the episodes on the first Israeli Prime Ministers in Raviv Drucker's TV series "The Captains",...
The Luck of the Gambler
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). We all know the picture from the books and the movies: a gambler sits at the roulette table in a casino....
The Fake Enemy
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Towards the end of 1941, the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and declared war on the US. Their Nazi ally followed...
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...
The Terrible Problem
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Ze'ev Begin, the son of Menachem Begin, is a very nice human being. It is impossible not to like him....
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...
Kaya, the royal Dog
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). The spectacle is almost bizarre: a political party refuses to accept new members. And not just a few individuals, but...
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...
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...