Tag: Putin
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on war preparations for peace
Berlin,
Germany (Weltexpress). One only has to open the newspapers these days
to grasp the historical dimension we are once again in. Take for
instance the Federal...
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....
Donald Trump is the present-day Nero, the imperator of the New...
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). "If you want to understand the policy of a nation, look at the map!" Napoleon is supposed to have said.
It...
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...
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...
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,...
Don’t Send Him!
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Donald Trump has spat in my face. Not only in my own face, but in the faces of at least...
The Call of the Nation
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). A dark wave is submerging democracies all over the Western world. It started in Britain, a land we always saw...
The Kissinger Story
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I am writing this (may God forgive me) on Yom Kippur.
Exactly 43 years ago, at this exact moment, the sirens...