Tag: Soviet Union
The Real Victor
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). On the fifth day of the six-day war in 1967, I published an open letter to the Prime Minister, Levy...
Despair of Despair
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). My optimism about the future of Israel irritates a lot of people. How can I be an optimist in view...
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...
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,...
One, Two, Three – Rejoice!
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I remember the first few Independence Days, just after the foundation of the State of Israel. There was spontaneous jubilation,...
Confessions of a Megalomaniac
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). THE ARAB taxi driver who brought me to Ramallah had no trouble with the Israeli border posts. He just evaded...
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...
Abu-Mazen’s Balance Sheet
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Mahmoud Abbas was not present at my first meeting with Yasser Arafat during the siege of Beirut in the First...
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...