Tag: West Bank
A Tale of Two Stories
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). This is the story: at 7 o'clock in the morning, an Arab approaches the gate of Har Adar, a settlement...
Thank you, Smotrich
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I owe many thanks to Bezalel Smotrich. Yes, yes, to Smotrich of the extreme right, Smotrich the fascist.
Recently Smotrich gave a...
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...
Greetings for Diana Buttu
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). According to the Oslo agreement, the negotiations for ending the occupation should have reached their goal in 1999. Since then,...
Palestine’s Nelson Mandela
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I have a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti.
I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times....
Perhaps the Messiah will Come
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). If someone had told me 50 years ago that the rulers of Israel, Jordan and Egypt had met in secret...
The Cannons of Napoleon
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). Napoleon came to a German town and was not welcomed with the traditional artillery salute.
Furious, he summoned the mayor and...
President Kong
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). I knew he reminded me of somebody, but I couldn't quite place it. Who was it who pounded his chest...
Remember Naboth
Tel Aviv, Israel (Weltexpress). An incredible piece of legislation is now being debated in Jerusalem.
The country is busy with a settlement called Amona. There,...