Uri Avnery: A Task in search of a Hero
SOME 60 YEARS ago the new Egyptian ruler, Gamal Abd-al-Nasser, wrote a book about the “Philosophy of the Revolution”. Imitating the playwright Luigi Pirandello (“Six Characters in Search More...
Uri Avnery: A Day and Night-mare
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU seems to be detested now by everyone. Almost as much as his meddling wife, Sarah’le. Six weeks ago, Netanyahu was the great victor. Contrary to all opinion polls, he achieved a More...
Uri Avnery: National Unity
MY FIRST reaction after the election was: “Oh, no! Not a National Unity Government, please! In my first article after the election, I devoted a large part to the danger of a “national unity” More...
Uri Avnery: The Messiah Hasn’t Come and Bibi hasn’t gone
THE MESSIAH HASN’T COME and Bibi hasn’t gone. That’s the sad outcome. Sad, but not the end of the world. As the American saying goes: “Today is the first day of the rest of your life.” I More...
Israel’s former ambassador to the US, Itamar Rabinovich: Bibi’s Big Surprise
Binyamin Netanyahu proved the pollsters wrong – not once, but twice. In the weeks and days leading up to Israel’s election, his defeat was widely predicted. Then, in the hours after the vote, exit More...
Livni Gives Up PM Rotation Deal with Herzog to Insure Netanyahu’s Ousting
A little over 12 hours before the vote is due to start in Israel, MK Tzipi Livni, co-leader of the Zionist camp, has announced that she will waive the rotation deal with Yitzhak Herzog if it proves to More...
Netanyahu Tells 30 Thousand at Right-Wing Tel Aviv Rally: We Will Not Divide Jerusalem
More than 30 thousand right wing Israelis gathered in Rabin Square Sunday night, for a rally that outnumbered last week’s left-wing rally by about 2 to 1. This may not represent electoral realities More...
Uri Avnery: For whom to Vote?
ONCE A Soviet citizen went to vote. He was given a sealed envelope and told to put it in the ballot box. “Could I possibly see for whom I am voting?” he asked timidly. “Of course not!” More...
Care to Bet on Israel’s Elections? Guess Who’s Leading by 80%…
PredictIt is a new, real-money site, that banks on your knowledge of political and financial events by letting you make and trade predictions. A project of Victoria University of Wellington, PredictIt More...
Uri Avnery: An Expensive Speech
WINSTON CHURCHILL famously said that democracy is the worst political system, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time. Anyone involved with political life knows that More...