Tag Archives: Amos Oz

the bulldozer: stop making sense

Ariel Sharon’s Samson Option rant. It definitely falls into the category of “Nice guys finish last.” He’s being interviewed here by Amos Oz who is in the deep left of political ideologies. When the Zionists cleared the swamps, he chose … Continue reading

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divine wrath

Divine wrath: punish them for their sins. Certainly, they are  being kept on a short leash, and for good reason, some of it tied back to American electoral policy, the other a revolution viewed as too big to fail status, … Continue reading

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jailbird love songs

All the arguments for de-legitimizing Israel are fair game. Not for the supposed and ostensible reasons we usually hear, excessive violence, and  racism for example,  but because the country is totally inept, and for its own security and those of … Continue reading

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i and thou and the guy that wrote it down

I and thou. Us and them. Utopian prophet and social visionary or charlatan and snake oil salesman, as intellectual lamb in sheep’s clothing; a crypto-Zionist as a very good cop? Martin Buber’s translator has died which brings focus back to … Continue reading

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friends of evolution

It’s genius. Or is it ingenious? Or is necessity the mother of invention? Laughable in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute to read rantings of the Jewish far left and anarchist/Marxist stripe and variety having common recourse, without any qualms whatsover, of citing … Continue reading

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it was just about a stupid car

The Shalit release, basically puts the spotlight back on Israel in terms of public relations. Its a subject that receives far too much coverage, yet at the same time, the state also permits the citizens of the world to work … Continue reading

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it can’t happen here?

Is Israel having its own version of the Arab Spring? Possibly. In its own inscrutable way, the divisions between Left and Right that are marking American politics are finding political similarities. In fact, status and invidious comparison in the Holy … Continue reading

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forty and four strong winds

Its been forty-four years since the termination of the Six-Day War; with who started what and did what to whom and when among the most contested piece of history over the most contested piece of land in the history of … Continue reading

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“NONE IS TOO MANY”:Don’t Touch White Satin Dolls

How many judges does it take to change a light bulb?The verdict was praised as a victory for the country’s legal system and for women’s rights in a macho culture. Three Cheers for justice. Hip hip hooray, Hip hip hooray, … Continue reading

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BRIEF FLOOD in BABYLON: Raft on the Jordan River

Philo-Semitism. Convinced that Armageddon was at hand, the God-fearing Christians of the seventeenth-century turned to embrace the persecuted Jews- until the dream of the millennium had faded…. Protestant philo-Semitism was a by-product of Protestant millenarism , and Protestant millenarism received … Continue reading

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