Tag Archives: Gideon Levy Haaretz

remnants of remnants

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Dave

… the passing of Benzion Netanyahu, scholar, Zionist leader, and father of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He was 102.He saw a lot. He was termed a right wing nutjob and loathed by the bourgeois white liberal Israeli establishment. The problem … Continue reading →

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family planning

Posted on May 2, 2012 by Dave

Population control. The Malthus nightmare. Limited procreation to maintain national characterstics. An affront to bourgeois values, liberal, humanistic axioms. As Allan Greenspan said, “a billion is not what it used to be.” But a billion moslems facing off against an … Continue reading →

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grass roots

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Dave

Nihilism and anarchism? If, as you read a book, you feel that the author hates you and all the fabric of your life, that his chief purposes in writing are to communicate to you his loathing and his scorn, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Literature/poetry/spoken word | Tagged anselm kiefer, Cindy Sherman, George Frankl, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Gunter grass, Gunter Grass The Tin Drum, Henry Miller, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, peter kropotkin, Tom Segev | Leave a comment

odd cellmates: turn, turn, turn…

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Dave

Two different conceptions of peace. Both claim to be patriotic in ensuring and working for the security of jewish people. Two visions of a one state solution. A one state solution might be a one prison cell solution for both … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Efrat Orbach, ehud olmert, Free Gaza voyage, Gideon Levy, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Gush Katif evacuation, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, martin kramer, mayor barkat jerusalem, meir margalit, Meretz Party, NGO Monitor Gerald Steinberg, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, Razi Barkat, shimon peres, Steven Plaut | Leave a comment

the drum that thunders

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Dave

Maybe there is some intelligent thinking behind the fact Jews establish identity through matrilineality. Maybe rabbi Akiba saw through the fantasy of ethnic purity, the sham of the blood line and well as understanding that inbreeding, albeit producing some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged arthur goldreich, Arthur Ruppin, aschalo sama, Christopher Hitchens, daniel bahart, denis goldberg, ethiopian jews, Gideon Levy Haaretz, idam reichel, lemba namibia, Martin Buber, Max Nordau, richard falk, ronnie kasrils, sofa landver | Leave a comment

feeding the shark

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dave

So long and thanks for all the fish. She claims the Shalit family was holding her story hostage for four years, and she deserves royalties. As Shalit was exchanged for prisoners, she should also figure into the exchange process. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged ephraim kishon, franz fanon, Gideon Levy Haaretz, gilad shalit, Hannah Arendt, Henri Rousseau, Jean Genet, moacyr scliar, Norman Finkelstein, ronit lentin, shalit family, shelly elkayam, william haver, Yann Martel | Leave a comment

it was just about a stupid car

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dave

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 →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Uncategorized | Tagged Amos Oz, chaim weizmann, dan leon, gaddafi death, George Kara, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Martin Buber, Moshe Katsav, Naomi Klein, Ron Myberg, Shelly Yachimovich | 1 Comment

built in obsolescence: vintage violence

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Dave

In a first statement,somewhat off-guard, Gilad Shalit expressed support for the freeing of all Palestinian prisoners, if they do not turn around and engage against terror attacks against Israel, according to Al-Jazeera. While Palestinians are holding extensive celebration in Gaza, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged abu mazen, Chris Hedges, David Brooks, Edmund White, Frantz Fanon, gadaffi death, Georges Sorel, Gideon Levy Haaretz, gilad shalit, Jean Genet, Jean Paul Sartre, Lawrence of Arabia, martin kramer, michelle goldberg, Norman Finkelstein, omar khadr, Paul Newman, peter o'toole, Steven Plaut, thomas friedman, william haver | Leave a comment

case of mistaken identity: but not in my backyard

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Dave

Mistaken identity and false pretense. Mistaken identity has always been the source for arriving at some rich existential meanings.But, behind fervent religious belief, is it the will to meaning in the sense of Victor Frankl, or some twisted ideology arising … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bertolt Brecht, David Lynch, Gideon Levy Haaretz, Hegel Philosopher, ingrid peritz, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, jewish taliban, John Zorn, john zorn circle maker, lev tahor sect, marc ribot, menachem kahana, Michel Foucault, patrick martin globe and mail, schreber, Sigmund Freud, Slavoj Zizek, Viktor Frankl, Walter Benjamin, warren jeffs | Leave a comment

on pain of death: the bonding process

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dave

The dangers of militarism.And its connection with the two other ” triplets of evil” named by Martin Luther King Jr. : racism and consumerism. GRACE LEE BOGGS: I’m sorry, but I think if we stick to those categories of race, … Continue reading →