Tag Archives: meir margalit

writing on the temple wall

Hunger and anxiety at the Damascus gate. The Jerusalem Grabathon?… Of course, its all about what the future has in store. The fear of Israel is falling into a cycle of concession, sapping its vitality to endure challenges until the … Continue reading

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forced shrinkage

That they tend to be narrow-minded, petty, self-righteous, sexist and parasitical is a notwithstanding issue. The point is the Haredim as they are called, the ultra-orthodox tend to be sprouting lie like proverbial tomatoes at the end of summer, falling … Continue reading

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olive trees and olive branches

Jerusalem. The city of peace. But not piece of mind. When someone says they are a moderate and middle of the road type and they come from Jerusalem they have to be bald-face liar. Maybe its what they called the … Continue reading

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uncivil disobedience: anarchy at ammunition hill

Wedge issues. The fine line between free speech and incitement. Deliberate shaping of language as a form of propaganda in a face-off between secular and religious conceptions of power. If President Obama can make a “misspoke” in terming “polish death … Continue reading

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steam rises : divide and conquer the elements

Human rights and human fights. There are such chasms of difference between the secular, humanistic, far left and the religious, Biblical based interpretation that mixes prophecy, land and god, that there seems to be an impossibility of exit from an … Continue reading

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corridors of power

They needed the labor. So, the arrangement was to create this fictitious identity called religious Zionism , an oxymoron and make them believe they held real power. It a stretch to imagine it, but Netanyahu’s grandfather was a rabbi and … Continue reading

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to serve somebody

Its an exercise of sociology imposed onto the political sphere and serves as a reflective mirror of the other participants in the liberal-democratic model that has come to permeate Western society; a model that is increasingly being subject to change, … Continue reading

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tumbling dice: rocking the casbah

In the disapora, the absence of political sovereignty presented some opportunities for self-improvement, it was never regarded as an end in itself. Much like the Old Country proverb about dying, it was more of a tradition than a good deed. … Continue reading

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odd cellmates: turn, turn, turn…

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

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radical heroes for a radical culture

The game started in 1948 with the establishment of the state. Someone has to continue playing the role of the donkey. A rage against the machine. To fight for home, wife and children. The citizen is the donkey tied to … Continue reading

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