Tag Archives: Yitzhak Shamir

stuck in the in-between space

Clearly, the kind of virulent Arab anti-Semitism, or rather anti-Israel easily spilling, absurdly, into a kind of biological racism is not endemic to the Arab world in the same way that characterized the Jewish experience in Europe from east to … Continue reading

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gas mask time: gimme shelter

Gas mask time? Or time to put the political leaders into quarantine? The problem, and this is endemic to all democracies is the politicization of the Armed services. The military becomes subordinate to political considerations such as elections, timing, public … Continue reading

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while my sword gently weeps

A shattering of certainty that had been shaky, even crumbling at best. The illusion beased on liberal enlightenment principles that peace was just at hand, and that reason and logic would bring out men’s better nature shaping a happy-ever-after ending … Continue reading

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throw someone under the bus, not just anyone

“Harold  dear, (Sir Harold  MacMichael) there’s a nice looking man at the door wanting to see you. presentable. he says he knows Lord Moyne, …and by the way, he’s holding a gun. A rather large one. Imagine, in our neighborhood,” … Continue reading

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into the heartland of heresy: religion as a private matter

Heresies. Recurrent ideas which break through the continually sealed crust of orthodoxy because they contain an important truth or an irrepressible human aspiration. And they don’t seem limited to one religion. In fact, monotheism seems to reinforce their appearances… The … Continue reading

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greetings on his day

The anti-politician in many ways.Anathema to Israel’s liberal secular elite, who regarded him as totally lacking in the “aesthetics” of the “new jew”. Not exactly Abba Eban.  To some a terrorist, to others a true patriot. Not smooth,devoid of drama,majesty … Continue reading

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a long way from mount sinai

Transfer agreement with the enemy. Blood for goods. Such a strange and bottomless story with Zionism, its origins and its aims, that its almost impossible to untangle. When Hitler came to power in Germany, there was a controversy between left … Continue reading

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