I recently mentioned the German word Gleichschaltung – one of the most typical words in the Nazi vocabulary.
"Gleich" means "the same", and "Schaltung" means "wiring". The long German word means that everything in the state is wired up the same way (...)
IT seems that everything possible has already been said, written, proclaimed, asserted and denied about the incident that is rocking Israel. Everything except the main point. The incident revolves around "the Soldier of Hebron". Military censorship (...)
By now every Israeli has seen the TV clip several times - showing a 14-year-old Arab girl being shot dead near the central market of Jewish Jerusalem. The story is well known: two sisters, 14 and 16 years old, have decided to attack Israelis. The (...)
There is no such thing as "international terrorism". To declare war on "international terrorism" is nonsense. Politicians who do so are either fools or cynics, and probably both.
Terrorism is a weapon. Like cannon. We would laugh at somebody who (...)
Sometimes, a small incident can pierce the darkness and reveal a frightening picture. This happened last Sunday in Beersheba, the capital of the Negev. The picture was frightening indeed.
The incident started as a routine attack, one of many we have (...)
Israeli democracy is sliding downwards. Sliding slowly, comfortably, but unmistakably.
Sliding where? Everybody knows that: towards an ultra-nationalist, racist, religious society.
Who is leading the ride? Why, the government, of course. This group (...)
