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Uri Avnery
Former member of Irgun and an Israeli army commando, writer and journalist Uri Avnery is now a committed peace activist
By Uri Avnery on August 18, 2012
No war has been talked about so much before it happened. To quote the classic movie line: “If you have to shoot, shoot. Don’t talk!”
Posted in Iran, Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies |
By Uri Avnery on May 5, 2012
Uri Avnery looks at how a number of leading hardliners in Israel’s military and security establishments have spoken out against the Israeli government’s plans for an attack on Iran’s nuclear installations
Posted in Commentary, Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies |
By Uri Avnery on June 25, 2010
The Holocaust is losing its power to persuade, writes Uri Avnery. As its influence wanes the pioneering image of an Israeli David is being replaced by that of a brutal Israeli Goliath
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on April 14, 2009
Lieberman is no joke. Already on his first day he made clear that he – he and not Netanyahu or Barak – will set the style of the new government, both because of his strong political position and his massive personal presence and provocative character
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on January 30, 2009
Recent Israeli operations in Gaza have been a public relations disaster, argues Uri Avnery. Not only did the IDF fail to eradicate Hamas but in the eyes of the world the Zionist state has now been transformed into a bloodstained monster
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on October 22, 2008
There is no alternative: the citizens of Israel, Jews and Arabs, are “condemned” to live together, whether they like it or not
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on July 4, 2007
There never was a darker Middle East summit meeting, writes Uri Avnery. The darkest there can be
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on May 24, 2007
An officer who acts like a drunken Cossak against stone-throwing children, as seen on TV this week, cannot lead soldiers in real war. That is one of the most important lessons of Lebanon War II: the occupation has corrupted the Israeli army to the core
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on October 23, 2006
The laboratory for the experiment is the Gaza Strip, and the guinea pigs are the million and a quarter Palestinians living there
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on September 5, 2006
In Israel, Nothing Changes But the Past
Posted in The Media
By Uri Avnery on September 2, 2006
Now, even before the last fallen soldier has been buried, writes Uri Avnery, the incompetent generals are starting to talk shamelessly about “another round”
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on August 28, 2006
“There is a shocking similarity between George W. Bush and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, writes Uri Avnery, The one has personal conversations with Jesus, the other has a line to Allah. But the name of the game is domination”
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on August 17, 2006
Former Israeli soldier and squad leader Uri Avnery reflects on the Israeli army’s recent performance against Hezbollah
Posted in Current Affairs
By Uri Avnery on June 30, 2006
Israel has long since ceased to be a Jewish state, in the spiritual sense. The World Cup proves it, writes Uri Avnery as he details how it has been used as a diversion for murder
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Uri Avnery on September 15, 2004
According to Uri Avnery, the Israeli army is entirely different to what it was when it was first founded in 1948. A new element has emerged, reminiscent of the political commissars of the Red Army
Posted in Miscellaneous
By Uri Avnery on July 12, 2004
Uri Avnery on the connection between Israel’s ‘Apartheid Wall’ and Theodor Herzl, the founder of modern Zionism
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on May 28, 2004
On May 7, an Israeli peace group published a warning in Haaretz. It read: “Sharon now resembles a wounded bull…There is no limit to the bloody deeds he is capable of now in order to survive”. Less than two weeks later Israeli tanks smashed into Rafah
Posted in Behind The "News"
By Uri Avnery on March 1, 2004
Ariel Sharon plays games with the American bear. He makes him dance, jump, lie down and get up again, turn around and perform somersaults, much to the amusement of the Israeli public
Posted in Israel, 'Anti-Semitism', Zionism and US-UK allies
By Uri Avnery on February 22, 2004
Prime Minister Tony Blair told his people that Saddam could use WMD against British cities within 45 minutes. Was this just bad Intelligence? Or was he just lying? Uri Avnery considers the case
Posted in Political Intrigue