Uri Avnery

  • Netanyahu’s luck

    Benjamin Netanyahu has luck. A lot of luck. It is uncanny. The whole country sees the luck. His popularity rises to the heavens.The economy is...

  • The day of shame

    For me, the moving of the US embassy means nothing. It is a symbolic act that does not change reality. If and when peace does come, no one will care...

  • Eyeless in Gaza

    Write down: I, Uri Avnery, soldier number 44410 of the Israel army, hereby dissociate myself from the army sharpshooters who murder unarmed...

  • The right to return

    Ze’ev Begin, the son of Menachem Begin, is a very nice human being. It is impossible not to like him. He is well brought up, polite and...

  • Palestine’s Mandela

    I have a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti. I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times. During our conversations, we...

  • The face of a boy

    The misdeeds of Napoleon’s occupation army in Spain were not photographed. Photography had not yet been invented. The valiant fighters against the...

  • Netanyahu’s divide et impera strategy

    Benjamin Netanyahu is not known as a classical scholar, but even so he has adopted the Roman maxim Divide et Impera, divide and rule.The main goal...

  • A day and night-mare

    Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be detested now by everyone. Almost as much as his meddling wife, Sarah’le. Six weeks ago, Netanyahu was the great...

  • Avnery v the State of Israel

    This week I won a dubious distinction: a groundbreaking Supreme Court judgement has been named after me. It is an honour I would have gladly...