0-The University of California Book of North African Literature
1-Exile is My Trade: A Habib Tengour Reader edited & translated by Pierre Joris
2-Pierre Joris: Cartographies of the In-Between edited by Peter Cockelbergh
3-Paul Celan: The Meridian Final Version—Drafts—Materials
Justifying the Margins (Essays)
This Avnery piece is to me the most accurate analysis of Obama’s visit I’ve read: In Their Shoes OBAMA IN ISRAEL: Every word right. Every gesture genuine. Every detail in its place. Perfect. Obama in Palestine: Every word wrong. Every gesture inappropriate. Every single detail misplaced. Perfect. IT STARTED from the first moment. The President [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Uri Avnery'
Uri Avnery on Obama’s Visit to Palestine
April 9th, 2013 · 4 Comments · Arab Culture, Palestine, Palestinian people, Uncategorized
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Avnery on UN resolution
November 29th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Israel, Palestine
Uri Avnery : The Strong and the Sweet IT WAS a day of joy. Joy for the Palestinian people. Joy for all those who hope for peace between Israel and the Arab world And, in a modest way, for me personally. The General Assembly of the United Nations, the highest world forum, has voted overwhelmingly for [...]
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Avnery: Once And For All!
November 23rd, 2012 · 3 Comments · Palestine
Uri Avnery November 24, 2012 THE MANTRA of this round was Once And For All. “We must put an end to this (the rockets, Hamas, the Palestinians, the Arabs?) Once and For All!” – this cry from the heart was heard dozens of times daily on TV from the harassed inhabitants of Israel’s battered towns [...]
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Avnery: Another Superfluous War
November 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Gaza Strip, Israel, Palestine, Uncategorized
Uri Avnery November 17, 2012 Another Superfluous War HOW DID it start? Stupid question. Conflagrations along the Gaza Strip don’t start. They are just a continuous chain of events, each claimed to be a [or “in”] “retaliation” for the previous one. Action is followed by reaction, which is followed by retaliation, which is followed by [...]
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Avnery on Debate
October 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments · Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Politics
Here’s Uri Avnery’s take on the 2nd debate & beyond: The Man with the Uzi THERE WAS this young Israeli who was captured by cannibals. They put him in the cooking pot and were about to light the fire, when he expressed one last wish: “Please box my ears!” When the cannibal chief obliged, [...]
Avnery on Syria
August 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments · "Arab Spring", Essays, Politics, Syria
As usual, Avnery’s takes are fascinating & excellent food for the intelletto. This week the topic is Syria: Uri Avnery August 11, 2012 Bloody Spring) ON A flight to London in 1961, I had a unique experience. On the way, the plane made a stop in Athens and a group of Arabs joined us. That [...]
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Avnery on the First War in Lebanon
June 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Israel, Palestine
Uri Avnery June 9, 2012 The War of Lies THIRTY YEARS ago this week, the Israeli army crossed into Lebanon and started the most stupid war in Israel’s history. It lasted for 18 years. About 1500 Israeli soldiers and untold numbers of Lebanese and Palestinians were killed. Almost all wars are based on lies. Lies [...]
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Uri Avnery: A Putsch Against War
May 5th, 2012 · 2 Comments · Iran, Israel
Avnery’s weekly column for May 5, 2012: A Putsch Against War GENERALS AND secret police chiefs get together for an attack on the politicians. In some countries, they arrest the president, occupy government offices and TV stations and annul the constitution. They then publish Communique No. 1, explaining the dire need to save the nation [...]
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Uri Avnery on Günther Grass
April 12th, 2012 · 4 Comments · Israel, Journalism, Poem
As far as poems go, “Was gesagt werden muss / What needs to be said” is a pretty second-rate exercise, & its political analysis is to a good extent inaccurate, but the mass of hysterical & inane responses in Europe (cf. the hundreds of the knee-jerk reactions in the German press) & here (see, for example [...]
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Uri Avnery on Newt
December 19th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Arab Culture, Israel, Palestinian people
Uri Avnery writes: December 17, 2011 “With Friends Like These…” MY GOD, what a bizarre lot these Republican aspirants for the US presidency are! What a sorry bunch of ignoramuses and downright crazies. Or, at best, what a bunch of cheats and cynics! (With the possible exception of the good doctor Ron Paul). Is this [...]
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