Israel's Vicious Circle Ten Years of Writings on Israel and Palestine

by Avnery, Uri

• ISBN13: 9780745328232
• ISBN10: 0745328237
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781849643757
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-08-20
• Publisher: UCP

Summary

Uri Avnery is one of the best-known peace activists in Israel and founder of the Gush Shalom peace movement. He has been involved in, and written about, all major events in Israel's history since its creation in 1948, and was the first Israeli to meet Yasser Arafat. This is a carefully selected collection of his articles from the last 10 years. Additionally, he has written a rigorous introduction that shows how peace can be achieved. Avnery offers a unique perspective on the Middle-East conflict, drawing on his enormous experience of advocating Palestinian rights from within the system as a member of parliament and from outside as a peace activist. Written with passion and wit, his articles reveal and analyse the 'facts on the ground', always pointing out opportunities for reconciliation between the two sides and exposing those who exacerbate the conflict. This book is a must-read for everyone who wants peace in the Middle East.

Author Biography

Uri Avnery is one of the best known peace activists in Israel. He served in the Israeli military in the 1948 war and then set up a hugely popular anti-establishment magazine, Haolam Hazeh (This World), which forced the issue of Palestinian rights into the mainstream. He created a political party and, against all odds, won a seat in the Israeli parliament in 1965. For years he was the only member of parliament calling for negotiation with the Palestinians and was the first Israeli to meet with Yasser Arafat. In 1992 he founded the Gush Shalom peace block, which takes part in direct action to improve the day-to-day lives of Palestinians and to end the occupation.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
"Truth against truth": a completely different look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. An introduction	p. 7
In the beginning-the basis of Avnery's thought	p. 29
Uri Avnery's speech: November 22, 2003	p. 29
Omelets into eggs: November 24, 2007	p. 33
A nation? What nation?: September 25, 2004	p. 38
Anti-Semitism: a practical manual: January 17, 2004	p. 41
Unearthing the truth: July 27, 1998	p. 45
Israel at 50: a pronounced case of split personality: July 4, 1998	p. 47
The mother of all pretexts: October 13, 2007	p. 51
One state: solution or Utopia: May 12, 2007	p. 55
Facts on the ground; devastation all around	p. 66
Dear settler: November 25, 2000	p. 66
May your house be destroyed: July 20, 1998	p. 69
Olives, stones, and bullets: November 18, 2000	p. 71
Love of the cannibals: May 14, 2000	p. 76
A slap in the face: August 18, 2001	p. 77
The evil wall: May 3, 2004	p. 80
Blood on our hands: April 14, 2007	p. 83
Children of death: June 14, 2003	p. 87
... To the shores of Tripoli: May 26, 2007	p. 91
The right of return: January 14, 2001	p. 95
Reform now: June 22, 2002	p. 104
At midnight, a knock on the door: April 19, 2003	p. 107
All process, no peace	p. 110
Oslo revisited: August 11, 2007	p. 111
The peace criminal: July 21, 2001	p. 115
How to torpedo the Saudis: March 2, 2002	p. 118
A Roadmap to nowhere, or: Much Ado About Nothing: May 4, 2003	p. 121
To Aqaba and back: July 6, 2003	p. 124
With whom, about what?: October 19, 2003	p. 129
Sharon's speech: decoded version: December 22, 2003	p. 132
Sharm-al-Sheikh, we have come back again ...: February 12, 2005	p. 136
Voices from prison: May 13, 2006	p. 139
"The tumult and the shouting dies ...": December 1, 2007	p. 142
Squaring the circle: Palestinian and Israeli resistance	p. 148
All kinds of terrorists: November 3, 2001	p. 148
The stalemate: January 29, 2005	p. 150
A queue of bombers: March 23, 2002	p. 154
Three generals, one martyr: March 27, 2004	p. 156
You brought the boycott upon yourselves: April 26, 2005	p. 159
A tale of two demonstrations: April 30, 2005	p. 161
The magnificent 27: September 27, 2003	p. 165
Vanunu: the terrible secret: April 24, 2004	p. 168
Other players, other wars: the global context	p. 171
Two knights and a dragon: October 6, 2007	p. 171
Baker's cake: December 9, 2006	p. 176
America's rottweiler: August 26, 2006	p. 181
Lunch in Damascus: October 7, 2006	p. 185
So what about Iran?: September 29, 2007	p. 188
An Israeli love story: July 7, 2007	p. 192
Will the circle be unbroken?	p. 197
A plan for the 21st century: January 3, 2000	p. 197
A new consensus: September 24, 2005	p. 199
A bruised reed: September 1, 2007	p. 202
Inshallah: March 17, 2007	p. 206
The Palestinian Mandela: September 15, 2007	p. 210
Notes	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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