Salman Masalha
B. MichaelA Pravoslavic and republican tomato
Prof. Shlomo Avineri (Haaretz, August 13, 2010) debates Salman Masalha, who ridiculed the expression “a Jewish and democratic state” and compared it to the expression “a Muslim and democratic state” (Haaretz, August 8, 2010).
Avineri decides to learn from this barb that Masalha has supposedly denied...
Lev Grinberg: You can't be a Jewish Muslim
Lev Grinberg: "Instead of bringing about the secularization of Judaism, Zionism turned religion into the central element of the definition of national identity, and turned the State of Israel into a tool of the religious redemption project.".....
Lev Grinberg
You can't be a Jewish Muslim
Just like the story about the late Israeli politician Moshe...
Uri Avnery: Poisonous Mushrooms
Uri Avnery
Poisonous Mushrooms
BEFORE THE victory of feminism, there was a popular Israeli song in which the boy asks the girl: “When you say No, what do you mean?”This question has already been answered. Now I am more and more tempted to ask: “When you say Zionism, what do you mean?”That is also my answer when asked whether I am a Zionist.When...
The poet's political correctness
Salman Masalha
The poet's political correctness
"Music from the Maghreb is poor, limited and unsophisticated," a Kurdish-Turkish musician whispered in my ear during a concert held in southern France last month, as part of the "Mediterranean Voices" festival. As I am not...
Alexander Yakobson: What's in a name?
Alexander Yakobson: "Masalha complains that in the Israeli reality, the expression "Jewish, democratic state" sometimes serves as a rationalization for discrimination and the exclusion of the Arab minority. Of course it does....", writes in Haaretz in response to "A Jewish and...
Shlomo Avineri: A Palestinian people, yes, a Jewish people, no?
In response to "A Jewish and Democratic Restaurant," Shlomo Avineri Writes in Haaretz:
Just as Jews are not the ones who will determine whether the Palestinians are a people or not, Salman Masalha cannot determine whether the Jews are a people or not. It is a question of self-determination.
Shlomo Avineri
A Palestinian people, yes, a Jewish...
A Jewish and democratic restaurant
Salman Masalha
A Jewish and democratic restaurant
Compared to other countries, Israel has been blessed with many scientific inventions. If that were all there were to it, we could stop at this point and simply give thanks.
The problem is that in recent decades we have witnessed...
