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

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