The title of this piece comes from the Biblical book of Kings I, Chapter 22, verse 19. Ahab was a rich and powerful Israelite king, who coveted the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. Naboth refused to sell his only possession to the King, for he was greatly attached to his family plot. So Jezebeel, the [...]
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Dr. Neve Gordon provides an excellent analysis of Arik Sharon and his relationship with the messianic settler movement.I found it exceedingly useful in clarifying the current political situation in Israel. The one ray of hope I find in his analysis is this: once the issue of settlements returns to the rational, security realm, the same [...]
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I recently mentioned how the IDF broke into an art exhibition about soldier testimonies regarding service in Hebron. Long time readers of this weblog know that Hebron is of special interest to me. I have written my own testimonies regarding my service in that city of the dead (which you can see here, here and [...]
Today in my inbox I got one of those emails that make the rounds to shore up the faithful. It was typical self-righteous crap, whose basic argument boils down to; “Arabs bad, Jews good.” One of the main self-righteous themes that runs through these types of screeds, is that Palestinian insurgents deliberately kill civilians while [...]
Here is the second installment of my record of my army experiences in Hebron. I have done a renumbering, so don’t get confused. This is a new piece!
If you haven’t yet read them, here are the Introduction and the first part.
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For a long time I promised Asaf that I would write about my experiences in the army, especially my tour of duty in Hebron. I didn’t realize how deeply traumatized I was from the experience until the Wye Plantation negotiations in October of 1998.
Bibi Netanyahu was negotiating a partial withdrawal from Hebron. I’m a person [...]
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This post is about Hebron. I gave 40 days of my life to the settlers of Hebron. 40 days for which I will never forgive them. Precisely now, when blood once again washes the cobblestones of those streets, now I feel compelled to write.
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One thing even die-hard secularists often admire about Orthodox Jewish weddings,is the joyous singing and dancing that goes on. So one hardly knows how to react to this article about a new phenomenon in Israel: Young Orthodox Jewish youth singing songs of bloody vengeance against the Arabs and even dancing to these tunes while waving [...]