Arme Elfriede Jelinek

Wahrscheinlich hätte ich es überhaupt nicht bemerkt, aber nach dem Lesen dieses Artikels in der Haaretz mußte ich nachsehen. Auf den ersten Blick unglaublich. Aber es stimmt: Elfriede Jelinek macht sich zum Sprachrohr der islamophobischen Hynkelbewegung Österreich e.V., die maßgeblich ["Wir wollen doch nur in ihren Betten schlafen"] von deutschen Göbbelsverschnitten angeleiert und maßgeblich beeinflußt wird. Igitt! "We should not do deals with totalitarian regimes that admit that their goal is to destroy another state", ok Elfriede, aber sich für eine paranoide Idiotenbewegung zur Äffin zu machen? Was ist da nur passiert: "Die OMV sieht in einem Staat mit einer derart selbstmörderisch-sendungsbewussten, zur Vernichtung eines anderen Staates entschlossenen Führung einen 'idealen Partner' für ihre Geschäfte. Es sieht ganz so aus, als wollte Österreich sich geradezu vordrängen, um eine Drehscheibe für Handel, aber leider nicht Wandel, mit diesem antisemitischen und totalitären Regime des Iran zu werden", so Elfriede Jelinek.

"In Rußland herrschen Felherrn, auch China macht sich stark,
In Spanien sind Faschisten und in Deutschland herrscht die Mark.
Amerika führt Kriege in vielerlei Gestalt,
Und daraus folgt als letzter Schluß, daß man das alles ändern muß,
Sonst werden wir nicht sehr alt. Wenn's sein muß, mit Gewalt.

..., aber die Ausfürung läßt warten,
..., aber wir kommen schwer vom Fleck,
Wenn wir nicht ihre Pläne störn, wird die Zukunft nicht uns gehörn,
Die Generale sterben nicht von selber weg.
Der Gedanke ist gut, aber die Herrscher demagogisch,
Der Gedanke ist gut, aber die Welt ist leider trist.
Wenn ich so um mich blick', seh ich ganz logisch,
Daß der Gedanke wirklich ausgezeichnet ist."

Nix glernt, die Elfriede.


Israel has dispatched an unscheduled delegation of intelligence officials to the U.S. to try to convince it that Iran is still trying to develop nuclear weapon - contrary to the findings of a recent U.S. intelligence report, security officials say. + "I'm asking the ministers to stop giving statements on Iran and the American intelligence report," Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting.

"Before the IDF embarks on a major incursion into Gaza, it needs to carefully consider how to operate so that it bolsters Palestinian moderates, including those in the Gaza Strip," Israel Radio quoted Minister Ami Ayalon (Labor)as saying Saturday. Ayalon added that under no circumstances should Israel talk to Hamas but that it must continue to negotiate with the Palestinians in order to present a political alternative to the group. + Israeli forces detained more than 24 Hamas members, including several leaders, on Sunday morning in the West Bank city of Nablus. Hamas said Ahmad Al-Hajj, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), and Ahmad Dula, a Hamas official, were abducted.

Meretz Chairman Yossi Beilin on Sunday announced that he was dropping out of the race for the party leadership, and would thus leave his post following the March 2008 primaries. Beilin expressed his support for the candidacy of MK Haim Oron, who he said shared his political agenda. He stated that he had never intended to become the party's leader when he first joined Meretz, and his leadership was the result of the 2003 resignation of former chairman Yossi Sarid.

hile the Israeli economy is continuing to grow, the conditions of an overwhelming majority of the general public are still grim, according to a report by the Adva Institute titled. "The Social State of Affairs," published Saturday evening. The economical growth can be gauged by examining the country's top earners. The overall cost of the wages of managers in the top 25 companies traded in the stock market averaged NIS four million in 2003; in 2006 this figure rose to NIS 10.4 million. Gaps in the education system are also widening. In 2006, 45.9% of teenagers were entitled to receive a matriculation degree, a drop from 2005's 46.4% and 49.2% in 2004.

Nothing left of Annapolis - Festive declarations of US peace summit quickly replaced by good old routine.

Yossi Alpher, "A profound perceptual gap": One of the most disturbing byproducts of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that began in Oslo in 1993 is the emergence of a profound perceptual gap between the Israeli Jewish majority and the country's Arab citizens regarding the future of the state of Israel. In looking at the Israeli Arab response to the current renewal of peace negotiations between Israel and the PLO, that gap appears to be broader than ever. It is not easy to recall that just a few years ago the Israeli Arab community presented itself, and was looked upon in at least some Jewish quarters, as a "bridge" to peace between Israel and the Palestinians represented by the PLO. Today it is part of the problem, not the solution.

Ghassan Katib, "The most to loose": Two recent developments have brought to the fore the issue of the Palestinian citizens of Israel. Last week an Israeli human rights organization published the results of a survey showing that racism against the Palestinians of Israel is growing. At the Annapolis conference, meanwhile, US President George W. Bush dealt a severe blow to their aspirations for equal social, economic and national rights in Israel.

Sonja Karkar, "The first Intifada - 20 years later"

C. Sydow über die Hintergründe des Attentats auf Francois al-Hajj.