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Amos Oz addressing the rally in support of Haim Oron (Dan Keinan)
Last update - 09:31 10/03/2008
Amos Oz: Left wing can return to power in next elections
By Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Ehud Barak, Labor, Meretz 

The Israeli left wing has a chance to win the next general elections, Israeli author Amos Oz told attendees at a rally for MK Haim Oron, who is running for the chairmanship of the left-wing Meretz Party.

Oz stated that the greatest challenge facing the left wing is convincing the public that there is a direct link between the occupation and poverty in Israel.

"Poverty is gnawing at the country. We have an impoverished country, running from Gadera to the South and from Hadera to the North. Our real enemy is not the right wing, it?s fatigue and desperation, the feeling that there is nothing we can do," Oz stated.
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Oz added that "more and more Israelis are fed up with the right wing, the settlements, and have come to the conclusion that enough is enough."

In regard to the Palestinians, Oz stated that presently there are two Palestinian entities developing, one in the West Bank and one in Gaza, and that Israel must reach a peace agreement with both.

The Israel Prize laureate also leveled harsh criticism on Defense Minister and Labor Party Chair Ehud Barak, who he said has "abandoned the dream of peace."

Oz added that Barak is entirely unconcerned with social problems in Israel and called the Labor party a "crumbling political entity."

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      1.   Amos Oz is hipocrit 02:09  |  Daniel 10/03/08
      2.   Amos Oz - Does He Believe His Own BS ? 02:34  |  Tod Zuckerman 10/03/08
      3.   Amos Oz 02:47  |  Irv 10/03/08
      4.   And pigs will be able to fly too... 02:54  |  Joe Sittizen 10/03/08
      5.   Granma Israel 02:58  |  Zev Yitzchoki 10/03/08
      6.   Granma Israel 2 03:11  |  Zev Yitzchoki 10/03/08
      7.   dream 04:23  |  markus 10/03/08
      8.   Amos grandfather from Odessa 04:49  |  Rasputin 10/03/08
      9.   Go Back to OZ with dorathy, toto, and the wizzard 05:13  |  Joe Barnathan 10/03/08
      10.   Amos Oz lives in the land of Oz with Dorothy and Toto 05:17  |  Connie 10/03/08
      11.   Good writer. Bad political analyst. Terrible prognosticator. 05:18  |  McQueen 10/03/08
      12.   Lunacy 05:18  |  Robert 10/03/08
      13.   Keep on Dreaming 05:28  |  Eli 10/03/08
      14.   Thank you Amos Oz 06:10  |  Yesh Chroman 10/03/08
      15.   To #13...you are invited to come live in Israel and FEEL the 06:39  |  spade 10/03/08
      16.   face to face 06:41  |  miloimnick frm north 10/03/08
      17.   All they care about is their own power 06:57  |  Efox 10/03/08
      18.   On wich Planet is this Guy living on ??? 07:17  |  Michael 10/03/08
      19.   Well, the Left did cancel 8 voters 07:35  |  Binyamin Dissen 10/03/08
      20.   Choose: two states or one unified state 07:41  |  Ivar 10/03/08
      21.   Amos Oz 07:47  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/03/08
      22.   Poverty is gnawing at the country??? 08:08  |  Guber 10/03/08
      23.   Binyamin Dissen 08:31  |  x-ray 10/03/08
      24.   Amos Oz only talks to peeople of the same ilk .. 08:52  |  redmike 10/03/08
      25.   The PSEUDO PROGRESSIVE`S ONLY ENJOY SUPPORT FROM GLOBALIST ELITES 08:52  |  Ben Uziel 10/03/08
      26.   Oz is not the wizard of OZ 09:11  |  fred 10/03/08
      27.   Sixty years of hell! 09:16  |  Atoo 10/03/08
      28.   Will the left win the next elections ? 09:17  |  Jean Van Daem 10/03/08
      29.   Where to live after the occupation ends 09:25  |  Nora 10/03/08
      30.   Pure shame 09:44  |  Hadar 10/03/08
      31.   Time for the Left to make a Cheshbon Nefesh 09:48  |  Binyamin Dissen 10/03/08
      32.   THE LEFT WING LUNATICS IN ISRAEL HAVE THE BEST DRUGS!!!!!! 09:58  |  TRUTH SEEKER 10/03/08
      33.   one too many soy lattes 10:03  |  mar 10/03/08
      34.   Amos Oz - please write more books 10:05  |  Vitaly 10/03/08
      35.   Poverty Gap in Israel 10:06  |  eddie 10/03/08
      36.   Stop playing the Spin game 10:09  |  BA 10/03/08
      37.   Amos Oz, the Israeli "Don Quijote" keeps on soldiering on..... 10:37  |  Swiss (Dino) 10/03/08
      38.   Needed: Assimilating New Creative Thinking 10:38  |  Tzfonit 10/03/08
      39.   Dear Mr Oz - Return to the Torah - We love you and need you!!!! 11:04  |  Dr Eric 10/03/08
      40.   Left wing should never ever return to power 11:19  |  Mordechai BenTzur 10/03/08
      41.   WHAT`S THE REAL POINT, AMOS? 11:29  |  indrajaya 10/03/08
      42.   #34," WISDOM and SMARTNESS" 11:57  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 10/03/08
      43.   How many of this man exist in Israel? 12:06  |  Sharif Hafez 10/03/08
      44.   The real enemy 12:12  |  Burned Liberal 10/03/08
      45.   Amoz Oz - the most well known israeli one? 12:22  |  Anne 10/03/08
      46.   # 42 Cipora Julianna Kohn 12:39  |  Swiss (Dino) 10/03/08
      47.   OZ SPEAKS WISDOM ISRAEL LOST 12:41  |  Markus 10/03/08
      48.   The Olive Branch of the Delusions Swamp 12:43  |  sh 10/03/08
      49.   More than you think, Sharif Hafez 12:48  |  sh 10/03/08
      50.   Guberism 12:58  |  sh 10/03/08
      51.   To Guber 13:02  |  Radka 10/03/08
      52.   It is not just poverty 13:04  |  l 10/03/08
      53.   author and left wing 13:13  |  english jew 10/03/08
      54.   The end of the disastrous settlement project 13:27  |  Sylvie 10/03/08
      55.   to Joe Sittizen #4 13:34  |  zeev 10/03/08
      56.   WHAT A LOAD OF ... 13:40  |  zionist forever 10/03/08
      57.   Unfortunately, the Left has Never Been United 13:48  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      58.   to Joe Sittizen #4 - on occupation 13:50  |  zeev 10/03/08
      59.   Amoz Oz Will Be Attacked Like the Rest 13:53  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      60.   ending occupation will hurt the poor hardest 13:56  |  zionist forever 10/03/08
      61.   The social problems cause more deaths... 13:56  |  Anne 10/03/08
      62.   The left wing is not in power now? 14:04  |  Steven 10/03/08
      63.   to zionist forever #56 14:07  |  zeev 10/03/08
      64.   Israel has been very generous really 14:09  |  JJ burke 10/03/08
      65.   To Sharif Hafez of Giza 14:34  |  Tzfonit 10/03/08
      66.   yaakov sullivan hates progressive zionism 14:35  |  zody 10/03/08
      67.   The social problems cause more deaths...2 14:51  |  Anne 10/03/08
      68.   Yaakov 14:56  |  Where`s waldo 10/03/08
      69.   zody and his distortions 15:04  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      70.   Where`s waldo nisht hin, nisht hier 15:17  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      71.   More self-delusional tales from the Wizard of Oz 15:34  |  Ronny Schwartz 10/03/08
      72.   Lefttists` Land of OZ 15:39  |  B 10/03/08
      73.   Don`t you just feel 15:43  |  Gee 10/03/08
      74.   Amos Oz : The Author or Politician?? 15:53  |  Ben Hur 10/03/08
      75.   sh and the quiet nightmare 16:03  |  theolive-branch.org 10/03/08
      76.   Hasbara Olives, Swamp Branch 16:39  |  sh 10/03/08
      77.   Like the Wizard in teh film, this one too is all smoke & mirrors 16:41  |  pace306 10/03/08
      78.   sh a bit of natural history 16:51  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/03/08
      79.   He shouldn`t believe his own fiction 16:56  |  Tuvia 10/03/08
      80.   pace306 Tragically, this is the level of most in Israel 16:58  |  Yaakov Sulivan 10/03/08
      81.   amos oz did not permit me use of his bathroom in kibutz in 77. 17:02  |  vladimir 10/03/08
      82.   Actually, the country is fed up with the left 17:04  |  Eliezer 10/03/08
      83.   Does Amos Oz support a three state solution? 17:06  |  Shaul 10/03/08
      84.   No need for natural history with this branch 17:09  |  sh 10/03/08
      85.   Thank you Amos 17:10  |  Peace Junkie 10/03/08
      86.   peace 17:11  |  jose marcio 10/03/08
      87.   #41 What Indrayaja not happy with your truce here? 17:16  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      88.   Left Wing 17:20  |  rich 10/03/08
      89.   #66 Zody Yaakov is a satmar they do not believe in Israel 17:20  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      90.   Left wing can return 17:29  |  Ralph 10/03/08
      91.   Sullivan 17:38  |  Where`s Waldo 10/03/08
      92.   Shh and the Olive Branch 17:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/03/08
      93.   Yaakov Sullivan and his "sit ins" 17:55  |  Oran 10/03/08
      94.   Where`s Walso is a Leftist and Loves Amos Oz 17:58  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      95.   What Pill`s is he taking ? 18:02  |  Alon 10/03/08
      96.   Yaakov Sullivan 18:11  |  Where`s Waldo 10/03/08
      97.   Amos OZ 18:13  |  Arie 10/03/08
      98.   Oran from Nowhere On Nothing 18:18  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      99.   to Ben Hur #74 18:30  |  zeev 10/03/08
      100.   To yaakov & his friends. Respect 18:35  |  Altalena 10/03/08
      101.   Yaakov Sullivan 18:36  |  Oran 10/03/08
      102.   Left vs right is meaningless-exercise your right of return 18:47  |  Raed Kami 10/03/08
      103.   #80 Again you DIDNT answer the question 18:56  |  pace306 10/03/08
      104.   the pedant still waiting for her frog prince 18:58  |  peter 10/03/08
      105.   The assimilation of Israel & the Left. 19:07  |  Akram Zekaria 10/03/08
      106.   No Oran, its what you write, simply that 19:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      107.   Raed Kami what are you doing in London then? 19:10  |  x-ray 10/03/08
      108.   # 102 It will be in our live times when all pal`s +100% of.. 19:14  |  Misha 10/03/08
      109.   Altalena 19:18  |  Where`s Waldo 10/03/08
      110.   Yaakov Sullivan 19:28  |  Oran 10/03/08
      111.   #106 The Arab MKs work agains the state .. should we kiss them? 19:32  |  pace306 10/03/08
      112.   #105 satmar agent Yaakov when are you going to Gaza? 19:36  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      113.   A. Oz. Next elections 19:37  |  Altalena 10/03/08
      114.   Robert/Montreal, Lynn and all others obssessed with Gaza 19:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 10/03/08
      115.   AMOS AMOS! 19:52  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 10/03/08
      116.   more hot gas from the left 20:13  |  Mark 10/03/08
      117.   The Branch 20:21  |  sh 10/03/08
      118.   Peter and Margie 20:42  |  Walid 10/03/08
      119.   to Altalena #100 20:44  |  zeev 10/03/08
      120.   This man is so delusional..... 21:03  |  sptz 10/03/08
      121.   102 21:14  |  zionist forever 10/03/08
      122.   To 119 Zeev. Can Meretz win the elections 21:17  |  Altalena 10/03/08
      123.   Yaakov is it customary Satmars to lie?why would anyone believe u? 21:20  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      124.   Tzfonit 21:33  |  Danite 10/03/08
      125.   Walid 21:35  |  Danite 10/03/08
      126.   #50 sh 21:39  |  Guber 10/03/08
      127.   BTW Yaakov Gaza was your obsession shoe on wrong foot. 21:46  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      128.   #51 Radka 21:49  |  Guber 10/03/08
      129.   Divide the Jewish People into two camps 21:58  |  Scharker Yid 10/03/08
      130.   Oz wants Meretz to replace Labor 22:11  |  Tosefta 10/03/08
      131.   #126 I cannot resist this Guber. 22:27  |  Robert/Montreal 10/03/08
      132.   Walid & sh 23:40  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 10/03/08
      133.   Danite 23:41  |  Walid 10/03/08
      134.   #118-The frog and the pedant 23:41  |  peter 10/03/08
      135.   Guberism II 00:04  |  sh 11/03/08
      136.   in the land of Oz hope springs eternal, follow.... 00:06  |  bernard ross 11/03/08
      137.   Branches without leaves 00:23  |  sh 11/03/08
      138.   #133 Walid re 400 illegal homes 00:25  |  Labhras 11/03/08
      139.   Walid 00:29  |  Danite 11/03/08
      140.   #92 Margie "the weak liimb on the olive branch 00:30  |  Labhras 11/03/08
      141.   margie 00:31  |  danite 11/03/08
      142.   Amos Oz a threat to zionism 00:51  |  hollingsworth 11/03/08
      143.   Labhras 00:51  |  Danite 11/03/08
      144.   #139 Danite re Arab Left????. 01:22  |  Labhras 11/03/08
      145.   Living in a bubble 01:32  |  Nechama 11/03/08
      146.   #137-the pedant stutters 01:52  |  peter 11/03/08
      147.   # 40 Mordechai BenTzur..Left wing should never return to power.. 01:59  |  JOSH 11/03/08
      148.   Oz must be conjuring up delusional polls. 02:03  |  Chaim 11/03/08
      149.   # 10 Joe Barnathan.He Certainly belongs To The threeyoumentioned. 02:07  |  JOSH 11/03/08
      150.   # 99 Zeev And His Mantras..Hey,I`ll Take Ben Hur Anytime.BUT! 02:14  |  JOSH 11/03/08
      151.   Does he live in Israel? 02:24  |  Fortuna Benmayor 11/03/08
      152.   # 136 Bernard Ross.In the land of Oz hope springs eternal,follow 03:29  |  JOSH 11/03/08
      153.   # 128 Guber Do you Live In Germany? By what say.. 03:35  |  JOSH 11/03/08
      154.   Keep fighting Amos Oz 05:14  |  Max Schindler 11/03/08
      155.   #153 JOSH 05:14  |  Guber 11/03/08
      156.   Labhras 05:25  |  Danite 11/03/08
      157.   a classless society will be next!!! 05:32  |  rob of melbourne 11/03/08
      158.   Labhras - left and right 05:34  |  Mark Lincoln 11/03/08
      159.   Fortuna - fellating Bush while denying Columbia 05:39  |  Mark Lincoln 11/03/08
      160.   If Oz is right... 06:02  |  DH 11/03/08
      161.   peter piper`s pickled clichés 07:32  |  sh 11/03/08
      162.   yaakov and his distorsions 07:51  |  Zody 11/03/08
      163.   Amos Oz is right....people have had enough 07:56  |  Dutch 11/03/08
      164.   Swiss Dinar: bad swiss cliches 08:26  |  Star of David 11/03/08
      165.   Thanks Swiss Dino 08:28  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/03/08
      166.   Keep speaking out--others should join Amos Oz too.... 08:34  |  Dutch 11/03/08
      167.   Keep speaking out--others should join Amos Oz too.... 08:34  |  Dutch 11/03/08
      168.   to Altalena #122 - meaningless 12:41  |  zeev 11/03/08
      169.   Danite: unfortunate comparison 14:13  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 11/03/08
      170.   Danite: unfortunate comparison 14:13  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 11/03/08
      171.   to Margie in Tel Aviv #169 18:13  |  zeev in Beer Sheva 11/03/08
      172.   Re: 22 Poverty 19:38  |  Michael 11/03/08
      173.   Moral midgets, passing themselves off as lights to the nations. 00:36  |  hollingsworth 12/03/08
      174.   OZ is using the poverty ticket just like Hitler after WWI 07:18  |  Akram Zekaria 12/03/08
      175.   Amos Oz: Left wing can return to power in next elections 21:36  |  Suzy Devenish 24/05/08
      176.   Kadima is bad enough, AMOS YOU MUST BE JOKING 00:47  |  Harvey (Chaim) 27/05/08
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