Ehud Asheri

This ambivalent attitude toward the prime minister is just one example of the ideological shell-shock that has afflicted the peace camp.

Obviously you cannot turn back history and confine bereaved parents to cemeteries and state ceremonies; it is obvious 10 times over that you cannot let them run the country.

Gaydamak's dangerous conduct in the field of sports is an accurate reflection of his conduct in the public sphere. The crude contempt for the supreme institution of Israeli soccer is merely an allegory for the populist offensive he is waging against the symbols of Israeli democracy.

Here's an idea for an alternative bumper sticker: 'You lose, you fix it' - showing off the faces of Olmert and the Maccabi Haifa coach.

It is hard not to admire the political maneuvering of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

The need to allow for laxer criteria for releasing terrorists is necessary not only for Shalit's release, but as a means to advance peace talks with the Palestinians.

What secured Ninet Tayeb's admission to the top of the million-plus club? Her fame. What did she do for it? Not much.

It is enough to look at their low voting percentage in order to understand how profound the crisis, and how idiotic the attempt to get the country?s Arabs to participate in Israel?s 60th anniversary celebrations.

Lindenstrauss and Zelekha hoped to wipe out corruption, but they fell in love with their image as pursuers of justice.

The atmosphere of fear and anarchy is also invading the Israeli branch of Western culture, and this time the incursion is into reality itself.

Israelis may be content on the personal level, but they are depressed on the national one. They have no direction.

Olmert is, in fact, now trying to spearhead an appropriate diplomatic initiative, that is, at least in spirit, in keeping with Grossman's viewpoint. If anything, Grossman should be encouraging him, not ostracizing him.

Had HOT witnessed even a touch of determination on the part of its subscribers, it would have found a way to leave the channel in the cable box.

Had HOT witnessed even a touch of determination on the part of its subscribers, it would have found a way to leave the channel in the cable box.

Jewish tradition does not hold with memorializing the dead through extravagant monuments. The State of Israel, on the other hand, views fallen IDF soldiers as a central representation of the values of nationalism and strives for formal commemoration.

Jewish tradition does not hold with memorializing the dead through extravagant monuments. The State of Israel, on the other hand, views fallen IDF soldiers as a central representation of the values of nationalism and strives for formal commemoration.

Ofer Nimrodi, owner of the mass-circulation daily newspaper Ma'ariv, has been experiencing something unfamiliar these days: rare esteem and praise is greeting the appointment of the editors-in-chief Doron Galezer and Ruthie Yuval.

If Yachimovich and Lindenstrauss want to transmit a message to the public in favor of corruption-busters, it can be done by other means.

The person who is most troubled by the expected high-school teachers' strike does not work in the Education Ministry, the education department of a local authority or even for some parents' association.

So far, Olmert has proved that a single criminal investigation against him does not interfere with his performance, even if it dulls his mood. Four simultaneous investigations, however, are another thing.

Perhaps I should have been flattered, but what I felt was a strange embarrassment at this surreal situation, especially Netanyahu's obvious need to prove his greatness to me, a total stranger.

Orlev, Eldad and those who share their views can claim that artistic freedom of expression is always exploited in the service of the same ideological camp. There is something to that. One can understand why this trend frustrates them: It contradicts their political interest and is seen by them as assisting enemy propaganda.

There is a sense the army had become a sort of radio call-in show, a summer camp, whose participants are not soldiers but "children," whose parents dictate conditions.

Just when Olmert finally has a chance to regain the trust he lost over the Second Lebanon War, he decides to clam up.

If the chief of staff, who happens to be famous for his silences, assailed draft evaders twice in the course of a month, apparently the problem is really serious. Even the state's greatest enemies have not merited such frequent public reprimands.