Avraham Burg

Israel

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Author. Former Speaker of the Knesset.

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Articles

Niemand hat ein Monopol auf den Holocaust

1 month ago | faz.net | Avraham Burg

FAZ+Antwort auf Ron Prosor : Niemand hat ein Monopol auf den HolocaustVon Avraham Burg05.05.2025, 07:37Lesezeit: 4 Min. Bildbeschreibung ausklappenIsraels Botschafter greift jene an, die aus dem Völkermord an den Juden universelle Schlüsse ziehen wollen. In einer Zeit, in der der Antisemitismus überall wiederauflebt, ist das kein Schutz – im Gegenteil.
El costo de la libertad: ¿Puede Israel seguir pagando el precio de los rescates de rehenes?

Jun 16, 2024 | jpost.com | Avraham Burg

Intercambiar cuatro rehenes liberados por cientos de muertos plantea dudas. ¿Es Israel fuerte en operaciones pero débil en guerras, perdido entre un líder débil y un enemigo despiadado? El heroico rescate de rehenes del fin de semana pasado nos dejó a muchos felices y confundidos, emocionados y tristes.
The cost of freedom: Can Israel continue to pay the price of hostage rescues? - opinion

Jun 16, 2024 | jpost.com | Avraham Burg

Trading four freed hostages for hundreds of dead raises doubts. Is Israel strong in operations but weak in wars, lost between a feeble leader and a ruthless enemy? The heroic hostage rescue last weekend left many of us happy and confused, excited and sad.
My Israel now has clarity. Will it seek peace?

Apr 15, 2024 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Avraham Burg

The rollercoaster of the Middle East continues its deranged journey. Until 7th October, the train traveled on a winding track. The rails were snaking between tyrannical regimes, civil wars, oppressive occupations and age-old religious conflicts. Last autumn, the car lost its brakes, left the familiar terrain and began a frenzied plunge into the abyss.
April 2024

Feb 28, 2024 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Kim Darroch |Annette Dittert |Avraham Burg |Emily Lawford

Sex life: As a lesbian, I never worried about accidental pregnancy
A struggle for the souls of two nations

Feb 11, 2024 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Avraham Burg

Israel’s relations with the United States are in flux. On the one hand, the American administration is unprecedently aligned with Israel, standing unwaveringly by its side during the most challenging days in Israel’s history. On the other, the two are becoming distant in a way that we have never before witnessed. The US president has become an elder brother to Israelis—a responsible, compassionate statesman, filling the emotional and leadership void left by Netanyahu’s political unravelling.
Avraham Burg - Prospect Magazine

Nov 4, 2023 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Avraham Burg

Avraham Burg is an Israeli author and the former Knesset speaker
December 2023

Nov 1, 2023 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Avraham Burg |Priyamvada Gopal |Michael Rose |Serhii Plokhy

Gaza War I still dream of peace My country will emerge from this horror—and when it does the peacemakers, not the zealots, will reign, writes a former speaker of the Israeli Knesset
I still dream of peace

Oct 31, 2023 | prospectmagazine.co.uk | Avraham Burg

The following words were written amid the storm of battle. Planes constantly circling in the sky, the bedroom turned into a shelter, the radio telling of new atrocities, the heart torn with fear as to the fate of missing persons. The days are now devoted to funerals and condolences, and the evenings to guarding our small community. I have participated in many demonstrations against the terrible folly of Benjamin Netanyahu, which found its outcome in the revenge and rage in Gaza on 7th October.