tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89525420714044652602024-03-18T04:03:31.098+01:00David RananDavid Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.comBlogger665125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-63454925893295999112021-09-04T23:40:00.007+02:002021-09-05T01:01:25.253+02:00Israel – Iran – and the Bombs<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">The recently
appointed Head of Israel’s legendary <i>Mossad</i> warned that </span><span style="font-family: Courier;">"Iran
is working at this very moment to realize its nuclear dream under the cover of
international protection, [...] with lies and concealment, Iran is in a
constant state of advancing its plan to create weapons of mass
destruction."</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Israel
should know and perhaps this is also why it is so worried. After all, lying and concealing to create weapons of mass destruction is exactly
what Israel itself has done, from the very beginning, in 1958, when some 1500 French engineers and technicians built a nuclear reactor in Israel’s desert
town of Dimona. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">The cover story was that it was a... textile plant. </span></span>This same "textile plant", experts believe, has produced between 90 and 400 nuclear warheads, which Israel now possesses. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">The reactor was built long before Israel became a client-state of the USA, which became
suspicious of the secret goings-on in the Israeli desert, and demanded to be allowed to visit the site. Israel
prevaricated, lied, and misled. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">For
years, Israel lied and cheated the whole world as to the true purpose of its <i>Dimona</i>
project. It still is, according to Israel, a research facility only.</span></span> A super-clandestine organisation was
established by Israel for the acquisition, by any means possible, including
theft, of materials and equipment,</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">including bomb-grade uranium</span></span>, which it required for its bomb production. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Israel
will still not allow supervision by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Indeed,
like India, Pakistan and North Korea, Israel has never signed the international
nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT). <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Understandably,
Israel and other countries are worried about the Iranian nuclear programme. It
is, however, somewhat ridiculous for the head of Israel’s Mossad to bemoan “Iran’s
lies and concealment”. As far as nuclear plans and programmes go, Iran is as honest as Israel. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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{page:WordSection1;}</font></style><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-38132774773175640202021-09-04T20:30:00.003+02:002021-09-04T20:30:48.743+02:00Irresponsible Doctors<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Dr R, my
paediatrician in Tel-Aviv, was a friendly man and was deemed to be competent by
my parents. They did, however, not consider Dr R to be very intelligent and I
would occasionally hear them making jokes to that effect. I was thus inoculated
at a very young age against the notion that the physician’s white coat should bestow
automatic admiration. <span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Last week
a not so young friend of mine told me that his much-admired surgeon, with whom
he had had a general conversation, had in no uncertain terms told him not to
get the Covid vaccination, until more research about possible risks has been published.
He himself, he added, has not been vaccinated. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Does a surgeon
have better understanding of vaccines than someone who has not studied medicine?
Is he more capable of analysing the impact, efficacy, and risk information? Not
really. He might be a great surgeon, however, had he also been intelligent, he
would refrain from such irresponsible advice. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">No doctor's dilemma here. <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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{page:WordSection1;}</font></style><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-23886319102254318412021-09-04T20:10:00.006+02:002021-09-06T18:37:26.867+02:00More from London – The Unhealthy Health Service<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">In the UK
there is no obligation to wear masks in closed areas, such as supermarkets. Indeed,
my impression is that most people don’t. On the other hand, it is almost
impossible to actually get and see one’s doctor, because the doctors try to do almost
EVERYTHING digitally. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">I prefer
the German system in which, wearing masks in shops is obligatory but the
doctors don’t – in times of a pandemic – just opt out of seeing their patients.
</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Whilst whingeing
about the NHS, I have just learned that due to a lack of glass vials for blood samples,
the NHS is avoiding carrying out blood tests and postponing them if possible. Now
they have also announced a two-week-delay in the delivery of flu jabs to the
doctors’ practices. Boris Johnson’s England does not have enough lorry
drivers... </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-75987894156071342592021-09-04T20:03:00.002+02:002021-09-04T20:03:14.637+02:00Retail in London – sad sights<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Walking down
upmarket New Bond Street, one sees one abandoned shop after another: </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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property owners, such as the Burlington Arcade, try to make it seem less desolate: </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M1sTbg7X2xajijkvQiuQuBeNW7d81C9-uBJu5JS8A-imRkzXaVE68FgQAKhoiGZa4vmbehxs7RNKtK9HFOOMpcyTNfMFr-y-1Pn9fTnhbDXu0g6_rukWInIt_PEFDsa07Uy-Hi0BWEAG/s2048/18AE8CBE-810B-47CB-97CD-310B6EA09CB1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_M1sTbg7X2xajijkvQiuQuBeNW7d81C9-uBJu5JS8A-imRkzXaVE68FgQAKhoiGZa4vmbehxs7RNKtK9HFOOMpcyTNfMFr-y-1Pn9fTnhbDXu0g6_rukWInIt_PEFDsa07Uy-Hi0BWEAG/w400-h300/18AE8CBE-810B-47CB-97CD-310B6EA09CB1.heic" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7yeo7feBmjwycNG9hYhrMf60o9n4qW_9h5KL76c794IvKLltnqOAM3Sno4SENSBwyzw26ieLtbkZhpRrKmbqmXkwONThR80qs-emio-5epW4I9fQq3fv6889KW2t8niXdIruqYUSR7Kj/s2048/165E5617-4F7F-43E6-AFF3-D73A68B8437E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7yeo7feBmjwycNG9hYhrMf60o9n4qW_9h5KL76c794IvKLltnqOAM3Sno4SENSBwyzw26ieLtbkZhpRrKmbqmXkwONThR80qs-emio-5epW4I9fQq3fv6889KW2t8niXdIruqYUSR7Kj/w400-h300/165E5617-4F7F-43E6-AFF3-D73A68B8437E.heic" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-28288976300155957562021-09-04T19:51:00.001+02:002021-09-04T19:52:52.410+02:00Regent’s Park<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Last Saturday,
I spent a couple of hours walking in the delightful Regent’s Park. People were
rowing in the Boating Lake, playing tennis in the many tennis courts, or
listening to a wonderful band playing New Orleans type Jazz.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Hyde Park
( a few days later) isn’t bad either...</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Aachener
Nachrichten:</span></span></b></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">„Sprachgewalt“ ist ein
spannendes, hochinteressantes Plädoyer für einen kritischen Blick auf unseren
Sprachgebrauch.“ <span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">„Die 28 Einzelanalysen des
Buches sind durchweg von sehr hoher Qualität.“</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"><a href="https://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/politik/von-der-macht-der-politischen-sprache_aid-62263739">Here's a link.</a><br /></span></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ):</span></span></b></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">„Das von Ranan herausgegebene Buch ist in diesen Zeiten
[...] ein wichtiges Werk.“ </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">„Ein Leitfaden für differenzierte politische Sprache.“ <span> </span><span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">„Hilft dabei, die Diskurse hinter der Sprache zu verstehen.“
</span></span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14.0pt;">To buy: At
any bookstore and by <a href="https://www.kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-9783801205874/Ranan-David/Sprachgewalt">mail-order here</a>. </span></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Photos of
refugees and their misery can regularly be seen on TV. And tragically, there is
nothing new about them anymore. One almost gets used to them. And yet, something about the latest
photographic reports showing Afghans trying to flee their country, clambering on
to the airport gates and attempting to board the remaining flights, reminds me
of our own history: Jews who hopelessly tried to flee Germany, no country willing
to take them in, as they were left to be killed. </span></span>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Many of
us were truly delighted and relieved, last year, when Biden won the elections. The
hopes were high, very high. Recent days are a stark reminder that US Republicans and Democrats
are not that far apart. There is indeed a great difference between Biden’s and
Trump’s administrations: Decision making seems to be much more matter of fact and the language
used is no longer gutter language. But when it comes to business, Biden now simply
completed a process that was started by Trump.</span> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-9341561808917946172021-08-24T23:07:00.002+02:002021-08-24T23:07:29.155+02:00Back in London<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">I have
finally made it back to London - Despite being fully vaccinated and coming from
what the UK defines as a “green” country, I had to undergo a Covid Test before
flying out and book (and pay!) for a further test, to be taken on the second
day after my arrival in the UK. BUT no quarantine! </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">BA in
Munich asked for proof of vaccination. I don’t know whether big brother is meanwhile
so high-tech that Heathrow know all about arriving passengers or whether immigration
authorities are simply inefficient? However, at Heathrow nobody wanted to see any
proof of my Corona status. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">Not so highly
developed is the BA Terminal 5 at Heathrow. With passenger numbers still on the
floor, compared to pre-Corona volumes, I would have expected a very fast
turnaround. Not so. Our luggage arrived almost 1½ hours after we landed. I
spent almost the same amount of time flying to London, as I did waiting for the
luggage. Only a few luggage belts were in use. Most were empty. Our luggage
belt served three(!) additional flights at the same time, including one from a Corona
“red” country. The area was crowded. <span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"><span></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTaLEcX4VFhyI93Yje2dbUvMDQFInZiKih9rVpQnnUYWHq2X-sO0Dv-qwUhnOwm5S2L0rvK5g3UbL5-PEZKn74nGFCXyzGH69wJlpPicCnQgp1MnLgDDuXvczoZ5NuGUm9S1pOtZmigNtH/s2048/0E64FA65-67FB-42C5-86AA-8C7451A86334.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTaLEcX4VFhyI93Yje2dbUvMDQFInZiKih9rVpQnnUYWHq2X-sO0Dv-qwUhnOwm5S2L0rvK5g3UbL5-PEZKn74nGFCXyzGH69wJlpPicCnQgp1MnLgDDuXvczoZ5NuGUm9S1pOtZmigNtH/w300-h400/0E64FA65-67FB-42C5-86AA-8C7451A86334.heic" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnaMbkGCQdFjGoSdhgxZdnXQDVtTeffkt9nA8DQmgaa7oPbCZPeBGTd18iO9hPGxtXbbMv3os5AIGvhb9ZyUDobQUsNn1m8nDZGmNrfCam_mJtTFY98jTQ4Osn5Y5p6OdIi51-0SoHBp7/s2048/B0256915-92DC-4D72-9963-986CC030C52F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnaMbkGCQdFjGoSdhgxZdnXQDVtTeffkt9nA8DQmgaa7oPbCZPeBGTd18iO9hPGxtXbbMv3os5AIGvhb9ZyUDobQUsNn1m8nDZGmNrfCam_mJtTFY98jTQ4Osn5Y5p6OdIi51-0SoHBp7/w300-h400/B0256915-92DC-4D72-9963-986CC030C52F.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p>
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were not wearing masks.</span></span> Perhaps, I
should not have been surprised: Here we are only asked kindly to do so but there is no
obligation. <br /> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2eyFBTM2blAYv1XiE7Aad8ROFgtLwIPR9jgeC1URPUGY96eD3wVA3e9oqDz8IvNX51wkmP6KY4OB6BSvFaorYFlGiLcZRamjtRmZ8b8k0J0G1dd3Hx1vzeQLBWTvPI7bDx0x5lfOAY0U/s2048/35BFD50E-6A2B-4B74-B00F-F50899A6151B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz2eyFBTM2blAYv1XiE7Aad8ROFgtLwIPR9jgeC1URPUGY96eD3wVA3e9oqDz8IvNX51wkmP6KY4OB6BSvFaorYFlGiLcZRamjtRmZ8b8k0J0G1dd3Hx1vzeQLBWTvPI7bDx0x5lfOAY0U/w300-h400/35BFD50E-6A2B-4B74-B00F-F50899A6151B.heic" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;">The
Jewish restaurant <i>Reubens</i> has a better idea:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAy7CD8chrO_V3POm6D-BGXM_sHSj_dTd1apj161QNHa1oNiKqTXPSXzPVy7N7pZ1Fs0BSB-_ER0aMNnILKRPc_eNRVrw9X45Fr9qBwjAvh21RsBb9s8bU1ZtThCaBQhnmknLGSukf9N0/s2048/CE62745A-5DE1-4EAA-9871-AA2D8636D4C7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAy7CD8chrO_V3POm6D-BGXM_sHSj_dTd1apj161QNHa1oNiKqTXPSXzPVy7N7pZ1Fs0BSB-_ER0aMNnILKRPc_eNRVrw9X45Fr9qBwjAvh21RsBb9s8bU1ZtThCaBQhnmknLGSukf9N0/w400-h300/CE62745A-5DE1-4EAA-9871-AA2D8636D4C7.heic" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">A glowing review of SPRACHGEWALT on Deutschlandfunk
Kultur. <a href="https://ondemand-mp3.dradio.de/file/dradio/2021/07/26/buchkritik_sprachgewalt_hg_von_david_ranan_drk_20210726_0845_49986bd3.mp3">Here’s a link. </a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The reviewer’s response to the question, who he would
recommend the book to: </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">"To you, to me, in fact to anyone who either
tunes in to or wants to follow political and public discourse. [...] I'm going
to put it relatively near the front of the shelf..."<span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;">“Ihnen, mir,
eigentlich jeden der sich in der öffentlichen Diskussion, in der
politischen Diskussion entweder einschaltet, oder sie verfolgen will. […] Ich
werde es relativ weit vorne im Regal einsortieren…” </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"><a href="https://www.kulturkaufhaus.de/de/detail/ISBN-9783801205874/Ranan-David/Sprachgewalt">Hier</a> und in jeder Buchhandlung erhaltbar. </span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p>
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</p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The city, which badly treated Mozart during his
lifetime, proudly promotes and makes a lot of money of its most famous son. Why
the hell, do they continue to mishandle him posthumously? </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">This year’s Salzburg Festival main new opera production
was <i>Don Giovanni</i>. On one hand, it promised Romeo Castellucci, who directed
a wonderful production of <i>Salome</i>, two years ago. On the other hand, the festival
managers chose the ridiculous Greco-Russian swan, Teodor Currentzis, as
conductor. This should have sufficed to put me off. Indeed, I long hesitated before
going. I did go and have only myself to blame. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Currentzis has made a habit of co-opting external
pieces of music and inserting them into existing compositions. Spoiling other
composers’ productions must be the limit of his creativity. A few years ago, he
did it with Mozart’s <i>La clemenza di Tito</i>. He did it again with this year’s
<i>Don Giovanni</i>. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The soloists, chosen by Currentzis for <i>Don Giovanni
</i>were a mixed bunch. Michael Spyres was a wonderful Don Ottavio and Federica
Lombardi a very good Donna Elvira. Davide Luciano in the title role and Vito
Priante as Leporello are names to be forgotten. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">But even mediocre soloists get enthusiastic applause from
the easy-to-please Salzburg Festival audience. Their applause gets especially jubilant
after popular arias, which even the musically uneducated recognise. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Currentzis has successfully marketed himself and
enjoys loads of groupies, such as the woman, who sat behind me, who had never seen
or heard <i>Don Giovanni</i> before. She travelled especially from Hamburg only
because of “wonderful” Currentzis. He is an “in” conductor, a crowd-puller and the
opera houses, in all likelihood, will continue to court and f</span><span style="font-family: Courier;">êt</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">e
him. If it were up to me, I would send him back to Siberia, where he started his
career. <span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"><br /></span></b></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Mozart’s Great Mass in C-Minor is annually performed as
part of the Salzburg Festival. The venue is Salzburg’s Church of St. Peter’s
Abbey, the church, for which Mozart had composed the Mass. </span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Mozart never completed this work, no <i>Agnus Dei</i>
and parts of the <i>Credo</i> are missing. Over the years, various attempts
were made to complete the Mass. What Salzburg did this year, however, is an
outrage. As complementary pieces, they interspersed the original movements of
the Great Mass with various Bruckner as well as some Schubert sequences. <span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">It was beautifully sung and played but the injection
of alien material was artistically scandalous. Elated and exhilarated by
Mozart, one’s attention flopped when the music moved to Bruckner or Schubert. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The <i>putti</i>, in front of my chair, however, seemed
to take it in their stride. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aM-AMuh9DWdLLDd3A9eqXaDXMN_TZlSxyjZ76efWm74-Ce8rhYPmBXR1KR2XK4LWxGvIRD3WwHCMlmAB1cTvs3otjQiFWRoja8D2R26xQcayOrUaBabdCOWWxo3-RnEL42WJX4geyXI3/s2048/2BFDCD24-FE04-441A-9760-07E1C9A03EE0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aM-AMuh9DWdLLDd3A9eqXaDXMN_TZlSxyjZ76efWm74-Ce8rhYPmBXR1KR2XK4LWxGvIRD3WwHCMlmAB1cTvs3otjQiFWRoja8D2R26xQcayOrUaBabdCOWWxo3-RnEL42WJX4geyXI3/w300-h400/2BFDCD24-FE04-441A-9760-07E1C9A03EE0.heic" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQDliAMp2MNvaIXk5_S04qB3NnjruEf9SByGnzm4U0WInvDoEy5cS1QPragrZFWlziJp86A3KwO-v_1rGF7OQ_Gw-5135mLXZqWahDZp_OFVF4x_VxZcHNdmlFkO4Ep4bf8LpQkOQBKgN/s2048/8673E04F-7BC3-473E-9113-F41569D7D59A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiQDliAMp2MNvaIXk5_S04qB3NnjruEf9SByGnzm4U0WInvDoEy5cS1QPragrZFWlziJp86A3KwO-v_1rGF7OQ_Gw-5135mLXZqWahDZp_OFVF4x_VxZcHNdmlFkO4Ep4bf8LpQkOQBKgN/w640-h480/8673E04F-7BC3-473E-9113-F41569D7D59A.heic" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">It is unrealistic to expect the privileged to
voluntarily forego their privileges. They very rarely do. Occasional examples
such as King Lear have proven sceptics to be right. Not even the Bill Gates and
Warren Buffets of this world, who have passed astounding parts of their wealth
to charitable foundations, have concluded that the system that enables them to
amass such wealth is sick and requires repair, not even that it needs tweaking.
And yet, revolution is not likely. The cleverly designed social-democrat
structures in Western countries and the bloody experience with Communism disarm
the incentive to revolt. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The Queen is no exception. Why should she? But amazingly,
generation after generation of public servants and politicians furtively collaborate
and are instrumental in the Queen’s effort at increasing her own wealth. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The latest revelation is that the Queen’s courtiers
successfully lobbied to exempt Balmoral, her private property in Scotland, from
a law that </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;">was designed to cut carbon emissions through the construction of heat
pipelines. Why grant the Queen exemptions, which other property owners do not
enjoy? </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">It turns out that, by convention, the Queen as well as
the Prince of Wales are asked for their consent before laws that may have a bearing
on their interests are discussed by parliament. The Prince of Wales for example,
has successfully acted to prevent his tenants from enjoying the rights granted by
law to tenants of non-royal estates. <span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The Queen has been at it for years. She is income-tax
exempt and only started paying tax “voluntarily” in 1992 and she is still
exempt from inheritance tax. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The time is long-overdue for all these privileges to
be done away with. There is no justification for them. More than that, politicians
should finally learn that they are public servants and not the Queen’s. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Some people fetishize shoes. Others just have
overflowing collections of them. Former Philippines First Lady, Imelda Marcos,
who denied rumours that she owned 3000 pairs of shoes, owned up to 1060 such
pairs. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">In Germany, I have come across a rather schizophrenic
relationship, which some Germans have with their shoes. Having worn them all
day, they leave their shoes outside their own apartments, in the common parts
of the buildings, in which they live. Evidently, they find their own – lovingly
and expensively purchased – shoes either too smelly or too dirty to bring into
their own flat. It is often quite disgusting. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Here’s what I was greeted with on a recent visit to a
colleague’s house in Berlin. (Not the colleague’s but an adjacent flat) </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHJKgcWmUYnDYxlTULluyFuzC0Jt7flBjrpYaZp9N-dcZByYcoydYMUMNwaVV9oXSRVYY44nWZXI80W38-xQaFuHNeB_8tD2j2ZqToiccAcXKkQmmdZsOknTYzElnHYngvfL7eAMhSQ-P/s2048/7A43A97F-9EC3-4CD3-B736-A2FA1464A21D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuHJKgcWmUYnDYxlTULluyFuzC0Jt7flBjrpYaZp9N-dcZByYcoydYMUMNwaVV9oXSRVYY44nWZXI80W38-xQaFuHNeB_8tD2j2ZqToiccAcXKkQmmdZsOknTYzElnHYngvfL7eAMhSQ-P/w300-h400/7A43A97F-9EC3-4CD3-B736-A2FA1464A21D.heic" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">Inge Klöpfers Besprechung von SPRACHGEWALT im
<a href="https://www.derhauptstadtbrief.de/patriotische-sprachakte/">Hauptstadtbrief</a>. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;">Kurzes Interview im <a href="https://www1.wdr.de/mediathek/audio/wdr5/wdr5-scala-hintergrund/audio-sprachgewalt-autor-david-ranan-im-gespraech-100.html">„Scala“ Programm</a> vom WDR</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="DE" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Nächstes Interview: Freitag, 23.7 im „<a href="https://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/programmkalender/ausstrahlung-2542780.html">Sozusagen!“ Programm</a>
des Bayerischen Rundfunks. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Israel recruits some of its brightest kids into the military
cyber, signal and electronic intelligence and warfare units. There, these
18-year-olds are given the most sought after toys any geek might wish for: sophisticated
computer systems, which only states have at their disposal with almost limitless
computing power and a license to break in and enter whatever seems interesting.
Some are encouraged to investigate the unknown. Illegal is no hindrance. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Without going into the ethics of some of the “work” these
soldiers carry out “for their country”, the next stage is much more
troublesome. After several years of military service, some take their expertise
to the market, setting up companies, in which the digital breaking and entering software is offered by
them to those who are willing to pay. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Much money is involved, very much money. Dictators
will pay as much as is required to get rid of their opponents. According to
Amnesty International, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">one Israeli
company alone has sold its systems to a long list of dictatorships. Under the
mantle of combatting crime and terrorism, critics and opponents of the regime are
targeted with these powerful digital tools. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Sadly, Israel, one of the
biggest players in the world’s arms trade, finds it useful to agree arms, weapon systems, and electronic
weaponry deals with some of the darkest regimes worldwide. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The term “military-industrial-complex”, I always
thought, was a slogan conceived by American socialists. Not so: It was no less
than a Republican, the retired General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who in his final
speech (1961) as 34<sup>th</sup> President of the USA, had warned:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In the councils of government, we must guard
against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought,
by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of
misplaced power exists and will persist. We must never let the weight of this
combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take
nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the
proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with
our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper
together. </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">We have not heeded
Eisenhower’s warning and the military-industrial-complex is growing daily. It has gotten out of hand and democracies
should start winding this down. A good start would be to cut the mercenary lure
of killing and instruments of subjugation. <span> </span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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{page:WordSection1;}</font></style><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-53924103062813301252021-07-22T22:57:00.000+02:002021-07-22T22:57:08.957+02:00Palestine’s right to exist<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Netanyahu, Israel’s former prime minister, is a master
propaganda artist. One of the ideas that he successfully managed to instil is that
anti-Zionism is tantamount to Antisemitism. This, of course, is total nonsense and yet,
like parrots, Jewish organisations world-wide as well as many Western politicians
repeat the demand that “Israel’s right to exist” be recognized, even by Palestinians,
who were made homeless refugees because of Zionism. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"><a href="https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/zwei-staaten-das-existenzrecht-palaestinas-ist-nicht.1005.de.html?dram:article_id=500473">Here’s a link</a> to a short text of mine IN GERMAN on the subject of
Palestine’s right to exist. It was broadcast on German radio a few days ago. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">And here’s an English translation:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Palestine's Right to Exist is Non-Negotiable</span></b></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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{page:WordSection1;}</font></style></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">"Israel's right to exist is non-negotiable"
is a principle of German foreign policy. But what about Palestine's right to
exist on the other side?<span> </span>The question is
less far-fetched than it might at first seem. In 1947, the United Nations
decided not only that a Jewish state should be established in the British
Mandate territory of Palestine, but also that an Arab state should be founded.
Likewise, the holy city of Jerusalem was to be administered neutrally under
international control. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">However, only the Jewish side accepted the UN
proposal. The Arab side rejected it, not least because it would not accept that
a people who lived in Palestine over 2,000 years ago should, based on a
religious text, now claim rights to land on which Arabs have been living for
over 1,000 years. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">In practice, the only thing that came of the
UN plan was the creation of the State of Israel in 1948. Moreover, war with its
Arab neighbours enabled Israel to expand the territories allotted to it in the
partition plan. Jerusalem ended up as a city divided between Jordan and Israel.
Much of the non-Jewish population was displaced from their ancestral lands. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Israel's conquest and systematic settlement of
the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War have resulted in a continuing meltdown
of the potential Palestinian territory. What the UN resolution originally
called for never came to pass: the establishment of an independent Palestine. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">At least on paper, however, this state does
exist. The Palestine Liberation Organization, PLO, had proclaimed it in 1988.
In the UN, 138 countries now recognize this Palestine. Significant exceptions,
however, are the United States and a large part of the European Union.
Chancellor Merkel has even confirmed that Germany would not recognize Palestine
without Israel's consent. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">What should have become Palestine remains
under the control of the Israeli military and intelligence services to this
day. The declaration of the Palestinian state remained only a symbolic act.</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Israel, on the other hand, is recognized by
almost all members of the UN. Although its right to exist is not questioned by
any serious party, Germany insists on the mantra that Israel's right to exist
is not negotiable. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">In practical terms, Germany's unconditional
pro-Israel position means that it repeatedly acts against Palestinian
interests. The bottom line is that Germany remains an enabler of Israel's
occupation and illegal settlement of the West Bank, with its unfortunate
serious consequences for the people in the Israeli-occupied territories: Palestinians
are subjugated and dispossessed by means of Israel's military power. <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Does Germany have the moral right to act this
way? Is it not high time that we remember the historic decision of the United
Nations and add a second mantra to that of Israel's right to exist? Namely, one
that reads, "Palestine's right to exist is non-negotiable."</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</p><h1><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-weight: normal;">With almost 70% of over-18-year-olds fully
vaccinated, the UK is now dramatically relaxing its Covid restrictions. </span></span></h1><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><h1><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-weight: normal;">Ethically, Johnson is on fairly safe ground, as everyone who
wants to, can get vaccinated, and those who feel uncomfortable about the
relaxation of regulations, can always decide to continue wearing masks and maintaining
social distancing and other safety precautions. Other countries, if they so
wish, can declare the UK as high-risk and restrict travel from and to it. </span></span></h1><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><h1><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-weight: normal;">Will it work? Johnson has a long
track record of reckless and deceitful performance. The UK does not really have a reliable
person running the country. And this is a gamble. In this case, Johnson’s gamble depends on the
ability of the country’s hospitals to cope with the to be expected increased number
of Corona-caused hospitalisations. </span></span></h1><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><h1><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-weight: normal;">The payoff – normalisation - would be huge. One must
but hope that it does work. </span></span></h1>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-52641800858396506792021-06-13T13:32:00.002+02:002021-06-13T13:32:45.709+02:00Netanyahu – Good Riddance<p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">This
text is written before Israel’s new government –a curious coalition of parties,
who are united by only one objective, getting rid of Netanyahu – is sworn in. By
the time you read this, Israel’s new prime minister will no longer be Netanyahu
but the 49-year-old religious, ultra-right-winger Naftali Bennett. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Good
riddance. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">We
should not forget that for the Palestinian people dominated and humiliated by
Israel, Netanyahu’s removal will not bring an end to their suffering. The Islamist
<i>Ra’am </i>party, the left-wing <i>Meretz</i> and the shrunken not-really-left-wing
Israeli Labour party have joined in as enablers of Netanyahu’s removal. The
majority of this coalition wants a greater Israel, wants to hold on to Palestinian
land, wants Apartheid to continue. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">The
USA and the EU must not fall into the trap of supporting this government.
Without real external pressure the occupation will not end. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span><br /><p><style>@font-face
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-28343202194051256732021-06-13T13:28:00.000+02:002021-06-13T13:28:05.599+02:00Literary Lunch 😊<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Had
lunch with Friends in Baden-Baden. To my surprise and delight, they produced
six copies of the new book <i>SPRACHGEWALT</i>, which they had ordered and picked
up in their local bookstore and wanted signing. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Order
your copies <a href="https://www.rombach.de/shop/article/44168288/sprachgewalt.html">here</a>
or at your favourite bookstore.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkpltRiA8c2woP39kU6OwPAcuR1T6XzvEywKpD-Xi6NZPv4Jvl0uBEsP-3SYcIMy14XqjuQ-RtMtfXaINLZ7DV2wydiYwBds7PmSG-pyjUtrHsHsOjhiGcooPV2y6_K4eEyR7077MuHkt/s1600/EB171D23-2719-4A40-806E-A8FA724E9E75.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSkpltRiA8c2woP39kU6OwPAcuR1T6XzvEywKpD-Xi6NZPv4Jvl0uBEsP-3SYcIMy14XqjuQ-RtMtfXaINLZ7DV2wydiYwBds7PmSG-pyjUtrHsHsOjhiGcooPV2y6_K4eEyR7077MuHkt/w300-h400/EB171D23-2719-4A40-806E-A8FA724E9E75.jpeg" width="300" /> <br /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p>
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Ms.
Baerbock, the Leader of Germany’s Green Party, wants to become her country’s
next chancellor. <span> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">She’s
young, attractive and has no real work experience. So, say an amazing number of
Germans, let’s make her our Queen.<span> </span>Not
as irresponsible as making Trump US President, but ridiculous all the same. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">For
a while, Baerbock’s approval ratings soared, and it seemed that the Greens
could become the senior coalition party in the next government. (The general elections
are due on 26 September) Recently, her image and ratings have suffered after it
turned out that she had somewhat polished her cv... She will in all likelihood
build up her image again. But not becoming chancellor might even be in her own
interest. </span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style> <br /></p>David Rananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06550286775018902160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8952542071404465260.post-1382187146742939302021-06-13T13:20:00.004+02:002021-06-13T13:21:57.468+02:00Impressionism in Russia<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">If
you can make it, make haste and visit the Frieder Burda museum in Baden-Baden. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">It is a wonderful IMPRESSIONISM IN RUSSIA
exhibition. Sadly, t</span></span>he
security person, who I asked whether he would wrap a couple of the paintings up
for me, felt that it wasn’t his job’s worth. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">If
Berlin is more accessible for you: the exhibition will be on show at the Barberini
Museum in Potsdam from the end of August to the 9<sup>th</sup> of January 2022.
</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier;">Sheer
joy!</span></span></p>
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followed by drinks in the garden for my 75th. birthday. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGQE7QMV5AyltoIhPA9ZR65LAzLLxgnwqa8ASAUJ1yS_9kATCxM0Wr2KjOqr4kOMfvWntuFYsJI9jqnxLQ19LN3mRQXTjqxxVDN-dAHJThpRHdVrnL7IktRpgxgxMqkEbMkQKkIxnsufs/s2048/8E153C0F-BF72-40B4-92DB-3264DF399363.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfGQE7QMV5AyltoIhPA9ZR65LAzLLxgnwqa8ASAUJ1yS_9kATCxM0Wr2KjOqr4kOMfvWntuFYsJI9jqnxLQ19LN3mRQXTjqxxVDN-dAHJThpRHdVrnL7IktRpgxgxMqkEbMkQKkIxnsufs/w300-h400/8E153C0F-BF72-40B4-92DB-3264DF399363.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Courier; font-size: 14pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydxhfJdQ5dFSQB0bQHgqGGG8O5mOvi7MpvK9DeslQTgTPAla-Fus14XJ_19WmxlSUKxdyIrrd4xdjOSSaE8l5SKKjwxPfDDJeO7pv_BMdC-oXWxD7490p1s17a_u2P375HUgjpJh_W9Ox/s2030/2E0318D7-E787-451B-BBA2-0D5072C5FE02_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="2030" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgydxhfJdQ5dFSQB0bQHgqGGG8O5mOvi7MpvK9DeslQTgTPAla-Fus14XJ_19WmxlSUKxdyIrrd4xdjOSSaE8l5SKKjwxPfDDJeO7pv_BMdC-oXWxD7490p1s17a_u2P375HUgjpJh_W9Ox/w400-h174/2E0318D7-E787-451B-BBA2-0D5072C5FE02_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
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I received my copies of the new book that I edited and co-wrote <i>SPRACHGEWALT:
Missbrauchte Wörter und politische Kampfbegriffe</i>. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;">The book will be out in the </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;">bookstores</span></span> next week, where they can already be pre-ordered at of-course also and on-line. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/536708789">Here’sa short informative videoclip</a> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Rockwell", serif;">And
if your prefer Amazon, <a href="https://www.amazon.de/Sprachgewalt-Missbrauchte-W%C3%B6rter-politische-Kampfbegriffe/dp/3801205878/ref=sr_1_2?__mk_de_DE=%C3%85M%C3%85%C5%BD%C3%95%C3%91&crid=25Y41CAWFBX0R&dchild=1&keywords=david+ranan&qid=1621768450&sprefix=david+ra%2Caps%2C198&sr=8-2">here’s a link</a>. <br /></span></span></p>
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