Haaretz reports:
Avraham Burg, former Knesset speaker and former head of the Jewish Agency says “to define the State of Israel as a Jewish state is the key to its end. A Jewish state is explosive. It’s dynamite.” In an interview in Haaretz Weekend Magazine, he said that he is in favor of abrogating the Law of Return and calls on everyone who can to obtain a foreign passport.
Burg, who was interviewed on the occasion of the publication of his book “Defeating Hitler” said “the strategic mistake of Zionism was to annul the alternatives. Israeliness has only body; it doesn’t have soul.”
Full story. (c/o David G.)
They posted the complete interview here: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/868385.html
This is one of the most riveting pieces I have read in a long time. Thanks for the heads-up!
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Avraham Burg is the only genuine mensch in recent Israeli political history. I’ll be voting for him when he’s back in the game in another 10 years. His criticism of Israeli society comes from a very good place. The best. The heart. Labelling him as anti- or post- Zionist as some are doing is just dumb labelling signifying nothing.