Published: 26 April 2018
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Sixty-seven things Gideon Levy loves about Israel (Haaretz)
HAARETZ SUGGESTED THAT I come up with 70 things that I love about Israel. I tried to bargain. I suggested that I make do with seven. In the end, I found 67 – another charged number.
Our three "tenors": Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua and David Grossman. Wonderful writers, not always bold enough, not always radical enough, sometimes too cynical, but they never hesitate to emit a clear voice and to be politically engaged. In a country where most artists toe the line, they are a ray of light and source of inspiration. In a country where there is not much to be proud of when it comes to many circles abroad, they save lost honour.
Haaretz newspaper: If it didn’t exist, Israel would be an entirely different place, much worse than it is, in many respects. In recent years, it has set new records for bravery, freedom of expression and international recognition. It fills me with pride to be part of it.
Shlomi Eldar’s Foreign Land: The documentary cinema that has arisen in this country, including this film, is a reason for love and pride. The gap between the brainwashing mass media, which is stupefying and whitewashing, inciting and distracting, inflaming and destructive, and honorable Israeli-made documentaries is amazing.
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Gideon Levy, the most controversial journalist in Israel
Illustration: Amos Biderman
