'Not The Israel We Dreamed Of'
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'Not the Israel we dreamed of'
Uri Avnery, Aharon Amir, and Haim Gouri talk about what's left of 1948 dream. The greatest danger, they say, is within.
Meital Tzur
They are the members of Israel's first generation, the ones who grew up in, fought for and shaped Israel, the first to
live here as free men in this state. The dangers to our independence, they told Ynet, do not lurk abroad. They are within.
Three of Israel's founding generation's finest sons. Soldiers in the Palmach, the Haganah and Lehi [Lochamei Herut
Yisrael – Freedom Fighters for Israel also known as the Stern gang], they are now prominent figures in Israeli society:
Uri Avnery, 83, journalist, author, former Knesset member, radical left wing activist and legendary editor of Ha'olam Hazeh newsmagazine; Aharon Amir, 84, poet, author, laureate of the Israel Prize for translation and editor of "Ha'keshet
Ha'hadasha" magazine; and Haim Gouri, 83, poet, author, journalist, and filmmaker.
And they all have one bitter thing to say in common: "This is not the Israel we dreamed of".
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