The Israeli cult of death has reached another nadir, as Irit Oren Gunders is set to receive an Israel Prize. If we lose a son or two, Oren Gunders will see to it that they are replaced and that the land is filled with children of death

Every now and then, characters emerge here who seem to be bizarre, eccentric, marginal figures, unworthy of attention. But then they receive recognition from the establishment: The insane becomes normal and the delusional is accorded esteem.