To The Minister of Internal Security, Mr. Yitzhak Aharonowitz Dear Sir, According to reports in the media, the Prime Minister has entrusted you with handling what is known as the “Fly-In,” i.e. hundreds of peace activists from abroad who are scheduled to land at Ben-Gurion Airport this Friday. You have been quoted as saying that … Read more
Uri Avnery: The “anti-boycott” bill is an assault on the freedom of expression and political association, an attempt to gag the opposition. It would greatly accelerate the process of Israel’s de-legitimation in the international arena. Boycotting the settlements is not ‘a boycott of Israel’ – it is a boycott for the sake of Israel. Following … Read more
photo gallery On Saturday night June 4, the evening before June 5, we marked for the 44th time the anniversary of the Occupation. But at least we are now not anymore alone with the idea as to what the solution should look like. The demonstration was rather than looking back to 1967 anticipating the Palestinian … Read more
Our fellow activist and personal friend Rachel Avnery, wife of Uri, has May 21 passed away succumbing to a longtime illness. A devoted seeker of Israeli-Palestinian peace, she was a founding member of the Gush Shalom movement, an effective organizer who had a listening ear for all, a joyful personality. She will be very much … Read more
“The only possible way to peace is through a historic compromise in which Israel would give up the territories occupied in 1967 and in return the Palestinians would give up their claim to the territories lost in 1948” says Gush Shalom spokesperson Adam Keller, in response to the Prime Minister’s speech in the Knesset, 16th … Read more
Following the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas Uri Avnery, a former Knesset Member, made this statement: “I wholeheartedly welcome the agreement reached by the Palestinians in Cairo. Palestinian unity, overcoming the malignant split, are not a threat to Israel, but a top Israeli interest. The State of Israel can and must reach a peace … Read more
“We need to reach an immediate cease fire, end the escalation, and end the suffering of the residents on both sides of the Gaza border” says former Knesset Member Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom activist. “Shooting a missile at a civilian bus transporting pupils is a heinous act which deserves the most sharp of condemnations, but … Read more
photo gallery Israel is becoming a liability to the United States, bringing US into the same international isolation into which Israel itself was cast. The so-called “Israel Lobby”, which prevents Israeli misconduct from ever being corrected, is a grave danger to Israel’s future. The vote in the U.N. shows the entire world unanimous in regarding … Read more
photo gallery “The Slumbering Majority wakes up” proclaimed large signs as the human river flowed from the entrance to the Gan Meir Park and unto the streets. Later on, KM Nitzan Horowitz would proclaim from the podium, to the crowd overflowing the Museum Plaza: “Look around you: We are not small and we are not … Read more
photo gallery A few hours after learning of the death of Jawaher Abu Rahmah, killed in a demonstration at Bil’in by inhaling “tear gas”, hundreds gathered at the gates of the Defense Ministry to express their protest – see video. Jawaher (“Gem” in Arabic) died in the first hours of 2011, after inhaling on the … Read more