June 11, 2011, the Knesset adopted a law making the settlement products boycott campaign illegal, punishable with huge compensation claims from each and every company. June 12, we have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court against this infringement of our democratic rights, but meanwhile we simply can’t afford to continue publishing the list of … Read more
Until 1967, the border dividing Israel from the West Bank was marked on the map in green. After 1967, successive Israeli governments invested enormous effort and huge sums of money in trying to efface and obliterate the Green Line, with highways cutting across it and Israeli settlements mushrooming on the other side. In one of … Read more
A week full of action all over the country – to confront Israelis from within that 40 YEARS IS ENOUGH – culminating in demonstrations in Jerusalem and Tel-Aviv on June 9 – look here in the coming days for updates. June 1 from 10:00 am at the Port of Tel Aviv – “Until She Opens … Read more
Note: Israel has the right of self defence. Not only a right, but an obligation to defend hercitizens. Some questions, however, remain to be answered: Why is fence built deep inside Palestinian territories, rather than on the Green Line? Will this path, designed by Sharon, provide more security? or is it part of a totally … Read more
“It has no political content whatsoever” It is interesting to note, that the right and the settlersspat venom at any mention of the separation Wallas long as they thought that it would be built along the Green Line.Immediately after the elections,in January 2003, Sharon started using the Wallas another means for further annexation of land,oppression … Read more
“Since the Wall has been built, the number of suicide attacks has reduced dramatically” It is true that the number of suicide attacks has diminished greatly since the Palestinianacceptance of the Road Map. What role does the Wall play in this? Very little. So far, only 20% of the Wall are complete. Nothing prevents the … Read more
“The Path of the Wall reflects only security considerations. It was planned by the army” In 1949, a group of Israeli and Jordanian officers drafted the armistice line between Israeland the West Bank. The objective was to draw a separation line based on the position of botharmies, existing villages and towns, topographical lines, etc. An … Read more
Here follows the ‘Our Jerusalem’ petition of 1995 which was signed by thousandsJERUSALEM IS OURS,Israelis and Palestinians Muslims, Christian and Jews. Jerusalem is ours, Israelis and Palestinians Muslims, Christian and Jews. Our Jerusalem is a mosaic of all the cultures, all the religions and all the periods that enriched the city, from the earliest antiquity … Read more
“Since it is fenced, not even one suicide attack originated from Gaza” If anything, Gaza is a warning of what will happen if the Wall is built.Gaza is the most violent area of friction and conflict. Gaza is a huge prison, containing 1.2 Million desperate people.One of the most densely populated areas in the world, … Read more
The launching by Gush Shalom of this petition started with a speech delivered by Palestinian leader, the late Feisal Husseini, at a joint Israeli-Palestinian demonstration under the Old City Walls: “I dream of the day when a Palestinian will say ‘Our Jerusalem’ and will mean Palestinians and Israelis, and an Israeli will say ‘Our Jerusalem’ … Read more