The Marhaba to Palestine campaign is aimed at protesting the ongoing travel restrictions imposed by The State of Israel on those entering end exiting the occupied Palestinian territories, and the ongoing denial of Palestinian human rights Usually, an international activist who wishes to visit Palestine has to conceal her/his political intentions when landing at Ben … Read more
A few hundredPeace activistsFrom around the worldAre trying to landIn Ben-Gurion airportAnd cross IsraelIn order to reachRamallah and Bethlehem.The entire stateHas been mobilizedTo stop them.Have weGone crazy? Published in Haaretz, July 8, 2011
Statement of Support for the Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla July 4, 2011 We, Israeli organizations, Jewish and Arab, full-heartedly support Freedom Flotilla, aim of sailing to the Port of Gaza with the proclaimed goals of breaking through the sea and land siege and blockade of Gaza, which is a manifestation of a continuing occupation by Israel. … Read more
THE ARCHBISHOP of New York announces that any Catholic who rents out an apartment to a Jew commits a mortal sin and runs the risk of excommunication. A protestant priest in Berlin decrees that a Christian who employs a Jew will be banished from his parish. Impossible? Indeed. Except in Israel – in reverse, of … Read more
StoppingThe Gaza flotillaWill beSuperfluous,Dangerous,And even more so:Stupid.Let them pass! Published in Haaretz, July 1, 2011
“Even before a single vessel could sail out towards the port of Gaza, the flotilla had already driven the Netanyahu government into confusion, disorientation and virtual panic,” said former Knesset Member Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom. “The one who does not learn from history is condemned to repeat it. In this case, the Government of … Read more
The consumer boycott against the cottage cheese grabbed the headlines and stole the show in the Knesset and the cabinet. Politicians from all parts of the political spectrum praised highly this civic initiative, to boycott “the cheese with the lumps” in protest against the scandalous upsurge in its price so as to pressure the producers … Read more
THE PALESTINIANS are planning something thoroughly obnoxious: they intend to apply to the UN for statehood. Why obnoxious? Any Israeli spokesman (not to mention spokeswoman) will tell you readily: because it is a “unilateral” move. How dare they proclaim a state unilaterally? How dare they do so without the consent of the other party to … Read more
The United StatesTreatsJonathan Pollard -As we treatThousands ofPalestinian prisoners,Who also haveFathers. Published in Haaretz – June 24, 2011
I AM fed up with all this nonsense about recognizing Israel as the “Jewish State”. It is based on a collection of hollow phrases and vague definitions, devoid of any real content. It serves many different purposes, almost all of them malign. Binyamin Netanyahu uses it as a trick to obstruct the establishment of the … Read more