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“There isNo solutionTo theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict,”Netanyahu declared.He’s right:There isNo solutionAs long asHEIs in power. Published in Haaretz – June 17, 2011 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033. Please, include your email address.

A Brown-haired Young Man

MY HERO of the year (for now) is a young brown-haired Palestinian refugee living in Syria called Hassan Hijazi. He was one of hundreds of refugees who held the demonstration on the Syrian side of the Golan border fence, to commemorate the Naqba – “Disaster” – the exodus of more than half the Palestinian people … Read more

Regarding sovereignty

Every stateHas the rightTo defend itsInternational borders,ProvidedIt defines its bordersIn agreementWith its neighborsAnd gainsInternational recognition.For them.Netanyahu has doneNeither. Ad in Ha’aretz, June 10, 2011 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033. Please, include your email address.

A State which demands the right to protect its borders must define where the border is.

Uri Avnery on the Naksa Day events at the Syrian border: Following the events on the Syrian border, Gush Shalom activist and former Knesset member Uri Avnery said: “Today the army inflicted disproportionate violence on unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the Golan Heights, more than what is required to protect the border, leading to unnecessary bloodshed. … Read more

RACHEL

I HAD the unqualified blessing of living with Rachel Avnery for 58 years. Last Saturday I took leave of her body. She was as beautiful in death as she was in life. I could not take my eyes off her face.I am writing this to help myself accept the unacceptable. I beg your indulgence. IF … Read more

Simply so

TheStateOfPalestineIn the1967BordersWithEast JerusalemAs itsCapital. Ad in Ha’aretz, June 3, 2011 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033. Please, include your email address.

Abolish “Jerusalem Day”!

The provocative settler parade planned in Sheikh Jarrah reflects the nature of this false holiday and false unification of Jerusalem It is only suitable and appropriate to the nature of the false espicable holiday called “Jersalem Day” that this year the settlers’ “March of the Flags” was transferred from Jaffa Street in West Jerusalem to … Read more

The opening of the Rafah Crossing is a death blow to the siege of Gaza – ridiculous to go on with it.

It’s time to bring back the Navy ships from off the Gaza coast, stop the harassing of Palestinian fishermen and allow the next flotilla to proceed.A Palestinian state will naturally seek to establish a port in Gaza, just as Israel did in Haifa and Ashdod. “It is time to recognize reality: the siege of Gaza, … Read more

Bibi and the Yo-Yos

IT WAS all rather disgusting.There they were, the members of the highest legislative bodies of the world’s only superpower, flying up and down like so many yo-yos, applauding wildly, every few minutes or seconds, the most outrageous lies and distortions of Binyamin Netanyahu. It was worse than the Syrian parliament during a speech by Bashar … Read more

Moon is made of green cheese

In the US Congress,Netanyahu can declare thatThe Moon is made of green cheeseAnd get a standing ovation.Nevertheless, the whole worldAccepts the 1967 linesAs the basis for theBorder of peaceBetween Israel and Palestine. Ad published in Ha’aretz, May 27, 2011