This is a day of infamy in the history of our legislature, a big step in the process of making this a racist and sinister country . Exactly today our courts of law demonstrated the strength of democracy and showed that not even a former president is above the law, sentencing Moshe Hatzav to a … Read more
ON THURSDAY EVENING I could not think of anything except Libya.First I heard the blood-curdling speech by Muammar Qaddafi, in which he promised to occupy Benghazi within hours and drown the rebels in a bloodbath. I was extremely worried and extremely furious with the international community and especially with the US, which had wasted days … Read more
Amos Gvirtz’ column (Nr 78 was added) Daily press picks + activism notices at OCCUPATION MAGAZINE Open letter to UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband – 317 British Jews place full page ad in Times. Sep.28 Urgent Gaza action – Amnesty International calls for letter writing a revealing video from Emad Bornat, Bil’in, how the army … Read more
Details of actions taken under the Fifth obligation The democratically-elected leader, President Arafat,has not been permitted to leave his largely destroyed compound since December 2001. Israel has failed to facilitate travel of Palestinian security personnel undergoingsecurity training.
First Israeli obligation Israeli leadership issues unequivocalstatement affirming it’s commitment to the two state vision of an independent, viable,sovereign Palestinian state….and calling for an immediate end to violence against Palestinians everywhere Actions takenunder the First Israeli obligation Second Israeli obligation “GOI [Government of Israel] takes no actions undermining trust,including deportations, attacks on civilians,confiscation and/or demolition … Read more
Background: Israel has still not officially accepted the Road Map as a whole, but rather, pursuant to an Israeli cabinet vote on 25 May 2003, has accepted only the “steps”outlined in the Road Map. In addition, Israel only accepted the steps of the Road Map after unilaterally appending tothe Road Map a list of 14 … Read more
Murdering children is a heinous crimeTo be severely condemnedIt causes great harmAlso to the murderer’s own peopleMassive settlement buildingAs a reaction to murderIs like the act of a firemanPouring gasoline on the flames Ad in Haaretz, March 18, 2011
Details of actions taken under the First Israeli obligation PM Sharon did not express commitment to a Sovereign, Independent Palestinian state. PM Sharon did not call for and end to violence against Palestinians everywhere. Details: PM Sharon issued the following statement at the Aqaba Summit (4 June 2003): Israel, like others, has lent its strong … Read more
JERUSALEM IS abuzz with brilliant new ideas. The brightest minds of our political establishment are grappling with the problems created by the ongoing Arab revolution that is reshaping the landscape around us. Here is the latest crop of mind-bogglingly innovative ideas: Minister of Defense Ehud Barak has announced that he is going to ask the … Read more
Details of actions taken under the Tenth Israeli obligation Anti-incitement committee re-invigorated but no specific actions taken by Israel. PM Sharon issued the following statement: “There can be no peace, however, without the abandonment and elimination of terrorism,violence, and incitement. We will work alongside the Palestinians and other states to fightterrorism, violence and incitement of … Read more