Stop all settlementsIn East Jerusalem.Negotiate aboutJerusalem, borders,Settlements and refugees.These are the demandsOf Hillary Clinton.These are the demandsOf IsraelisWho care for their country. Ad in Haaretz – March 19, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
SOME WEEKS the news is dominated by a single word. This week’s word was “timing”. It’s all a matter of timing. The Government of Israel has insulted the Vice President of the United States, Joe Biden, one of the greatest “friends” of Israel (meaning: somebody totally subservient to AIPAC) and spat in the face of … Read more
The day on whichThe negotiations withThe PalestiniansWere to beginWas marked byThe confirmation of aHuge new settlementIn East JerusalemAnd a slap in the faceOf the US Vice President.Anyone who is surprisedBy this provocation –Let him stand up! Ad published in Haaretz, March 12, 2010
To MK Moshe Kahalon, Minister of Communications, Ministry of Communications, JerusalemRe: establishing a regional radio for the supporters of a peaceful solution to the conflictOn behalf of my client, Gush Shalom, I would like to state: On 06.06.07 it was confirmed that your predecessor, Minister Ariel Atias published a tender for the establishment of a … Read more
SOME WEEKS ago, Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in Rome, was released after serving 28 years in prison. The motives for his act have never been clarified. But a Palestinian leader once told me his version: God appeared to Agca in a dream and told him: Go … Read more
Nobody would think aboutDestroying dozens ofJewish homesBecause King DavidHad a garden there3000 years ago.In Israel 2010,Such an evil planAgainst ArabsWas seriously consideredAnd came closeTo being carried out.Only at the last momentIt was postponedBy Binyamin NetanyahuIn a rare act of sanity. Ad published in Haaretz, March 5, 2010
The detained Bedouin human rights activist Nuri el Okbi will be brought to the Be’er Sheba Magistrate’s Court (Shalom Court) tomorrow (Mon. March 1) at 12.00 noon. El Okbi is well known for his prolonged fight for the rights of his family to its land. He has lived on the disputed land for many years … Read more
THIS COMING Wednesday, the Supreme Court of Israel will consider an application by a group of Israeli citizens to compel the Interior Ministry to register them as belonging to the “Israeli nation”. Odd? Indeed. The Israeli Interior Ministry recognizes 126 nations, but not the Israeli nation. An Israeli citizen can be registered as belonging to … Read more
The modest “Rachel’s Tomb”In the heart of Bethlehem,Sacred to the three faiths,Has been turnedInto a fortified positionForbidden to Muslims.The “Cave of Machpelah”Which is also “Ibrahim’s Mosque”Has become the nest ofBaruch Goldstein and his admirers.Instead of serving as aModel of inter-religious tolerance,Both symbolize now the “heritage”Of hatred and death. Ad published in Haaretz, February 26, 2010
FROM TIME to time I ask myself: what would happen if the world’s governments decided to abolish all their spy agencies simultaneously? True, it would be a great blow to the authors and movie producers who make their living from secret service stories. Their products would lose their appeal. It would be a disaster for … Read more