EVEN THE Romans never saw a game like this in their arena: three gladiators fighting against each other, while at the same time each of them has to defend himself against attackers from behind. All three of them – Barack Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas – are fighting for their political life. The three … Read more
The government of IsraelIs full ofTricksters and swindlersWho do not dreamOf making peace –That is the clear messageTo all those in the worldWho still entertainedAny doubts.The 450 building permitsWill not, of course,Satisfy the settlersWho have never enough. Ad in Haaretz, Sep. 11, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – … Read more
The Gush Shalom movement found out that West Bank settlers intend to “create a fait accompli on the airwaves, and start operating a broadcasting station which, under cover of “a regional radio station”, will reach to all parts of Israel, except to Eilat. It is to broadcast extreme right propaganda in the style of the … Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu has managed to surpass his own records of cynicism, cheating and sheer chutzpah. The idea of approving wholesale the construction of hundreds of houses in the settlements before announcing a “construction freeze” is reminiscent of a fireman who before putting out a fire is pouring on it several barrels of gasoline. Not … Read more
Neither prizes for schoolsWho “encourage enlistment”Nor lectures by officersIn school classesWill increase the motivationTo join the army.That will happen onlyWhen the IDF will stopBeing an occupation armyAnd become again an armyFor the defense of Israel. Ad in Haaretz, Sep. 4, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush … Read more
Dear Uri, I must admit that writing these word to you doesn’t come easy to me and I am doing so with some trepidation. To me, as I am sure to many peace loving people in Israel and abroad, you have been for more than the last 40 years an inspiration and a reason to … Read more
Education Minister Gideon Sa’arWants to take pupils to JerusalemIn order to“Imbue them with values”.Will they also visitThe Palestinian familiesIn the Sheikh-Jarakh quarterWho were thrown out of their homesIn the middle of the nightTo be replaced by settlers? Ad published in Haaretz, August 28, 2009
For days the Israeli political establishment and mainstream media engaged in an unrestrained campaign of demonization of Sweden. Only after having already castigated Swedes as “antisemites” did mass circulation newspaper Yediot Aharonot take the elementary journalistic step of sending a reporter to check the facts. Ronny Shaked’s Aug. 24 article revealed no organ harvesting horror … Read more
MY FIRST thought was: Good God, this man was responsible for the lives of our soldiers! The second thought was: What’s the big surprise? You always knew what kind of person he was! After all, during his years as the army’s Chief of Staff he quietly supported the setting up of “illegal” settlement outposts all … Read more
As long asMoshe Ya’alonRemains in theGovernment –The Prime MinisterIs responsibleFor hisFascist utterances. Ad in Haaretz, Aug. 21, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033