I couldn’t imagine a more enjoyable and exciting birthday. “Gush Shalom” has acceded to my wish to mark my 85th birthday not with a public celebration, as on my 80th, but with a brain-storming session devoted to the main issues concerning Israel. At the close of the event, I was given the floor. This is … Read more
.To extinguish the fire,To end the blockade,To bring calm to all.To recognize facts:Hamas is a part ofThe Palestinian people.No peace without it.To stop playing at“Divide and conquer”.We are all inThe same boat. Gush Shalom ad in Ha’aretz, December 26, 2008 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
A MAN was asked about his sons. “I have three,” he said, “but one of them is a complete idiot.”“Which one?” they asked.“Take your pick,” he replied.In 51 days, we shall vote for a new Knesset and a new government.Three big parties are competing for the prize: Kadima, Likud and Labor.From there on, see the … Read more
For the peopleOf Sderot and Gaza –Renew theCease-Fire! Ad published in Haaretz, December 19, 2008
IT SOUNDS like an invented story. And indeed it is. In this tale, an American politician gets up and declares: The United States was founded by British Protestants who were persecuted in Europe for their Puritan beliefs. Therefore, the United States is an Anglo-Saxon Protestant state. And he goes on: the United States is also … Read more
Peaceseekers blocked at Hebron entrance; Ezra Nawi detained.Hebron mayor: Settler violence continues every night, army road-blocks cut us off and damage Hebron’s economic life. More than a hundred Israeli peace activists were blocked by army and police at the entrance to Hebron, and prevented from visiting the city and meeting with the mayor and with … Read more
Tzipi Livni beats the war drumsAnd calls for an invasion of GazaWarmongers refusing any chance for peaceWe already have in plentyFrom Netanyahu to FeiglinAnd those between and around themFor Kadima to get the voters’ confidenceIt must present a sane alternative:Renewing the cease-fire on the Gaza borderAnd a real move towards peaceWith the leaders the Palestinians … Read more
Teddy Katz and Adam Keller, members of Gush Shalom, were among dozens of Jewish and Arab peace activists whose sailing to Gaza was prevented this morning by the police raid on the port of Jaffa. “An Israeli citizen can board a boat and sail away for Greece or Italy, or even to America or Tahiti, … Read more
For: the President-Elect, Mr. Barack Obama. From: Uri Avnery, Israel. The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, special forces soldier in the 1948 war, editor-in-chief of a newsmagazine, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement: -1- As far as Israeli-Arab peace is … Read more
The force needed to clearA single pogromists’ houseAfter Barak at last decidedTo end the shameCould have removedAll the settler pogromistsFrom all parts of Hebron Gush Shalom ad in Haaretz, December 5, 2008 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033