Nobody will shed a tear as the political career of Ehud Olmert grounds to its end. In the two years he had at the helm of the Israeli ship of state, he has failed to perform even a single worthy act. Ehud Olmert should indeed be going. Not only because a Prime Minister cannot go … Read more
10 year-old Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa was murdered yesterday as he demonstrated, together with his friends against the separation fence which is being constructed on the lands of his village Nilin, taking away the lands and sole source of livelihood of many of its inhabitants. When Ahmad and his friends reached the construction site the … Read more
IN ONE of the most beautiful songs in the Bible, the poet vows: “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, / Let my right hand forget her cunning. / If I do not remember thee, / Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; / If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy!” … Read more
The shooting atA handcuffed PalestinianIs not exceptional.What is exceptionalIs that it was photographed.Clearly, for every actOf photographed harassmentThere are dozensWhich are not photographed.It is also clearThat the armyWill neither investigateNor punish.And that the fatherOf the girl photographerWas arrested. Ad published in Haaretz, July 25, 2008
.The shooting of a tied-up Palestinian detainee at Ni’ilin is an example of what takes place every day in the Occupied TerritoriesInvestigation of soldiers and officers must be taken out of the army’s handsThe battalion commander present during the shooting should be prosecuted There must be put an end to the situation where the Army … Read more
I SPENT the whole day flipping between the Israeli channels and Aljazeera. It was an eerie experience: in a fraction of a second I could switch between two worlds, but all the channels reported on exactly the same occasion. In one section of the breaking news, the events happened at a distance of a few … Read more
One dayGilad Shalit willCome home toHis family.One dayOur prisonsWill be emptied ofPalestinian prisoners,And they, too,Will return toTheir families.Let’s not wait.Let’s do it. Ad published in Haaretz, July 18, 2008
It was one of the most important and largely forgotten milestones in the history of the state: Forty-one years ago tomorrow, on July 16, 1967, a young kibbutznik got out of his jeep at Aalleiqa, an abandoned Syrian army base on the Golan Heights, and became the first settler in the occupied territories. Only five … Read more
IF YOU want to understand the policy of a country, look at the map – as Napoleon recommended. Anyone who wants to guess whether Israel and/or the United States are going to attack Iran should look at the map of the Strait of Hormuz between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Through this narrow waterway, only … Read more
As part of the actionsAgainst Hamas,The Olmert governmentIs destroying orphanages,Schools and charitiesIn the West Bank.There are no otherInstitutions to take their place.Orphans, widows andPoor peopleWill be thrownInto the street.Will this isolate Hamas?On the contrary! Ad published in Haaretz, July 11, 2008