Don’t say we didn’t know

[ for questions and queries amosg@shefayim.org.il ] Nr. 116 For many years settlers from Kiryat Arba have been attacking the homes of three El Ja’abari families in Wadi Nasara, situated between Hebron and Kiryat Arba. Ever since March 2007, when settlers occupied a nearby building, they have been regularly attacking the El Ja’abari homes in … Read more

Satan’s Counsel

IT WAS just a passing conversation, but it has stuck in my memory. It was soon after the Six-Day War. I was coming out of the main hall of the Knesset, after making a speech calling for the immediate establishment of a Palestinian state. Another Knesset member came down the corridor – a nice person, … Read more

Immoral and contraproductive

-A bankrupt government resorts to house demolition and nationalist demagoguery in a desperate effort to survive;-Demolition of families’ homes is illegal, immoral and serves no purpose other than satisfying of a sinister lust for revenge “Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak, the pair of bankrupt politicians heading a collapsing cabinet, are desperately trying to achieve one … Read more

OCCUPIED

East JerusalemIs occupiedPalestinian territory.Both the municipalityAnd the governmentTreat is as such.So do the inhabitants.The only solutionIs to returnEast JerusalemTo Palestinian rule. Ad published in Haaretz, July 4, 2008

Ole – Ole, Ole, Ole

WHAT EXCITED the Israelis this week? What glued them to the TV and radio sets? What made them rush to buy newspapers at the kiosks? The drama in the Knesset, when it seemed for a moment that the Members would act against the laws of nature and vote to dismiss themselves? The violations of the … Read more

All Quiet on the Gaza Front

AND SUDDENLY: quiet. No Qassams. No mortar shells. The tanks are not rolling. The aircraft are not bombing. In Sderot, sighs of relief. Children venture out. Inhabitants who have exiled themselves to other towns return home. And the reaction? An outburst of jubilation? Dancing in the streets? Applause for the Prime Minister and the Minister … Read more

An Apology

THIS WEEK, the Prime Minister of Canada made a dramatic statement in Parliament: he apologized to the indigenous peoples of his country for the injustices done to them for generations by successive Canadian governments. This way, White Canada tries to make peace with the native nations, whose country their forefathers conquered and whose culture their … Read more

– 41 Years occupation (Hebrew)

Publish Date : 08/06/08 On the 41st anniversary of the occupation, more than 2000 peace activists from several organizations marched on Saturday (June 7, 2008) through the center of Tel-Aviv, shouting i.a. “Cease Fire – break out of the circle of blood!” [ Download (0.0KB) ]