Report by Adam Keller on the session of the governmental Goldberg Commission, May 15 in Be’er Sheva re the situation of Bedouins – with testimonies by Nuri al-Okbi, Ibrahim al-Amur, Amos Gvirtz and Ya’akov Manor “The Bedouin population is being shamefully discriminated and brutally persecuted in its own home, on its land in the Negev” … Read more
LATELY WE are flooded with friends. The Great of the Earth, past and present, come here to flatter us, to fawn on us, to grovel at our feet. “God, save me from my friends, my enemies I can deal with myself!” says an old prayer. They disgust me. LET’S TAKE for example the German Chancellor, … Read more
The President of the US andOther world leaders and VIPsHave come to celebrateThe 60th anniversaryof the State of Israel.All of them togetherDo not make upFor the absence ofThe representative of theState of Palestine.Only when theFirst independence dayOf sovereign PalestineWill be celebrated,The future ofSovereign IsraelWill also be assured. Ad published in Haaretz, May 16, 2008
.In a letter to Attorney-General Menny Mazuz, Gush Shalom calls for an investigation against settler rabbis Zalman Melamed, Dov Lior and Yisrael Samet, on charges of racist incitement. The three rabbis recently spoke at a conference of the extreme right at the city of Ramleh. The conference’s explicit aim: discussing “the proper attitude towards the … Read more
ONE DAY, I hope, a “Truth and Reconciliation Commission”, on the South African model, will be set up here. It should be composed of Israeli, Palestinian and international historians, whose job will be to establish what really happened in this country in 1948. In the 60 years that have passed since then, the events of … Read more
.Responsibility for the escalation and bloodshed in the past day lies on those who refused the cease-fire proposal. Complete calm on both sides of the border could have been achieved already. The escalation and bloodshed of the past twenty-four hours, the killing of an Israeli and five Palestinians, could have been prevented. It was very … Read more
Medicines worth aQuarter of a million shekelsWere brought this weekInto the Gaza StripBy Gush Shalom,As part of theCoalition Against the Blockade.Thanks to the many donorsWho answered our call.Medicines for GazaInstead of killings and blockade!
EVERY TIME I hear the voice of David Ben-Gurion uttering the words “Therefore we are gathered here…” I think of Issar Barsky, a charming youngster, the little brother of a girl-friend of mine. The last time we met was in front of the dining hall of Kibbutz Hulda, on Friday, May 14, 1948. In the … Read more
Next WeekThe 60th Independence DayWill be celebratedWith boastful wastefulness.This week Israel lookedCruel and callous.Instead of accepting gladlyThe proposed cease-fire,It sent its soldiers into GazaFor another brutal and senseless attack.It refused to take responsibilityFor the killing of a motherAnd her four children.Those who love IsraelAnd worry about our image and futureWill find it hard to rejoice … Read more
Ehud Barak, head of the extreme right in Israel who calls himself “Labor Party leader” has a lot of blood on his hands – more than the Palestinian prisoners whom the government refuses to release in order to return captured soldier Gile’ad Shalit to his family. The sole responsibility for the terrible killing of a … Read more