TODAY IS Yom Kippur, and almost automatically my thoughts, like those of everybody else who was around at the time, go back 34 years, to that Yom Kippur. I was sitting at home, deep in conversation with a friend, when the sirens suddenly started to wail. The sound of sirens is always frightening, but … Read more
The Jewish Yom KippurAnd the Muslim RamadanAre the appropriate momentFor fulfilling the commandmentOf the Redemption of Prisoners.To release Gilad Shalit.To release Ehud Goldwasser.To release Eldad Regev.To release Marwan Barghouti.To release Ahmad Saadat.To release Said Kuntar.And the elderly, the womenAnd the children. Ad published in Haaretz, September 21, 2007
The starving of the Gaza inhabitants is a crime and a folly. Mistreating a million and a half people will make them the most bitter of enemies. Instead of a cruel policy of naked force, we should negotiate with all Palestinians – including Hamas. “With our own hands we are uniting a million and … Read more
THE DIVISION of the Palestinian territories into a “Hamastan” in the Gaza Strip and a “Fatahland” in the West Bank is a disaster. A disaster for the Palestinians, a disaster for peace, and therefore also a disaster for Israelis. The Israeli political and military leadership is happy about the split, according to the doctrine … Read more
NOTo an invasion of Gaza!!NOTo the mutual shedding of blood!NOTo collective punishment!YESTo a dialogue with the Gaza authorities!YESTo a cease-fire with Hamas! Ad published in Haaretz, September 12, 2007
.Citizens and soldiers pay price for government policy of negotiating with half the Palestinians and making war with the other half. Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, calls for an immediate ceasefire with the Hamas leadership, in order to end the dangerous escalation in the Gaza Strip and its environs.We now face the inevitable results … Read more
.WHEN MY friends fall prey to despair, I show them a piece of painted concrete, which I bought in Berlin. It is one of the remnants of the Berlin wall, which are on sale in the city. I tell them that I intend, when the time comes, to apply for a franchise to sell pieces … Read more
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This week the Supreme CourtOrdered to transfer the FenceAnd return to the people of Bil’inTheir stolen agricultural land.Very good – but the courtAlso gave legal confirmationTo a settlement housing projectThat was built illegallyOn Bil’in land.The message: settlers,Build quickly! Create facts!All that you succeed in stealingThe court will approve -Retroactively. TODAY (7/9) we shall take part, … Read more
.Connection of fence route with shady real estate deals must be further investigated. “Today Justices Beinish, Procacha and Rivlin fulfilled the task entrusted to the judges of a Supreme Court in democratic state – to prevent the state authorities from perpetrating in justice. In deciding to reject the route of Separation Fence which was drawn … Read more