A public opinion poll conducted by “New Wave Research” discloses:49.2% are for simultaneous negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas and Syria.66.0% for negotiations with Mahmoud Abbas.57.4% for contacts with Hamas.50.1% for almost complete withdrawal to the Green Line.52.0% for a demilitarized Palestinian state.62.7% do not believe Olmert can do it. Ad published in Haaretz, July 13, 2007
NOT SINCE the resurrection of Jesus Christ has there been such a miracle: a dead body buried in a cave has come to life again. The “Jordanian Option” gave up its ghost almost twenty years ago. Even before that, it never was very healthy. But in 1988, some time after the outbreak of the first … Read more
Every nightThe armyInvades theWest Bank townsIn order toKill or arrestFatah militants.What aCurious wayTo “strengthenMahmoud Abbas”. Ad in Haaretz, July 6, 2007
(including addresses for your protest) Gush Shalom today sent a strong protest to Prime Minster Olmert and Defence Minister Barak, and also a letter to representatives of the European Union – warning about the extreme suffering of about 6000 Palestinians stuck on the Egyptian side of the closed Rafah Border crossing and unable to return … Read more
The verdict in Mordechai Vanunu’s trial is a miscarriage of justice, added to to the earlier unreasonalbe and manifestly wrong decisions taken towards him: to imprison him against his will in a country where he does not want to live, to impose on him unreaonable restrictions and to put him again on trial. It will … Read more
THERE NEVER was a darker Middle East summit meeting. The darkest there can be. The four leaders at Sharm al-Sheik did not sit together at an intimate round table. Each one sat alone behind a huge table of his own. That ensured a striking separation between them. The four long tables hardly touched. Each one … Read more
Gilad Shalit Is a soldierCaptured in action.There is only one wayTo bring him home:An exchange of prisoners,A legitimate and customary practice.Both sides have”Blood on their hands” –Including the blood of children.The endless hagglingAbout Gilad’s freedomIs a scandal.Enough!!! Ad published in Haaretz, June 29, 2007
Ehud Barak initiates his return to the Defence Ministry with a macho gesture of unbridled force, a bloody invasion of the Gaza Strip. If it was Barak’s intention to undermine whatever remains of Abu Mazen’s base of popular support, to humiliate the Palestinian President and present him to his people as a collaborator with the … Read more
EHUD OLMERT is the opposite of Midas, King of Phrygia. Everything the king touched turned into gold, according to Greek legend. Everything Olmert touches turns into lead. And that is no legend. Now he is touching Mahmoud Abbas. He lauds him to high heaven. He promises to “strengthen” him. He is about to meet him. … Read more
Not everythingThat is badFor PalestineIs good for Israel.The split inPalestineIs bad forIsrael.We need peaceWith the entirePalestinian people -All their sections,All their territories,Supporters of FatahAnd supporters of Hamas,In the West BankAnd in the Gaza Strip. Ad published in Haaretz, June 22, 2007