When I came out of the beautiful Supreme Court building, I was feeling depressed. I had listened for hours to proceedings on a number of applications concerning the separationwall. I was especially interested in the part of the wall that is threatening to ruin the livesof the residents of a-Ram. There, it will be remembered, … Read more
photo gallery 500 Gush Shalom and Ta’ayush activists joined 2000 inhabitants of Abu Dis in a dramaticprotest rally in honor of Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the great Mahatma. In the searing heat, they marched through the streets of Abu-Dis to the wall which cuts thetown off from Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Kurei … Read more
Uri Avnery’s speech at the Abu-Dis demonstration with Dr. Gandhi, August 27, 2004. photo gallery Dear Dr. Gandhi, We Israeli peace activists welcome you with all our heart. We are all deeply impressed by the immortal message of your grandfather, the great Mahatma,who practiced non-violence while fighting with all his strength against a cruel foreignoccupation. … Read more
photo gallery 500 Gush Shalom and Ta’ayush activists joined 2000 inhabitants of Abu Dis in a dramaticprotest rally in honor of Arun Gandhi, the grandson of the great Mahatma. In the searing heat, they marched through the streets of Abu-Dis to the wall which cuts thetown off from Jerusalem. The Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Kurei … Read more
For all I care, they can starve to death! announced Tzahi Hanegbi, after Palestinianprisoners declared an open-ended hunger strike against prison conditions. Thus theMinister for Internal Security added another memorable phrase to the lexicon of theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict. Hanegbi became famous (or infamous) for the first time when, as a student activist, he wascaught on camera … Read more
Activists and mothers A delegation of 15 Gush Shalom activists visited today (18.8.04) the families of Palestinianprisoners, who are conducting an open-ended hunger strike. The families are striking at theEast Jerusalem Red Cross offices. The delegation carried posters in Hebrew, Arabic and English, demanding “Decent Treatmentof Prisoners of War”. Gush activist Hava Keller, “mother of … Read more
Activists and mothers A delegation of 15 Gush Shalom activists visited today (18.8.04) the families of Palestinianprisoners, who are conducting an open-ended hunger strike. The families are striking at theEast Jerusalem Red Cross offices. The delegation carried posters in Hebrew, Arabic and English, demanding “Decent Treatmentof Prisoners of War”. Gush activist Hava Keller, “mother of … Read more
Once upon a time, an assistant to Levy Eshkol, our late Prime Minister, rushed up to him andcried: “Levy, a disaster! A drought has set in!” “Where?” the Prime Minister asked anxiously, “in Texas ?” “No, here in Israel !” the man replied. “Then there’s nothing to worry about,” Eshkol said dismissively. Right from the … Read more
Calls for cease-fire with Israel & new Palestinian elections ” I would like to hold as soon as possible new elections throughout the Palestinian Authority -presidential, parliamentary and municipal elections. But the occupation authorities makeit impossible for us to proceed with so much as voter registration ” said the PalestinianAuthority President Yasser Arafat to a … Read more
Ariel Sharon ’s “disengagement” plan has already made a mess on all levels. It has sparked a continuing cabinet crisis, an upheaval in several parties, adisorientation of public opinion, confusion in the security establishment and armedconfrontations between Palestinian organizations. The Israeli peace movement is mixed up like everybody else. Some support Sharon becauseof the plan … Read more