I thought it was terrible. I was wrong. It is far, far worse! – These words sum up myfeelings at that moment. I was standing on a hill overlooking the infamous Kalandia checkpoint. Below me was a narrow road, packed with Palestinians in the blazing sun, 30 degreescentigrade in the shade (but there was no … Read more
photo gallery An unusual demonstration of 15 “Gush Shalom” activists took place today (Sunday, 6.6.04) inthe corridor of the Tel-Aviv District Court, just before the judges sentenced Fatah leaderMarwan Barghouti to life imprisonment. The demonstrators raised poster saying “Barghouti – Talk peace with him, don’t imprisonhim!” Gush Shalom spokesman, Adam Keller, declared: “This is a … Read more
photo gallery An unusual demonstration of 15 “Gush Shalom” activists took place today (Sunday, 6.6.04) inthe corridor of the Tel-Aviv District Court, just before the judges sentenced Fatah leaderMarwan Barghouti to life imprisonment. The demonstrators raised poster saying “Barghouti – Talk peace with him, don’t imprisonhim!” Gush Shalom spokesman, Adam Keller, declared: “This is a … Read more
photo gallery An emotional meeting between to rivers of demonstrators, one Israeli and one Palestinian,took place Saturday noon in the center of a-Ram. The two rivers came from different directionsand united into one big demonstration against the monstrous wall that is about to cut off a-Ramfrom Jerusalem and from its environment. The drum band of … Read more
Perhaps Abe Lincoln was right that you can’t fool all the people all the time, but a lot ofpeople can surely be fooled for a long, long time. Just look at Ariel Sharon. From the start, the “Disengagement Plan” was an exercise in deceit. But the world is eager to bedeceived. The world’s statesmen take … Read more
photo gallery An emotional meeting between to rivers of demonstrators, one Israeli and one Palestinian,took place Saturday noon in the center of a-Ram. The two rivers came from different directionsand united into one big demonstration against the monstrous wall that is about to cut off a-Ramfrom Jerusalem and from its environment. The drum band of … Read more
Sometimes a person “buys his world in one moment,” as the ancient Hebrew saying goes. This wasdone by the Minister of Justice, Yosef (“Tommy”) Lapid, when he uttered the words: “This oldwoman reminds me of my grandmother!” This old woman, an inhabitant of the Rafah refugee camp whose house was demolished by theIsraeli army, was … Read more
The immense might of the Israeli army, assembled from all over the country, has attacked asmall Palestinian township on the margin of the destitute Gaza Strip. Palestinians, bothfighters and civilians, are being killed by the dozen, homes are being destroyed wholesale,the sight of the fleeing population bring back memories of 1948. All this – for … Read more
photo gallery Some 850 demonstrators, who came from all over the country in 15 full buses and a fleet ofprivate cars, demonstrated Friday near the Gaza Strip and tried to march on Rafah. They werestopped by the Border Police and a number of violent confrontations ensued. Fivedemonstrators were arrested. The demonstration was called by “Gush … Read more
photo gallery Some 850 demonstrators, who came from all over the country in 15 full buses and a fleet ofprivate cars, demonstrated Friday near the Gaza Strip and tried to march on Rafah. They werestopped by the Border Police and a number of violent confrontations ensued. Fivedemonstrators were arrested. The demonstration was called by “Gush … Read more