Sharing the pain. Building hope. On the evening of Memorial Day, Combatants for Peace Movement in coalition with the Bereaved Parents’ Circle, will conduct the 11th Israeli-PalestinianMemorial Day Ceremony. The event will be held today, April 30th 2017 at Shlomo Group Arena, Tel Aviv (Drive In Arena, near the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds) at 9:00pm. The … Read more
The hunger strike of the Palestinian prisoners for freedom and dignity reached its 22nd day, and the strikers reached the stage of grave danger to their lives. They also face frequent incursions, isolation, torture and threats by the occupation government and its repressive apparatus to break the strike using forced feeding.We are obliged to answer … Read more
I REMEMBER the first few Independence Days, just after the foundation of the State of Israel. There was spontaneous jubilation, we were all out in the streets, the celebration was real. That was long ago. This years Independence Day, last Tuesday, was not a very happy affair. The holiday was subdued, even sad. Old-timers felt … Read more
Bereaved parentsWho seekNo revenge,Only peaceAnd reconciliation.Confronting them:A violent mobConsumed byBlind hatred.Whose pathWill Israel take? Published in Haaretz, 05/05/17
Indeed, the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, now heading a mass hunger strike in the Israeli prisons, was sentenced by an Israeli court to five life terms. The New York Times was ready to publish this fact after the high-level protests made by the Government of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his ministers should be reminded … Read more
A DEEP sigh of relief, coming straight from the heart. When I was 10 years old, my family fled from Nazi Germany. We were fearful that the Gestapo was after us. When we approached the French border, our fear was acute. Then our train crossed the bridge that separated Germany from France, and we heaved … Read more
NetanyahuOutdid himself:Causing an IsraeliSelf-boycottAnd increasingThe influence ofHuman RightsOrganizations. On Sunday April 30, at 9:00pm, we will take partin the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony,organized by Combatants for Peace and theBereaved Parents’ Circle, at Shlomo GroupArena, 7 Itzchak Remba St., Tel Aviv (Drive-InCompound). Details http://cfpeace.org/event/ Published in Ha’aretz, 28/04/17
The trial of poet Dareen Tatour will resume in Nazareth Magistrate’s Court today, Thursday, April 27, at 12:00, before Judge Adi Bambiliya. In this hearing the last prosecution witness is due to testify, after all defense witnesses were heard in March. This is expected to be the last hearing before the verdict. Poet Tatour was … Read more
I HAVE a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti. I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times. During our conversations, we discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace. Our ideas were the same: to create the State of Palestine next to the State of Israel, and to establish peace between the two states, based on … Read more
Marwan BarghoutiCan beA partner forIsraeli-Palestinian peaceOr a leaderOf the struggleAgainst the occupation.The choice is ours. Published in Haaretz, 21/04/17