We`ll start at the end: We’re embarking on a struggle for Israeli society, for peace, and an end to the occupation. This struggle will start in Jerusalem on Saturday night, April 1. We`re going to march in Jerusalem, the city that the right wing claims is ‘united,’ that Mayor Nir Barkat is trying to make … Read more
CUI BONO – “who benefits” – is the first question an experienced detective asks when investigating a crime. Since I was a detective myself for a short time in my youth, I know the meaning. Often, the first and obvious suspicion is false. You ask yourself “cui bono”, and another suspect, who you did not … Read more
On the morning ofThe Passover Holiday,IDF soldiersCommemorated theLiberation from SlaveryBy cutting down18 Olive treesAt Deir Ballout.Chag Sameach! Published in Haaretz, 14/04/17
IN A few weeks, Israel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. Millions of words, most of them hollow, will be poured out. As usual. But the event deserves better. It is a drama unique in human history. Only a biblical writer could do it justice. William Shakespeare could have turned his hand … Read more
The Arab Summit offers“A historic reconciliationWith Israel”.Hamas acceptsThe 1967 borders.Trump considers callingA peace conference.Netanyahu hopesIt’s all fake news. Published in Haaretz, 07/04/17
SOME DAYS ago, a man committed an act of terrorism in the center of London, a city I love. He ran over several persons on Westminster Bridge, stabbed a policeman to death and approached the doors of Parliament, where he was shot dead. All this in the shadow of the tower of Big Ben, an … Read more
The occupationIs 50 years old!Tomorrow eveningWe march in JerusalemFor peace withThe Palestinians,Jerusalem city of peace,Capital of two states. “Jerusalem Walks to Peace” – an event organized by the Israeli peace movements, Sat. at 7.30 pm. Starting at Gan Ha’Sus on King George St. and walking to the Jaffa Gate. For transportation from other cities see … Read more
In response to Police Minister Gilad Erdan’s announcement, that he is setting up a unit in his ministry to compile names of Israelis who boycott settlements and include them in a computerized database, already more than a thousand Israeli citizens singed the petition “Gilad Erdan, note it down: we, too, boycott the settlements !!” The … Read more
Some time ago, the right-wing Knesset majority enacted the “Boycott Law” making it possible to file a civil suit and demand heavy compensation from anyone calling for a boycott of Israel – and incidentally, also call for a boycott of the settlements was declared to be “a form of boycotting Israel”. A more recent law … Read more
WHAT IS the difference between a “corporation” and an “authority? You don’t know? Join the 8.5 million Israelis who don’t know either. It’s a national riddle. The whole country is absorbed by it. The Prime Minister announces that he will “go to the very end” to achieve his end. Which end? I don’t know. I … Read more