In Washington, large protests expected at the Trump inauguration; also in Tel Aviv, an anti-Trump is due opposite the US embassy, on Sat. January 21 According to reports from the US, tens and hundreds of thousands of people are converging on Washington D.C. and the protests at Trump’s Inauguration are expected to be among the … Read more
“Hélène Le Gal, French Ambassador to Israel, met today with Professor Eli Barnavi (former Israeli Ambassador to Frenace) , Professor Galia Golan, Susie Becher and former Ambassador Ilan Baruch, members of the Policy Work Group. During the meeting, they gave to the Ambassador a petition signed by 1,200 Israelis, who support the French Peace Initiative … Read more
Robi Damelin, an Israeli bereaved mother whose son – an IDF officer – was killed by a Palestinian sniper during the Second Intifada, gave to the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) a watch bearing the flags of Israel and Palestine, and the word “Peace” in Hebrew, Arabic and English. That was at the climax … Read more
THE ARAB taxi driver who brought me to Ramallah had no trouble with the Israeli border posts. He just evaded them.Saves a lot of trouble. I was invited by Mahmood Abbas, the President of the Palestinian National Authority (as well as of the PLO and the Fatah movement) to take part in joint Palestinian-Israeli consultations … Read more
Netanyahu,Go to Paris!So thatOur youngWill not haveTo go onKilling andBeing killed! Published in Haaretz, 13/01/17
Mr. President Francois Hollande – We, Israeli citizens who are actively engaged in the pursuit of a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, welcome the French Government’s action in convening an international conference in mid-January 2017 We fully support your aim of generating international encouragement for a successful and accelerated Middle East Peace Process that … Read more
DURING WORLD WAR II, when German bombers terrorized Britain, a small group of gallant airmen faced them every day. Their life expectancy was numbered in days. Once, a genius at the propaganda ministry devised a poster: “Who is afraid of the German Luftwaffe?” When it was posted at one of the Royal Air Force bases, … Read more
The soldierElor AzariaIs onlyA juniorAccomplice.The main criminalIs the occupation. Published in Haaretz, 06/01/17
At the Security Council, a rare international consensus was achieved. It was clearly and unequivocally resolved that the establishment of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is an impermissible act, contrary to International Law, and that the State of Israel must cease immediately and completely construction and expansion of settlements. The resolution was adopted by … Read more
It was right and proper of the military tribunal to rule as it did. The soldier Elior Azaria had deliberately killed a seriously injured, helpless man who no longer posed any threat. It was quite right of the three judges to reject the convoluted arguments which the defense brought in its attempt to justify Azaria’s … Read more