Bilal Kayed isOn hunger strike.After servingA 14 years sentence,He remains in prison:“AdministrativeDetention”Without trial. Today at 1.30 pm, near the Tunnels Checkpoint, hundreds of Israelisand Palestinians will together hold a Freedom March against theoccupation. Contact: Combatants for Peace, 052-9405177 Published in Haaretz, 15/07/16
A PALESTINIAN youngster breaks into a settlement, enters the nearest house, stabs a 13-year old girl in her sleep and is killed. Three Israeli men kidnap a 12-year old Palestinian boy at random, take him to an open field and burn him alive. Two Palestinians from a small town near Hebron enter Israel illegally, have … Read more
Occupation leadsTo resistance.Resistance leadsTo oppression.Oppression leadsTo terrorAnd counter-terror.Keeping theOccupied TerritoriesWill turn usInto murderersAnd murder victims.[this ad was publishedon September 22, 1967in this paper] Published in Haaretz, 08/07/16
What the hell has happened to them? Have they gone crazy? The British, of all people? I have always been an Anglophile. Even as a youngster, when I was a member of a terrorist organization devoted to driving the British out of our country. At the time I was working in a lawyer’s office which … Read more
The siege destroysGaza’s economy,EngenderingBitternessAnd hatred.The siegeMust end.Not for peaceWith Turkey,But for peaceWith the Palestinians. Published in Haaretz, 01/07/16
SUDDENLY, A familiar face, almost forgotten, appeared on the TV screen. Well, not entirely familiar, because it now sports a prominent black beard. (If I were he, I would quickly shave it off.) Yes, there he was. Former Chief of Staff, former Prime Minister, Ehud Barak. Barak in a new format. Aggressive. Outspoken. Damning Binyamin … Read more
82 millions toThe settlements.An intensifiedDestructionOf Arab Houses.Netanyahu:“Why don’tThe EuropeansBelieve meThat I trulyWant peace?” Published in Haaretz, 24/06/16
MANY YEARS ago I received a phone call from the Prime Minister’s office. I was told that Yitzhak Rabin wanted to see me in private. Rabin opened the door himself. He was alone in the residence. He led me to a comfortable seat, poured two generous glasses of whisky for me and himself and started … Read more
In the hot summerDuring RamadanIsrael has cut offThe water supplyOf the towns ofJenin and Salfit.The settlement of ArielNext door to SalfitGets plentyOf Water. Published in Haaretz, 17/06/16
ONCE I heard the following story from the then Swedish ambassador in Paris: “In 1947, when the UN was discussing the plan to partition Palestine, I was a member of the sub-committee dealing with Jerusalem. One day, the Jews sent a new representative. His name was Abba Eban. He spoke beautiful English, much better than … Read more