Today, Wednesday February 10th, 18:00 supporters will arrive at the hospital in Afula, accompanied by an ambulance and doctors, to transfer Mohammed Al-Qeeq for medical treatment in the Ramallah hospital.Journalist Mohammed Al-Qeeq is on the 77th day of hunger strike and fighting for his life. He has expressed his wish to move from hospital in … Read more
SO NOW we have another anti-Semite. Mazal Tov (“good luck”) as we say in Hebrew. His name is Ban Ki-moon, and he is the Secretary General of the UN. In practice, the highest international official, a kind of World Prime Minister. He has dared to criticize the Israeli government, as well as the Palestinian Authority, … Read more
If Israel hadA peace-seeking government,It would have recognizedThe State of PalestineAt its own initiative -Without waitingFor France. Today, Fri. Feb. 5, 1:30 pm at the “TunnelsCheckpoint”, Israelis and Palestinians will hold ajoint freedom march against the occupation and forpeace, independence and justice for both peoples.Transportation: Arlozorov Railway Station, TA, 12:00;Liberty Bell Park, Jerusalem 12:30. Published … Read more
This Friday, February 5, at Hangar 11 in the Tel Aviv Port Artists and NGOs for Human Rights and Peace Present: Blacklisted: a Show with a Glimmer of Hope The event will take place this coming Friday, February 5, at 12:00pm at Hangar 11 in the Tel Aviv Port. Entry is free. Among the participants … Read more
HAMELIN, a small town in Germany (not so far from where I was born), was infested with rats. In their despair, the burghers called upon a rat-catcher and promised him a thousand guilders for liberating them from this plague. The rat-catcher took his pipe and played such a sweet melody that all the rats came … Read more
A vocal witch-huntEnded in naught.The three activistsWere set free.But all who opposeThe occupationRemain under attack.Next on the agenda:The “Associations Law”. Published in Haaretz, 29/01/16
Jerusalem has oneBeersheba has oneThe Galilee has oneWadi Ara has oneHaifa will have one from next yearBut the Tel Aviv municipality does not want one.There is still no Hebrew-Arabic bilingual egalitarian school in Tel Aviv-Jaffa.Join us today, Thursday 28 January, at 14.30 in front of Tel Aviv’s municipality, to call for the opening of a … Read more
I would like to let you know that the tree planting at Duma Village, scheduled for Mon. Jan. 25, were put off due to the stormy weather.We will give notice of the new time. Yours Rabbi Arik AschermanPresident and Senior RabbiRabbis For Human RightsOffice Telephone: 972 2 6482757Cell Phone: 972 50 5607034U.S. Cell: (206) 250-1451Fax: … Read more
AS IS well-known, Israel is a “Jewish and democratic state”. That is its official designation. Well… AS FOR Jewish, it’s a new kind of Jewishness, a mutation. For 2000 years or so, Jews were known to be wise, clever, peace-loving, humane, progressive, liberal, even socialist. Today, when you hear these attributes, the State of Israel … Read more
The EU resolved:”Agreements with IsraelDo not applyTo the territoriesOccupied in 1967″Netanyahu protested.So did Herzog.Herzog cannot beChief of the Opposition. Published in Haaretz, 22/01/16