Tomorrow, April 30, 2015, an Israeli delegation, a Palestinian delegation and an audience will negotiate solutions to the conflict at the corner of Rothschild Boulevard and Shenkin Street, Tel Aviv. Each delegation will include 20 people from all walks of life: Israeli generals, Palestinian commanders, Israeli settlers, Palestinian ex-prisoners, academics, business people, and students. Passers … Read more
Stop the demolition of Arab homes! No to the racist policies of Netanyahu and his government! Implement just solutions, ensure to all the fundamental right for housing! Today – Tue. April 28, 2015, – Israeli Jewish citizens who seek justice and peace are joining the protest rally organized by the Monitoring Committee of the Arab … Read more
IT IS a rather disgusting spectacle. The Israeli Right has won a crushing election victory. (On closer examination, the victory was not quite so crushing. Indeed, there was no victory at all. The crushing victory of Likud was achieved only at the expense of other rightist parties.) The Rightist bloc together has not advanced at … Read more
Nothing betterFor Israel’s securityThan a PalestinianIndependence Day. Published in Haaretz – April 24, 2015
THIS WEEK I won a dubious distinction: a groundbreaking Supreme Court judgment has been named after me.It is an honor I would have gladly dispensed with. MY NAME appeared at the head of a list of applicants, associations and individuals, which asked the court to cancel a law enacted by the Knesset. Israel has no … Read more
A “UnityGovernment”IsA Right-wingGovernmentIn Disguise. Published in Haaretz, April 17, 2015
MY FIRST reaction after the election was: “Oh, no! Not a National Unity Government, please! In my first article after the election, I devoted a large part to the danger of a “national unity” government, though at the time the possibility of such a government, based on Likud and the Labor Party, seemed very remote … Read more
Two days after theInauguration ofThe new Knesset,The occupation authoritiesImposedDetention without trialOn a member ofThe Palestinian Parliament.In its 67th year,Israeli democracyIs very ill. Published in Haaretz, April 9, 2015
I MUST start with a shocking confession: I am not afraid of the Iranian nuclear bomb. I know that this makes me an abnormal person, almost a freak. But what can I do? I am unable to work up fear, like a real Israeli. Try as I may, the Iranian bomb does not make me … Read more
The real conclusionAbout Iran:Israel can’tRely foreverOn a monopolyOf military force.Making peace isNot doing a favorTo somebody.It is existentialFor us! Published in Haaretz – April 3, 2015