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“When GazansAre suffocating,We in IsraelCannot breathe freely!”So saidDavid GrossmanAt a rallyLast week.How true! Published in Haaretz, August 22, 2014
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The Peace Bus from Jerusalem to the Gaza Border – 5th Journey!
Today, Friday, Aug. 22, the Peace Bus from Jerusalem to the Gaza Border will set out on its 5th Journey. Now more than ever important after the negotiations in Cairo failed and the fire broke out. As long as people are dying, we have the moral obligation to work for peace with all our strength. … Read more
Eyeless in Gaza
THE TROUBLE with war is that it has two sides.Everything would be so much easier if war had only one side. Ours, of course. There you are, drawing up a wonderful plan for the next war, preparing it, training for it, until everything is perfect. And then the war starts, and to your utmost surprise … Read more
AND NOW:
LIFTTHE BLOCKADE!MOVE FROMTHE CEASE-FIRETO APERMANENTAGREEMENT! Published in Haaretz – August 15, 2014
Metro Gaza
TEL AVIV has no metro. It has been discussed for decades. Successive mayors have promised it. Alas, still no metro. When the Israeli army entered the Gaza strip and found there an astounding system of underground tunnels, an idea made the rounds: Why not invite Hamas to build the Tel Aviv metro? They have the … Read more
Gaza Port
In 2005 IsraelAgreed to start workOn constructingThe Port of Gaza.Security in the portWas to be definedBy Israel, the US andThe Palestinian Authority.Now it is timeTo implementThat agreement. Published in Ha’aretz – August 8, 2014
The Peace Bus from Jerusalem to the Gaza Border continues – 4th Journey!
Tomorrow, Fri Aug. 8, the Peace Bus from Jerusalem to the Gaza Border will set out on its 4th Journey. Whatever the outcome of the negotiations in Cairo and their implications on the ground, the activity of the Peace Bus retains its importance. A ceasefire is declared and our hopes are high that it will … Read more
Weekend protests against the Gaza War, Aug. 1-2, 2014
The Galilee Jewish-Arab Peace Vigil goes on!Friday August 1, 2014 – at 1.00 pm , western entrance to Karmiel Daily, innocent people get killed by the scores, sometimes by hundreds, in the ongoing terrible war between Israel and Palestine. In recent days, Jews and Arabs joined together to protest – men and women, urban, rural, … Read more
Meeting in a Tunnel
THERE WAS this village in England which took great pride in its archery. In every yard there stood a large target board showing the skills of its owner. On one of these boards every single arrow had hit a bull’s eye. A curious visitor asked the owner: how is this possible? The reply: “Simple. First … Read more
PARTNERS
The only way to“Manage the conflict”Is to solve it.The partners for war,Should also becomePartners for peace. Published in Ha’aretzAugust 1, 2014