Once And For All!

IN THIS war, both sides have the same aim: to put an end to the situation that existed before it started.Once And For All! To put an end to the launching of rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, Once And For All! To put an end to the blockade of the Gaza Strip by … Read more

No more pressure cooker

What to do whenThe bloodshed is over?To continue the siegeUntil an evenMore terrible war?Only a flourishing Gaza,Part of sovereign Palestine,Can provide us withA quiet border. Published in Ha’aretzJuly 25, 2014

Who is Winning?

WHAT WOULD history look like if it were written in the style of the “Solid Cliff (a.k.a. Protective Edge) operation? For example: Winston Churchill was a scoundrel.[*] For five years he kept the population of London under the unceasing fire of the German Luftwaffe. He used the inhabitants of London as a human shield in … Read more

New hope for the future

It is not enoughTo reach a cease-fireAnd keep intactAn intolerable situation -The siege of GazaMust be liftedAnd Inhabitants of GazaMust get free accessTo the outside worldAnd a new hopeFor the future. Published in Ha’aretz, July 18, 2014

The Atrocity

BOMBS ARE raining on Gaza and rockets on Southern Israel, people are dying and homes are being destroyed.Again. Again without any purpose. Again with the certainty that after it’s all over, everything will essentially be the same as it was before. But I can hardly hear the sirens which warn of rockets coming towards Tel … Read more

Another round

Those who refusedTo accept HamasIn a Palestinian governmentNegotiating with Israel -Get HamasIn anotherFutile and uselessRound of war. Published in Ha’aretzJuly 11, 2014

The Watch on the Jordan

THE ARAB world is in turmoil. Syria and Iraq are breaking apart, the thousand-year old conflict between Muslim Sunnis and Muslim Shiites is reaching a new climax. A historic drama is unfolding around us.And what is the reaction of our government? Binyamin Netanyahu put it succinctly: “We must defend Israel on the Jordan River, before … Read more