Provocations: The Likud Party’s elections campaign

The exclusion of KM Zoabi and construction in the settlements – provocative and demagogic actions, promoting Likud’s election campaign at the expense of Israel’s future The campaign of settlement construction in East Jerusalem and the West Bank arouses worldwide anger, even among the Israel’s best friends. The campaign of incitement and incitement against KM Hanin … Read more

The Sea and the River

“Palestine, from the Jordan to the Sea, belongs to us!” declared Khaled Meshal last week at the huge victory rally in Gaza. “Eretz Israel, from the sea to the Jordan, belongs to us!” declare right-wing Israelis on every occasion. The two statements seem to be the same, with only the name of the country changed. … Read more

Playing with Fire

A military raidIn RamallahAnd a media campaignTo let soldiers kill.Plans for massiveSettlement construction.Netanyahu and LiebermanIgnite the Third IntifadaFor electoral gain. Published in “Haaretz”, December 14, 2012

Cold Revenge

“Revenge is a dish that is best eaten cold,” is a saying attributed to Stalin. I don’t know if he really said that. All the possible witnesses were executed long ago.Anyhow, a taste for delayed revenge is not an Israeli trait. Israelis are more impulsive. More immediate. They don’t plan. They improvise.In this respect, too, … Read more

Don’t get it wrong!

Netanyahu,Don’t get it wrong!Europeans and AmericansGave a wide interpretationTo Israel’s right of self-defense.They did notGive you a green lightTo build settlementsAnd dig a graveFor Israel. Published in “Haaretz” – December 7, 2012

The Strong and the Sweet

IT WAS a day of joy.Joy for the Palestinian people. Joy for all those who hope for peace between Israel and the Arab world. And, in a modest way, for me personally. The General Assembly of the United Nations, the highest world forum, has voted overwhelmingly for the recognition of the State of Palestine, though … Read more

Once And For All!

THE MANTRA of this round was Once And For All. “We must put an end to this (the rockets, Hamas, the Palestinians, the Arabs?) Once and For All!” – this cry from the heart was heard dozens of times daily on TV from the harassed inhabitants of Israel’s battered towns and villages in the South. … Read more