We,Israelis and Palestinians,Are fatedTo live side by side.EitherIn between ceasefiresAs permanent targetsOf “illegitimate shooting’”And “collateral damage”.OrAs peaceful neighborsIn two sovereign states. Published in “Haaretz”, November 23, 2012
photo gallery Tonight’s ceasefire put an end to a week of brutal warfare which caused suffering on both sides of the border. At least, the Government of Israel was able to understand the limitations of power and stop the war before implementing the threatened ground invasion which would have multiplied the destruction and bloodshed and … Read more
I began thinking about refusing to join the Israeli Army during the ‘Cast Lead’ operation in 2008. The wave of aggressive militarism that swept the country then, the expressions of mutual hatred Today, November 19th, Natan Blanc, a 19 years old Israeli from Haifa, will show up at the recruitment bureau, inform officers there of … Read more
HOW DID it start? Stupid question. Conflagrations along the Gaza Strip don’t start. They are just a continuous chain of events, each claimed to be in “retaliation” for the previous one. Action is followed by reaction, which is followed by retaliation, which is followed by … This particular event “started” with the firing from Gaza … Read more
Would have supportedPalestine’s admissionTo the UN.The Netanyahu governmentDeliberately broke a cease-fireTo drag us into aUseless war. Published in “Haaretz” – November 16, 2012
Denmark’s Foreign Minister welcomes the move: “Danish scientific institutions should not support illegal settlements”Gush Shalom calls upon party leaders in the ongoing Israeli elections: supporting settlement activity leads to Israel’s total isolation in the world The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) announced the complete severing of its ties with the college at the Israeli settlement … Read more
photo gallery The name chosen for the new war in Gaza is “operation Cloud Pillar”. A far more appropriate name would have been “Operation Short Memory” Said former Knesset member Uri Avnery, Gush Shalom activist. “Prime Minister Netanyahu is counting on the public’s short memory. Netanyahu counts upon people forgetting that dozens and even hundreds … Read more
photo gallery Gush Shalom joins the call of peace and human rights groups to hold a protest against the war in Gaza today (Thursday Nov. 15) at 7:00 pm in front of the Likud headquarters at 38 King George Street, Tel Aviv and at the same time also in Haifa at Beit Hagefen (Hagefen St. … Read more
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU and his patron, Sheldon Adelson, betted on Mitt Romney, with the State of Israel as their chip.They lost.For Adelson, the betting tycoon, that doesn’t amount to much. Some you win, some you lose. For Netanyahu, it’s a different matter altogether. He grew up in the US (where he got to know Romney in … Read more
Congratulations,Mr. President!Many tasksAnd heavy problemsFace you.But please don’t forget:Israelis and PalestiniansWait for youTo continueWhat you startedIn our region. Ad in “Haaretz” – November 9, 2012