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IT IS POSSIBLE!

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The lesson fromThe prisoner exchange:When the goal is justAnd we struggle for itLong and hard -We can bendEven a NetanyahuAnd achieve what seemsImpossible! Published in “Haaretz”, October 21, 2011

The Second Herzl

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ON YOM KIPPUR eve last week, when real Jews were praying for their lives, I sat on the seashore of Tel Aviv, thinking. I was thinking about our state, the State of Israel, in which I have, so to speak, a founder’s share. Will it endure? Will it be here in another 100 years? Or … Read more

Congratulations!

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12.10.11 Congratulations, first of all, to Gilad Shalit, who will at long last come out of captivity, from darkness into light, from total isolation into the maelstrom of politicians and the media. (It is to be hoped that he would be given a bit of time to be in private with his family, and that … Read more

Logically

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To solveOur social problems -Israel must cutThe defense budget.To cutThe defense budget -Israel must turnTowards peace.To turnTowards peace -Israel must recognizeThe State of Palestine Published in “Haaretz” – October 14, 2011

The More Enemies, The More Honor

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AN OLD photo from World War I shows a company of German soldiers getting on the train on their way to the front. On the wall of the car somebody had scribbled: “viel Feind, viel Ehr’” (“The more enemies, the more Honor”.) In those days, at the very start of what was to be the … Read more

We, the Traitors

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“THERE ARE situations in which a real patriot has no alternative but to be a traitor,” wrote the distinguished German journalist, the late Rudolf Augstein, in a review of one of my books in the late 1980s. “My Friend, the Enemy,” described, among other things, my meeting with Yasser Arafat. It was the first encounter … Read more

Anatot settlers

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Brutally assaultedPalestinians and IsraeliPeace activists.Police was presentBut looked the other waySome of the attackersWere themselves policemenLiving in the settlement. Published in “Haaretz”, October 7, 2011

Israeli activists and Palestinians attacked by settlers near the settlement of Anatot

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Police present at the scene did nothing while the activists were beaten and their cameras smashed Friday morning Israeli activists and Palestinians were attacked by settlers near the settlement of Anatot. The landowner of the plot to which the activists came in order to plant trees was also attacked by the settlers who severely wounded … Read more

Mutiny on the Titanic

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HERE IS a story that has never been told before:When the Titanic was well out into the Atlantic, its crew mutinied. They demanded higher wages, less cramped quarters, better food. Theyassembled on the lower decks and refused to budge from there. A few old hands from the engine room tried to extend the scope of … Read more

QUIZZ

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Who said:“I hope thatOur neighborsWill realize thatWe cannot be madeTo remain a subordinateDependent minorityIn our historic homeland!”Abu Mazen in the UN?Ben Gurion in the UN?(answer: BG 1947) Published in “Haaretz” – September 28, 2011 Cheques, to help us continue the ads and the campaigns, to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033. Please, include your email … Read more