FOR SEVERAL weeks now, our army and navy have been in a state of high alert, bravely facing a deadly threat to our very existence: ten little boats trying to reach Gaza. These vessels are carrying a dangerous gang of vicious terrorists, in the form of elderly veterans of peace campaigns. Binyamin Netanyahu has affirmed … Read more
The Marhaba to Palestine campaign is aimed at protesting the ongoing travel restrictions imposed by The State of Israel on those entering end exiting the occupied Palestinian territories, and the ongoing denial of Palestinian human rights Usually, an international activist who wishes to visit Palestine has to conceal her/his political intentions when landing at Ben … Read more
To The Minister of Internal Security, Mr. Yitzhak Aharonowitz Dear Sir, According to reports in the media, the Prime Minister has entrusted you with handling what is known as the “Fly-In,” i.e. hundreds of peace activists from abroad who are scheduled to land at Ben-Gurion Airport this Friday. You have been quoted as saying that … Read more
A few hundredPeace activistsFrom around the worldAre trying to landIn Ben-Gurion airportAnd cross IsraelIn order to reachRamallah and Bethlehem.The entire stateHas been mobilizedTo stop them.Have weGone crazy? Published in Haaretz, July 8, 2011
Statement of Support for the Gaza-Bound Freedom Flotilla July 4, 2011 We, Israeli organizations, Jewish and Arab, full-heartedly support Freedom Flotilla, aim of sailing to the Port of Gaza with the proclaimed goals of breaking through the sea and land siege and blockade of Gaza, which is a manifestation of a continuing occupation by Israel. … Read more
THE ARCHBISHOP of New York announces that any Catholic who rents out an apartment to a Jew commits a mortal sin and runs the risk of excommunication. A protestant priest in Berlin decrees that a Christian who employs a Jew will be banished from his parish. Impossible? Indeed. Except in Israel – in reverse, of … Read more
StoppingThe Gaza flotillaWill beSuperfluous,Dangerous,And even more so:Stupid.Let them pass! Published in Haaretz, July 1, 2011
“Even before a single vessel could sail out towards the port of Gaza, the flotilla had already driven the Netanyahu government into confusion, disorientation and virtual panic,” said former Knesset Member Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom. “The one who does not learn from history is condemned to repeat it. In this case, the Government of … Read more
The consumer boycott against the cottage cheese grabbed the headlines and stole the show in the Knesset and the cabinet. Politicians from all parts of the political spectrum praised highly this civic initiative, to boycott “the cheese with the lumps” in protest against the scandalous upsurge in its price so as to pressure the producers … Read more
Uri Avnery: The “anti-boycott” bill is an assault on the freedom of expression and political association, an attempt to gag the opposition. It would greatly accelerate the process of Israel’s de-legitimation in the international arena. Boycotting the settlements is not ‘a boycott of Israel’ – it is a boycott for the sake of Israel. Following … Read more