THE PALESTINIANS are planning something thoroughly obnoxious: they intend to apply to the UN for statehood. Why obnoxious? Any Israeli spokesman (not to mention spokeswoman) will tell you readily: because it is a “unilateral” move. How dare they proclaim a state unilaterally? How dare they do so without the consent of the other party to … Read more
The United StatesTreatsJonathan Pollard -As we treatThousands ofPalestinian prisoners,Who also haveFathers. Published in Haaretz – June 24, 2011
I AM fed up with all this nonsense about recognizing Israel as the “Jewish State”. It is based on a collection of hollow phrases and vague definitions, devoid of any real content. It serves many different purposes, almost all of them malign. Binyamin Netanyahu uses it as a trick to obstruct the establishment of the … Read more
“There isNo solutionTo theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict,”Netanyahu declared.He’s right:There isNo solutionAs long asHEIs in power. Published in Haaretz – June 17, 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 address.
MY HERO of the year (for now) is a young brown-haired Palestinian refugee living in Syria called Hassan Hijazi. He was one of hundreds of refugees who held the demonstration on the Syrian side of the Golan border fence, to commemorate the Naqba – “Disaster” – the exodus of more than half the Palestinian people … Read more
Every stateHas the rightTo defend itsInternational borders,ProvidedIt defines its bordersIn agreementWith its neighborsAnd gainsInternational recognition.For them.Netanyahu has doneNeither. Ad in Ha’aretz, June 10, 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 address.
Uri Avnery on the Naksa Day events at the Syrian border: Following the events on the Syrian border, Gush Shalom activist and former Knesset member Uri Avnery said: “Today the army inflicted disproportionate violence on unarmed Palestinian demonstrators in the Golan Heights, more than what is required to protect the border, leading to unnecessary bloodshed. … Read more
photo gallery On Saturday night June 4, the evening before June 5, we marked for the 44th time the anniversary of the Occupation. But at least we are now not anymore alone with the idea as to what the solution should look like. The demonstration was rather than looking back to 1967 anticipating the Palestinian … Read more
I HAD the unqualified blessing of living with Rachel Avnery for 58 years. Last Saturday I took leave of her body. She was as beautiful in death as she was in life. I could not take my eyes off her face.I am writing this to help myself accept the unacceptable. I beg your indulgence. IF … Read more
TheStateOfPalestineIn the1967BordersWithEast JerusalemAs itsCapital. Ad in Ha’aretz, June 3, 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 address.