“Gideon Saar ceased to be the minister of education, and turned into Israel’s minister of propaganda, with the purpose of instilling an extreme right-wing ideology into the Israeli education system,” said former Knesset member Uri Avnery in response to the minister’s plan to send pupils to ‘travel’ in Hebron at heavy cost for the Ministry … Read more
Ruling Over a Hostile Population Our rule over three million Palestinian Arabs in the territories has perforce put us in aposition of committing a number of moral outrages. Continued rule will necessitate not onlycontinued denial of many basic rights to Palestinians, but will require our takingadditional steps which are reprehensible, if not morally questionable. While … Read more
Gush Shalom sent this morning an urgent letter to Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein, calling upon him to immediately launch a criminal investigation against the leaders of the “Lehava” organization, on charges of incitement to murder. This letter was sent following a fiery Lehava communiqué published in the aftermath of a racist murder which was perpetrated … Read more
Without hope for a solution, violence will go on. The two peoples will push each other into anabyss of destruction and bereavement. Life will be hell. A new beginning is needed, a new step towards a solution that will allow both sides to live anormal life in peace and security. President Bush’s speech did not … Read more
A Response to Amnon Rubinstein’s Op-Ed “Selective Refusal” in Ha’aretz You, Amnon Rubinstein, professor and Knesseth member, you who sit in your ivory tower inJerusalem and Tel Aviv and enjoy the pleasures of power for the past 20 or so years, you whoperceive yourself morally superior to other politicians, when was the last time that … Read more
Competing narratives and the right of return The results of the recent poll probing the attitudes of Palestinian refugees as to their choice of permanent status led one of us to recall a visit, with a colleague from the Peace Now movement, to three refugee camps in Jordan in 1996. We did not say we … Read more
UNTIL THE very last moment, the Israeli leadership tried to keep Hosni Mubarak in power. It was hopeless. Even the mighty United States was impotent when faced with this tsunami of popular outrage. In the end it settled for second best: a pro-Western military dictatorship. But will this really be the outcome? WHEN CONFRONTED with … Read more
Ladies and Gentleman, Dear Friends, First, let me thank you for inviting me to address such an important gathering. When I received the invitation, I wondered why I, out of all people, have been chosen for thishonor. The only explanation I could come up with was this: That you have been searching all overthe world … Read more
EU description of the outcome of permanent status talks at Taba Introduction This EU non-paper has been prepared by the EU Special Representative to theMiddle East Process, Ambassador Moratinos, and his team after consultationswith the Israeli and Palestinian sides, present at Taba in January 2001. Althoughthe paper has no official status, it has been acknowledged … Read more
Not yet published! Two Jews meet during the first year of the Third Reich. One ofthem is reading “Der. Stuermer.” “Are you crazy?” asks the astounded second man, “reading thatpornographic antisemitic rag?” “I will tell you why,” says thefirst. “In all the other papers I read that Jews are persecuted andpathetic. Only in this paper … Read more