REAL PEACE

There hasNot beenAnd thereWill not beReal peace withThe Egyptian people(As distinctFrom the regime)Without peace withThe Palestinian people. Ad in Haaretz, February 4, 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.

the Geneva Accord, Part A

The following is the text of the Geneva Accord, obtained exclusively by Haaretz Draft Permanent Status Agreement Preamble The State of Israel (hereinafter “Israel”) and the Palestine Liberation Organization(hereinafter “PLO”), the representative of the Palestinian people (hereinafter the”Parties”) : Reaffirming their determination to put an end to decades of confrontation and conflict, andto live in … Read more

Only one who lost all basic human feeling can oppose the aspiration of young Egyptians to live in a democracy.

To maintain and strengthen the peace with Egypt, we must end the occupation and make peace with the Palestinians. Only one who has lost all basic human feeling can oppose the aspiration of masses of young Egyptians, mostly secular, to live in a democracy and enjoy the basic rights which citizens of Israel take for … Read more

The Aljazeera Scandal

I ALWAYS thought this a specifically Israeli trait: whenever a scandal of national proportions breaks out, we ignore the crucial issues and focus our attention on some secondary detail. This spares us having to face the real problems and making painful decisions. There are examples galore. The classic one centered on the question: “Who Gave … Read more

THE PROOF

The AljazeeraDisclosures prove:We haveA partnerFor peace.The PalestiniansDon’t haveA partnerFor peace. Ad in Haaretz, January 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 address.

The World is no Golem

ISRAEL IS, as we well know, the land of unlimited impossibilities.In Israel, for example, the diplomats are striking. A strike of diplomats? But that is impossible! Postmen strike. Longshoremen strike. But diplomats? The most conservative, the most establishment people? The people who serve any Israeli government, whatever its complexion? Who find pretexts for all its … Read more

REPRESENTATION

Last Saturday,Tens of thousandsDemonstratorsProved that there isA large campThat wantsA different Israel,Just, sane andStriving for peace.This camp has noAppropriate politicalAnd parliamentaryRepresentation,As revealedOnce moreBy Ehud Barak’sDirty trick. Ad in Haaretz, January 21, 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

The Crown and the Coals

LEBANON IS in crisis. And what is new?Since the founding of the state, 90 years ago, the word “crisis” has been inseparably linked with its name. From the Israeli perspective, this crisis has a double significance. First, it endangers the quiet on the Northern border. Every internal crisis in Lebanon can easily lead to a … Read more

We are not loyal – to a government of racists!

photo gallery “The Slumbering Majority wakes up” proclaimed large signs as the human river flowed from the entrance to the Gan Meir Park and unto the streets. Later on, KM Nitzan Horowitz would proclaim from the podium, to the crowd overflowing the Museum Plaza: “Look around you: We are not small and we are not … Read more

THE THREAT

A stream of invectiveIs flowing from the officeOf the racist Foreign MinisterAppointed by Netanyahu.A PM who keeps LiebermanIn his cabinetAnd relies on his supportBears direct responsibilityFor the threatTo Israeli democracy. Tomorrow, Saturday, we shall join all peace and human rights organization in a March to Defend Democracy. Departure at 7pm from King George Street near … Read more