The racistAdmission Committees billHas been struck fromThe Knesset agenda.The racistLetter of the RabbisHas aroused aPublic storm of protest.In Tel AvivThousands marchedOn Human Rights Day.IT IS POSSIBLETo fight racism!IT IS POSSIBLETo save democracy! Ad in Haaretz – December 17, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box … Read more
THE JUDGE: “You are accused of murdering your wife and two children. How do you plead: Guilty or not guilty?” The accused: “Your honor, I do not deal with the past. I think about the future!” No, not a scene from a comedy. Something very similar really happened. That is how Eli Yishai, the Minister … Read more
Brazil and ArgentinaHave recognizedThe state of PalestineWithin the 1967 borders.The world,Which last weekHas demonstratedIts support for our state,Also supportsThe establishmentOf PalestineNext to us.The state of PalestineMay come to lifeWithout an agreementWith Israel,In spite ofNetanyahu and his gang. Ad in Haaretz – December 10, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns … Read more
FIRST, AN apology: I am not going to write about the Wikileaks.I like gossip as much as the next (wo)man. The leaks provide a lot of it, interspersed with some real information. But there is nothing really new there. The information only confirms what any intelligent person could have worked out already. If there is … Read more
Saturday evening, December 4, 2010 — Forty-eight hours after the terrible fire broke out, racists can no longer stop their frustration at not getting what they wanted – a pretext for an all-out assault against the Arab population in Israel (including the Druze). “I don’t want negligence, I want vengeance on the arsonists!” so wrote … Read more
No more pressureTo freeze the settlements.The AmericansAre busyWith Wikileaks.Meanwhile -Our countryIs slidingDown the slope,Towards disaster. Ad in Haaretz December 3, 2010
A FRIEND of mine in Warsaw told me about a Polish journalist who visited Israel for the first time. On his return he reported with great excitement: “You know what I’ve discovered? In Israel, too, there are Jews!” For this Pole, Jews are people who wear a long black kaftan and a big black hat. … Read more
Today it’sThe Arabs.Tomorrow it will beThe Ethiopians.The day after:The Oriental Jews.After that:YOU. Ad published in Haaretz, November 26, 2010
Limor LivnatIs fitTo serve asMinister of Culture –As Avigdor LiebermanIs fitTo serve asForeign Minister. Ad in Haaretz, November 19, 2010 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.
ON SATURDAY evening, two weeks ago, we returned by taxi from the annual memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin, and as usual got into a conversation with our driver. Generally, these conversations flow smoothly, with lots of laughs. Rachel loves them, because they bring us face-to-face with people we don’t normally meet. The conversations are necessarily … Read more