Another provocative settlementIn East Jerusalem.Another slap in the faceOf our few remaining friendsIn the world.The enemies of IsraelDo not have to workFor the de-legitimizationOf Israel.Their work is being done byOur government. Ad published in Haaretz, November 12, 2010
“HALF AND HALF,” the late Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol, is said to have answered, when asked whether he wanted tea or coffee. This joke was intended to parody his hesitation on the eve of the Six-day War. (Though secret documents published this week show Eshkol in a very different light.) The American public now resembles … Read more
Less than a month after Gush Shalom turned to the Attorney General Milstein was fired – now the job has to be finished by also disbanding the racist militia. Uri Avnery: “The mayor did well when he stopped the campaign of incitement in Karmiel by Milstein. Now he has to finish the job and immediately … Read more
photo gallery For update on demonstration April 21, read the Haaretz report For the second time within a month, hundreds of intellectuals, writers and artists gathered today (November 7, 2010) to protest against the wave of racism that is flooding the country. This time, too, the protest took place opposite the building where David Ben-Gurion … Read more
“Caterpillar” has suspendedThe supply of D-9 bulldozersTo the IDF.The Dutch police have raidedThe offices of a companyThat builds in the settlements.The British Foreign MinisterHas met withThe Bil’in and Sheikh-JarrahProtesters.The message is clear.When shall weUnderstand it? Ad in Haaretz, November 5, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush … Read more
I WAS surprised when, towards the end of 1975, I received an invitation from the Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin, to meet him at his residence. He opened the door himself, poured me a glass of whisky, poured one for himself, and without any further ado asked me: “Tell me, Uri, have you decided to destroy … Read more
Fifty yearsAfter the death ofMartin Luther King,Who put an end toRacial SegregationIn America –- In IsraelThe law of“Reception Committees”Takes usIn the opposite direction. Ad in Haaretz, October 29, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
If the Knesset adopts the racist “Admissions Committee Bill” we will appeal to the Supreme Court. The nature of the bill is exposed in the appointment of a representative of the Jewish Agency to the Appeal Committee which is supposed to protect Arabs from discrimination. The cat is made responsible for guarding the cream. The … Read more
IN BERLIN, an exhibition entitled “Hitler and the Germans” has just opened. It examines the factors that caused the German people to bring Adolf Hitler to power and follow him to the very end. I am too busy with the problems of Israeli democracy to fly to Berlin. Pity. Because since childhood, precisely this question … Read more
“Is a governmentThat reliesOn the support ofArab MembersOf the KnessetIllegitimate?”This question wasPosed toYitzhak RabinIn the last interviewBefore the murder.His reply:“Anyone who says soIs a racist!” Ad in Haaretz, October 22, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033