EHUD OLMERT raised his hands before his face, two fingertips almost touching: “We were that close!” He was talking about the negotiation he had conducted personally with Mahmoud Abbas, just before he himself was forced to vacate the Prime Minister’s office. That was the climax of the speech he made last week at a meeting … Read more
Both were put in jail Tuesday for resisting deportation, Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire being stopped at Ben Gurion Airport; Dr. Edith Lutz at sea, on the way to Gaza on the Jewish Boat. After peace sailor Luzt was convinced that the Israelis who had been on the boat with her got safely … Read more
The Tel Aviv-based Association of Physicians for Human Rights has won this year’s Alternative Nobel Prize (Right Livelihood). It will be awarded in a ceremony to be held in the Swedish Parliament building on December 6 this year – four days before the official Nobel Prize awarding ceremony. The prize committee noted especially the association’s … Read more
AgainstThe whole worldThe bulldozersAre startingTo buildIn the settlements –And to digA graveFor Israel. Ad published in Haaretz, October 1, 2010
photo gallery September 28, 2010 – “How can you demonstrate here, where a woman was killed by a Qassam? Why are you helping the Arabs and not us?” said a bypasser to the activists and family members who stood waiting and waving signs for hours across the street from the Ashdod police station. “The purpose … Read more
The Jewish Peace Boat, sailing today, Sept. 26, from Cyprus in the direction of Gaza, is a reminder of the isolation which we in Israel bring upon ourselves. A country bound upon conquest and occupation, whose government is hostage to extremist settlers, is increasingly losing also the support of world Jewry. Gush Shalom, the Israeli … Read more
SURFING THE television channels, I came across an interview with the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on an American network (Fox – would you believe it). “My grandfather told us to love the enemy even while fighting him,” he said, “he fought against the British resolutely, but loved the British.” (I quote from memory.) My immediate … Read more
photo gallery The decision whether or not to continue the freeze on settlement construction is not a momentary, tactical decision. It is a strategic decision with implications for the State of Israel’s very future. Continued creation of “facts on the ground”, the ongoing takeover of Palestinian lands simultaneously with supposedly negotiating the fate of the … Read more
Now itBecomes clear:“Cast Lead”Was conductedBy a bunchOf irresponsibleManipulatorsAnd liars,Who cheatedEach otherAnd the public.And the next war? Ad in Haaretz – September 24, 2010 – after Olmerts disclosures Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
IN THE main thoroughfare, beneath my window, there was absolute silence. Not a single vehicle was moving. We were sunk in conversation with a friend of ours, when something unbelievable happened. The air-raid sirens started to wail. Within minutes, cars started to race down the street at a crazy speed, men were leaving their houses … Read more