NIGHT. UTTER darkness. Heavy rain. Visibility close to nil. And suddenly – a flash of lightning. For a fraction of a second, the landscape is lit up. For this split second, the terrain surrounding us can be seen. It is not the way it used to be. OUR GOVERNMENT’ action against the Gaza aid flotilla … Read more
OnlyA judicial inquiry commissionIndependent of the governmentWith powers to interrogateAll those involved –From Netanyahu and BarakTo the last commando soldier –Will be credibleTo Israeli and internationalPublic opinion.ThereforeGush Shalom has requestedThe Supreme CourtTo disbandThe Turkel commissionAnd appoint aJudicial committee. Ad in Haaretz – June 18, 2010 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the … Read more
To the Labor Party, Party Headquarters, Beit Berl I would like to announce my resignation from membership in the Labor Party, effective immediately. The thought of taking such a step has been running through my head since the party accepted the role of “fig leaf” in the most right-wing nationalist government which this country had … Read more
I am one of the remaining veterans of the Haganah, who had served in the British Army and thereafter were among the initiators of the Ha’apala [illegal immigration] of Holocaust survivors, struggling with the forces of victorious Great Britain for the right to arrive at the shores of this country. Its warships and soldiers, those … Read more
Supreme Court Judge Neal Hendel stated that a bench of three judges will within 21 days hear the petition filed by the Gush Shalom movement. In the appeal lodged through lawyers Gaby Lasky, Lymor Goldstein and Neri Ramati, “Gush Shalom” asked the Supreme Court to order the dissolution of the Tirkel Commission which is ” … Read more
Even if it wants to, the Tirkel Commission can’t probe the real issues and the international friends of Dore Gold won’t bite. Gush Shalom prepares appeal to the Supreme Court. The Gush Shalom movement intends to petition the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, challenging the validity of the Netanyahu Government’s decision to establish the Tirkel Commission … Read more
If a real Commission of Inquiry had been set up (instead of the pathetic excuse for a commission), here are some of the questions it should have addressed: What is the real aim of the Gaza Strip blockade? If the aim is to prevent the flow of arms into the Strip, why are only 100 … Read more
Which holy principleIs shared bothBy the GovernmentAnd the “opposition”?“Soldiers must notBe interrogated!”How to call a regimeThat forbids criticismOf the military?It can haveMany names –Democracy is notOne of them Ad published in Haaretz, June 11, 2010
What took place at the Knesset House Committee had nothing to do with a democratic discussion or debate. The thuggish assault of Knesset members upon KM Hanin Zuabi. like the thuggish offensive of “Im Tirtzu” on The NewIsrael Fund, and like the attack of street thugs on Uri Avnery at Tel-Aviv’s Ibn Gvirol Street, is … Read more
ON THE high seas, outside territorial waters, the ship was stopped by the navy. The commandos stormed it. Hundreds of people on the deck resisted, the soldiers used force. Some of the passengers were killed, scores injured. The ship was brought into harbor, the passengers were taken off by force. The world saw them walking … Read more