BOOMERANG
ThoseWho preventedNoam ChomskyFrom enteringThe country –Aided and abettedThe worldwide campaignTo boycott theIsraeli universities. Ad in Haaretz May 21, 2010
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Noam Chomsky and the Thought Police
Gush Shalom wrote to the Minister of the Interior – and considers a Supreme Court appeal – demanding clear and transparent criteria for who shall be denied entry into the country and for what arguments. “Such decisions cannot be left to anonymous officials and security operatives, who become a thought police and censor political opinions.” … Read more
A Black Hole
JUST TO die of envy. How the British manage to do these things! What a democracy! What dignity! Elections within a month. A new coalition within five days. A change of government within 70 minutes. A visit to the queen. The departing prime minister takes his wife and two small children, leaves the prime minister’s … Read more
Nuri el-Okbi and the Expert Professor (part two)
The state’s expert witness in the Bedouin Land Case turns out to have written in a book the opposite of the opinion presented to the court. In the latest session of the Bedouin Land Case, conducted before Justice Sarah Dovrat of the Beersheba District Court, there were exposed inconsistencies and inaccuracies in the expert opinion … Read more
A BEDOUIN
Our forefatherAbrahamWas a BedouinIn the Negev.The Netanyahu governmentWould haveExpelled himAnd demolishedHis home. Ad published in Haaretz, May 14, 2010
A Fantasy
I ADMIRE Prof. John Mearsheimer. His rigorous logic. His lucid presentation. His rare moral courage. I was very honored to host him and his colleague, Prof. Stephen Walt, in Tel Aviv, after their book about the Israel lobby in the US provoked a furor. And I don’t agree with his conclusions. A FEW days ago, … Read more
Nuri el-Okbi and the Expert Professor
In the Bedouin land case, the state’s expert witness, Prof. Ruth Kark, sees no need to examine the situation on the ground or meet with the Bedouin inhabitants before giving an expert opinion In this week’s session of the Bedouin Land Case, held before Justice Sarah Dovrat of the Be’er Sheba District Court, Att. Michael … Read more
Another Acre and Another Goat
During my childhood in the 1950s I still heard echoes of the argument (from pre-state days) between the Zionist Labor Movement and the Zionist Right. The Labor Movement people criticized the Zionist Right for declaring the intention of the Zionist Movement to inherit the Land of Israel. They argued that these declarations would arouse Arab … Read more
A Cloud over Jerusalem
EVERYONE HAS the right to change his or her mind. Even Danny Tirzeh. Colonel Tirzeh was responsible for planning the wall that “envelopes” Jerusalem – the one that cuts the city off from the West Bank in order to turn it into the United Capital Of Israel For All Eternity. And now, suddenly, Tirzeh pops … Read more
SHARKS
In East Jerusalem, too,Real estate sharksAre conducting giantBusiness dealsUnder the guise ofZionism.Huge tractsOf landWorth billions,Are given awayBy the stateFor next to nothing.How many “Holylands”Are hidden there? Ad published in HaaretzApril 30, 2010