photo gallery There could not have been a more appropriate location for the protest: the large square in front of Jaffa Gate, exactly on the Green Line between East and West Jerusalem. There, on Thursday (10.9.09) gathered hundreds of Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators to protest against the designs of the government and the municipality to … Read more
Prime Minister Netanyahu has managed to surpass his own records of cynicism, cheating and sheer chutzpah. The idea of approving wholesale the construction of hundreds of houses in the settlements before announcing a “construction freeze” is reminiscent of a fireman who before putting out a fire is pouring on it several barrels of gasoline. Not … Read more
Neither prizes for schoolsWho “encourage enlistment”Nor lectures by officersIn school classesWill increase the motivationTo join the army.That will happen onlyWhen the IDF will stopBeing an occupation armyAnd become again an armyFor the defense of Israel. Ad in Haaretz, Sep. 4, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush … Read more
Dear Uri, I must admit that writing these word to you doesn’t come easy to me and I am doing so with some trepidation. To me, as I am sure to many peace loving people in Israel and abroad, you have been for more than the last 40 years an inspiration and a reason to … Read more
photo gallery It was a unique demonstration: songs instead of speeches, dance instead of condemnations. On Saturday night (29.8.09), a small protest vigil was to be held in front of the tents of the two families which had been evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem. But instead of the expected few dozens (judging from … Read more
Education Minister Gideon Sa’arWants to take pupils to JerusalemIn order to“Imbue them with values”.Will they also visitThe Palestinian familiesIn the Sheikh-Jarakh quarterWho were thrown out of their homesIn the middle of the nightTo be replaced by settlers? Ad published in Haaretz, August 28, 2009
For days the Israeli political establishment and mainstream media engaged in an unrestrained campaign of demonization of Sweden. Only after having already castigated Swedes as “antisemites” did mass circulation newspaper Yediot Aharonot take the elementary journalistic step of sending a reporter to check the facts. Ronny Shaked’s Aug. 24 article revealed no organ harvesting horror … Read more
MY FIRST thought was: Good God, this man was responsible for the lives of our soldiers! The second thought was: What’s the big surprise? You always knew what kind of person he was! After all, during his years as the army’s Chief of Staff he quietly supported the setting up of “illegal” settlement outposts all … Read more
As long asMoshe Ya’alonRemains in theGovernment –The Prime MinisterIs responsibleFor hisFascist utterances. Ad in Haaretz, Aug. 21, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033
THE ANCIENT port of Acre is now the object of a fierce battle. The Arab inhabitants of the town want the port to bear the name of an Arab hero, Issa al Awam, a general under Saladin, the Muslim leader who defeated the Crusaders. The municipality of Acre, which of course is dominated by the … Read more