EVERY GERMAN child knows the story of the Captain of Koepenick. The scene is 1908 Germany, with the Second Reich at the peak of its power, ruled by a Kaiser who is almost always decked out in a splendid military uniform. A shoemaker named Wilhelm Voigt is released from prison, after doing time for fraud. … Read more
photo gallery “Neighbors – YES! Apartheid – NO!” said one of the posters that were carried by the demonstrators at Wadi Muhammad, near Beit-Jala. Some 200 activists of Gush Shalom and other peace movements answered the call of the villagers and protested on Tuesday (7.7.09) against the fence that separates the villagers from their olive … Read more
Lieberman admitted frankly:“I live in a settlement.Therefore I cannotNegotiate with the US.”The settlements areA violation of international Law.How can a person living thereRepresent Israel abroad?It’s a shame for the countryThat its governmentRepresents the settlers -And not its citizens! Ad in Haaretz, July 10, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns … Read more
NOT EVERY day, and not even every decade, does the Supreme Court rebuke the Military Advocate General. The last time this happened was 20 years ago, when the Advocate General refused to issue a proper indictment against an officer who ordered his men to break the arms and legs of a bound Palestinian. The officer … Read more
When Israel recalledIts ambassador from Vienna,Because Haider’s party hadEntered the government –That was not interferenceIn their internal affairs.When President SarkosyAdvises Netanyahu toDismiss Lieberman asForeign Minister –That, of course, isInterference in our affairs. Ad in Haaretz, July 3, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and the campaigns – to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, … Read more
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of Iranian citizens pour into the streets in order to protest against their government! What a wonderful sight! Gideon Levy wrote in Haaretz that he envies the Iranians. And indeed, anyone who tries these days to get Israelis in any numbers into the streets could die of envy. It is very difficult … Read more
Those who oppressMillions of PalestiniansFor 42 years –Rave about the freedom fighters- in Iran.Those who rejected the resultsOf the Palestinian elections –Are shocked by the thwartingOf the people’s will- in Iran.Those who shoot and killPalestinian demonstratorsIn Wadi Ara, Bilin and Nialin –Shudder at the sight ofThe police shooting protesters- in Iran. Ad published in Haaretz, … Read more
“YOU MUST be celebrating,” the interviewer from a popular radio station told me after Netanyahu’s speech. “After all, he is accepting the plan which you proposed 42 years ago!” (Actually it was 60 years ago, but who is counting?) The front page of Haaretz carried an article by Gideon Levy, in which he wrote that … Read more
Netanyahu demands thatThe PalestiniansRecognize Israel asThe “State of the Jewish People”.In Oslo, the PalestiniansHave already recognizedThe sovereign State of Israel.All other definitionsAre our own affair.Until this very dayWe have not succeededEven to decideWho is a Jew.How does that concernThe Palestinians? Ad in Haaretz, June 19, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads – and … Read more
Netanyahu’s statement about Palestinian statehood is devoid of content. The declaration was accompanied by an enormous list of preconditions which are designed for its not implementation. The true core of the speech is the continuation of settlement construction. The bombastic declaration of Prime Minister Netanyahu, regarding his supposed willingness to accept the creation of Palestinian … Read more