“I sat down a whole night in Damascus with Haled Mash’al and other members of the Hamas leadership in order to facilitate their inclusion in the political process and in a Palestinian National Unity Government which could be a partner to negotiations. From here I am going to Gaza on a similar mission” said former … Read more
Netanyahu’s biggest problem is to make believe that the old is new. To make yesterday’s tired old clichés sound like the rallying call for tomorrow. But how to do that without using winks? REMEMBER DOV WEISGLASS? The one who said that peace must wait until the Palestinians become Finns? Who talked about preserving the peace … Read more
OBAMA IS RIGHT! There are no legal settlements! All the settlements sit on stolen land! There is no difference between “private” Arab land and the land reserves of the villages, which are called “government land”! All the settlements were set up with the money of the Israeli tax-payers! The “natural increase” of the settlements must … Read more
WHILE OBAMA proclaims the 21st century, the government of Israel is returning to the 19th. ONE MAN spoke to the world, and the world listened. He walked onto the stage in Cairo, alone, without hosts and without aides, and delivered a sermon to an audience of billions. Egyptians and Americans, Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and … Read more
photo gallery The day after Youssuf Akul Srour was killed in cold blood by a Border Guard sharpshooter during a demonstration against the Wall at Na’ilin village, 3000 protesters marched through the streets of Tel-Aviv to mark the 42nd anniversary of the Occupation. “Democracy cannot be built / Over the bodies of demonstrators!” the protesters … Read more
42 years of corrupting the country42 years of creeping annexation42 years of robber settlement42 years of increasing violence42 years of sabotaging peace THE OCCUPATION IS A DISASTER! End the Occupation – together with the other peace movements well shall demonstrate tomorrow, Saturday evening, starting 6 pm at Tel-Aviv’s Rabin Square. Ad in Haaretz, June 5, … Read more
Uri Avnery: “Obama offers real hope to Israelis and Palestinians where Netanyahu’s ‘Government of Yesterday’ has nothing to offer” “As an Israeli patriot I must say, without the shadow of a doubt, that at this moment the President of United States understands the interests of Israel much better than Israel’s own Prime Minister and his … Read more
The tear gas, shot so abundantly on non-violent demonstrators in Bil’in Is not even considered against racist thugs who burn fields It’s nice to hear ministers and senior police and army officers condemn the settler rampage. But if the speakers mean what they say, how come that they didn’t even try to make use of … Read more
The so called “Loyalty Law”, the brainchild of the racist provocateur Avigdor Lieberman, was designed to deprive millions of Israelis of their citizenship and turn Israel into an outspoken racist state and society. The widespread anger, alarm and indignation roused by this and other racist provocative bills left the government no choice but to take … Read more
HOW LUCKY we are to have the extreme Right standing guard over our democracy. This week, the Knesset voted by a large majority (47 to 34) for a law that threatens imprisonment for anyone who dares to deny that Israel is a Jewish and Democratic State. The private member’s bill, proposed by MK Zevulun Orlev … Read more