HERE AND NOW!

Tzipi Livni wantsTo join the oppositionAnd lead the peace camp.In the meantime,She is part of the governmentThat prevents the releaseOf Gilad ShalitIn a prisoner exchangeAnd obstructs the cease-fireThat would have preventedThe Qassams.But the task of the“Leader of the peace camp”Does not start tomorrow –It startsRight now! Ad published in Haaretz, March 6,, 2009

10 Ways to Kill Fatah

979 DAYS HAVE passed since the soldier Gilad Shalit was taken prisoner. On any one of these days it would have been possible to free him for the price fixed by Hamas right from the beginning: 450 “important” Palestinian prisoners, in addition to hundreds of others, as well as all the women and juvenile prisoners. … Read more

WAR IS PEACE

The way to peaceIs to make warOn Hamas –Thus President Shimon PeresBerated the EuropeansWho want to start aPeace dialogue with Hamas.“War is peace”Was the slogan of theEvil tyrannyDescribed by George Orwell.Orwell is dead. His vision isAlive and kickingIn the President’s residence. Ad in Haaretz, February 27, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: … Read more

The Great Gamble

“IACTA ALEA EST” – the die is cast – said Julius Caesar and crossed the River Rubicon on his way to conquer Rome. That was the end of Roman democracy. We don’t have a Julius Caesar. But we do have an Avigdor Liberman. When he announced his support the other day for the setting up … Read more

Four years to the Bil’in struggle – tear gas as usual

photo gallery A government comes, a government goes – and the struggle continues. Four years of struggle and non-violent resistance, a struggle which made “Bil’in” into a household name in the Palestinian territories and also in Israel and around the world. An example from which other villagers have learned whose lands were also robbed. Small … Read more

Honored guests

Begin and ShamirWere considered“Dangerous terrorists”By the British government.As Israel’s Prime MinistersBoth were receivedAs honored guestsIn London.From amongThe “heavy terrorists”To be freed in returnFor Gilad ShalitWill come our partnersFor peace negotiations. Ad in Haaretz, February 20, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033

Ms Tantalus

TANTALUS IS punished by the Gods for reasons that are not entirely clear. He is hungry and thirsty, but the water in which he stands recedes when he bends down to drink from it and the fruit above his head continually evades his hand. Tzipi Livni is now undergoing a similar torture. After winning an … Read more

Strength through opposition

The new KnessetWill set up a governmentThat will be unableTo moveEven one stepTowards peace.The peace campMust now createA strong opposition –So that a differentKind of governmentWill come into beingAfter the next elections. Ad in Haaretz, February 13, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033

Who deserves our vote – and who doesn’t – a comment on Avnery article 07/02/09

Who deserves our vote? In my view, in these elections the parties whose heads initiated and conducted the bloody war in Gaza are completely ineligible for the votes of peace-seekers who had opposed the war. In anti-war demonstrations the suspicion was often voiced that the war was intended, at least in part, to achieve electoral … Read more

Dirty Socks

“I have some good news and some bad news,” the sergeant in the joke tells his men. “The good news is that you are going to change your dirty socks. The bad news is that you are going to exchange them among yourselves.” I am not the only person who is reminded of this old … Read more