Total loss
It was trivial greedWhich caused OlmertTo lose his whole world.The greed for settlementsMay cause the State of IsraelTo lose more than that: itself. Ad published in Haaretz, September 12 , 2008
English
High Court to rule on settler’s radio station
Ynet News MEIRAV CRYSTAL, YNET: Station run by ‘Arutz Sheva’ alums suspended activity early 2008 upon Gush Shalom injunction The fate of a divisive radio station being built in the West Bank will be decided in Israel’s High Court of Justice on Thursday. Work on the station was suspended in early 2008 following an … Read more
Lonely Rider
AT THE funeral of Abie Nathan, I said to myself: the Israel-as-it-is takes its leave from the Israel-as-it-could-have-been. From the state that we dreamed of when it was founded. A state where moral considerations govern both domestic and foreign policy. A state whose citizens take responsibility for their own actions and the actions of their … Read more
About the struggle in Nil’in village
Publish Date : 01/09/08 Hebrew [ Download (51.5MB) ]
Hottentot Morality
“If he steals my cow, that is bad. If I steal his cow, that is good” – this moral rule was attributed by European racists to the Hottentots, an ancient tribe in Southern Africa. It’s hard not to be reminded of this when the United States and the European countries cry out against Russia’s recognition … Read more
Two states for two peoples: solution or illusion?
Open Democracy, 21, 07, 2008Is it already too late for the “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Is a “one-state solution” the realistic as well as alluring alternative, where the energies of those committed to a peaceful outcome should be invested? These questions have a particular resonance for me, for as long ago as summer … Read more
ABIE
Abie Nathan -Courageous peace activist,Conducted a hunger strikeAgainst the settlementsAlmost to death,Went twice to jailFor meeting Yasser Arafat,Planned his actions alone,Took on himself the responsibility,Paid the full price,And was loved by the masses.May his memory live on! Ad in Haaretz, August 29, 2008
The boats have gone through – time to remove the siege!
The passage of the boats has proven:the siege on Gaza is a meaningless folly, the time has come to remove it The government of Israel realized that it would be severely damaged by assaulting boats carrying peace activists and humanitarian supplies – and thereby demonstrated to the whole world that the continuing siege of the … Read more
The Devil’s Hoof
I WAS shocked when I read the headline in Haaretz. It quoted Sari Nusseibeh as saying “There is no Room for Two”, meaning two states between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan. What? Has Nusseibeh abandoned his support for a solution based on coexistence between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine? I … Read more
LAST UPDATE: BOATS GET PERMISSION
Gush Shalom to government: let the boats through and don’t harm peace activists The Gush Shalom movement calls upon the government to let the two humanitarian boats which sailed yesterday from Cyprus, carrying peace and human rights activists from 17 countries (among them Prof. Jeff Halper of Jerusalem) to sail unmolested, reach the Gaza shores … Read more