Admitting and shooting

The Chief of Staff,Gabi Ashkenazi,Admitted that the pathOf the “Separation Fence”Was devised to expropriatePalestinian landFor the settlers andReal estate sharks,Not for security.On the morrow,His soldiers killed10 year old Ahmad MoussaIn a protest against this fence. Ad published in Haaretz, August 1, 2008

Demonstration today, Wed. July 30, 7:00 pm at Defence Minister Barak’s home

10 year-old Ahmad Husam Yousef Mousa was murdered yesterday as he demonstrated, together with his friends against the separation fence which is being constructed on the lands of his village Nilin, taking away the lands and sole source of livelihood of many of its inhabitants. When Ahmad and his friends reached the construction site the … Read more

HOW MANY CHILDREN MURDERED?

photo gallery “Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense, How many children have you murdered until now?” This cry echoed Wednesday (30.7) under the windows of Barak’s apartment, high up in the Akirov Towers in Tel Aviv. 24 hours after a soldier had killed with live ammunition from a short distance the 10 year old boy Ahmad … Read more

Punishing the messenger

The shooting atA handcuffed PalestinianIs not exceptional.What is exceptionalIs that it was photographed.Clearly, for every actOf photographed harassmentThere are dozensWhich are not photographed.It is also clearThat the armyWill neither investigateNor punish.And that the fatherOf the girl photographerWas arrested. Ad published in Haaretz, July 25, 2008

Top of the iceberg

.The shooting of a tied-up Palestinian detainee at Ni’ilin is an example of what takes place every day in the Occupied TerritoriesInvestigation of soldiers and officers must be taken out of the army’s handsThe battalion commander present during the shooting should be prosecuted There must be put an end to the situation where the Army … Read more

Different Planets

I SPENT the whole day flipping between the Israeli channels and Aljazeera. It was an eerie experience: in a fraction of a second I could switch between two worlds, but all the channels reported on exactly the same occasion. In one section of the breaking news, the events happened at a distance of a few … Read more

Let’s do it

One dayGilad Shalit willCome home toHis family.One dayOur prisonsWill be emptied ofPalestinian prisoners,And they, too,Will return toTheir families.Let’s not wait.Let’s do it. Ad published in Haaretz, July 18, 2008