“When millions of people erroneously believe that they are a nation, conduct themselves like a nation and fight like a nation – well, then they are a nation.” A Serbian is driving down the highway in the wrong direction, listening to music on the radio. Suddenly the program is interrupted by an urgent announcement: “Warning! … Read more
With the blessing ofOlmert and Barak,A “regional” radio stationBelonging to the settlersIs quietly being established.Only the Gush ShalomApplication to the Supreme CourtIs still holding it up.If political radio is allowed -Why only for the extreme Right?Let’s have a radio stationThat supports peace,Opposes the occupationAnd rejects superfluous wars!Let’s have freedom of expressionFor ALL! This week the … Read more
photo gallery The gates of Gaza opened – and seven tons of essential supplies have entered the Gaza Strip. It was the climax of a 2-weeks fight, in the course of which the Israeli peace organizations threatened to go to the Supreme Court, while supporters from all over the world followed the struggle closely. The … Read more
EVERY PEOPLE elevate the profession in which they excel. If a person in the street were asked to name the area of enterprise in which we Israelis excel, his answer would probably be: Hi-Tech. And indeed, in this area we have recorded some impressive achievements. It seems as if hardly a day passes without an … Read more
THE CONVOYOn the morning of Monday, Feb. 18 – after long delays – the relief convoy of two weeks ago will at last be transferred into the Gaza Strip; seven tons of basic food and water filters will arrive at the Sufa Border Crossing; peace activists will accompany the supplies until the checkpoint, holding up … Read more
Experience showsThat nothing goodComes out ofAssassinations.An assassinationIs followed byRevenge.Dozens of innocentsAre killed in theVicious circle ofRevenge and bloodshed.Experience showsThat the placeOf the assassinated,Is almost alwaysTaken by aMore talentedEnemy.See under: Mussawi.* *Hizbullah leader Abbas Mussawi was assassinated in Lebanonby Israeli attack helicopters in 1992. He was replaced bythe vastly more capable Hassan Nasrallah. Ad in Haaretz … Read more
A WISE person once said: “A fool learns from his experience. An intelligent person learns from the experience of others.” To which one could add: “And an idiot does not even learn from his own experience.” So what can we learn from a book which shows that we do not learn from experience? All this … Read more
Stop thisMadness!Stop making lifeIn Sderot and GazaUnbearable!Talk withHamas!CEASE FIRE!!! Ad in Haaretz, February 8, 2008
FOR SOME days, the country looked like the Place de la Concorde in 1793. The entire public sat expectantly facing the guillotine, waiting for the tumbril to bring the marquis, for the marquis to lie down, for the blade to fall on his neck and for a soldier to hold up the bloody, severed head … Read more
When the governmentFails in the conductof a war,The citizen wait excitedlyFor the report of theCommittee of inquiry.When the governmentFails in achieving peace,There is noCommission of inquiry,The citizens wait obedientlyFor the next war. Ad in Haaretz, February 1, 2008