The headlines proclaim:”2007 was a good year” -A year of improved security,Economic prosperity,And generally.The people of SderotDid not sufferFrom the rockets.The elderlyDid not seek for foodIn the trashcans.The millions of PalestiniansDid not suffer under the occupation.The million and a half inhabitantsOf the Gaza stripWere not starved by the siege.What a wonderful year! Ad published in … Read more
MEPHISTO, the demon who bought the soul of Faust in Goethe’s monumental drama, describes himself as “a part of that force which always wants the bad and always creates the good.” Yossi Beilin, who resigned this week as chairman of the Meretz party, is Mephisto’s opposite: he always wants the good and all too often … Read more
In Lebanon War IIThe Israeli armyUsed cluster bombsThat covered the groundWith millions of small bombsWhich are now continuingTo kill and maim.This week,The army advocate generalDecided that nobody ofThose responsibleHas committed a war crime.Because only PalestiniansHave “blood on their hands”? Ad published in Haaretz, December 28, 2007
FORGET THE Qassams. Forget the mortar shells. They are nothing compared with what Hamas launched at us this week: The chief of the Hamas government in the Gaza Strip, Ismail Haniyeh, has approached an Israeli newspaper and proposed a cease-fire. No more Qassams, no more mortars, no suicide bombings, no Israeli military incursions into the … Read more
Hamas proposesA mutual cease-fire:An end to the launching of Qassams,An end to incursions and assassinations.Israeli security expertsSupport the acceptance of this offerBut dare not speak up.The security establishmentDoes not want to stop.As always.Olmert answers:”There is nothing to speak about.”That is a crime againstThe inhabitants of Sderot,Against the inhabitants of Gaza,Against all of us.There is somebody … Read more
Gush Shalom appeals to the Supreme Court, to enable the movement’s members to visit imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti;“Prohibiting security prisoners to receive visits from friends is not legal.” Faduah Barghouti under the picture of Marwan, with Rachel and Uri Avnery Gush Shalom (the Israeli Pace Bloc) and its members Uri Avnery, Rachel Avnery, Teddy … Read more
THE MOST famous words ever spoken in Gaza were the last words of Samson (Judges, 16, 30): “Let me die with the Philistines!” According to the Biblical story, Samson took hold of the central pillars of the Philistine temple and brought down the whole building upon the Lords of the Philistines, the people of Gaza … Read more
photo gallery A shocking first-hand report about living conditions in the Gaza Strip was delivered Thursday (Dec. 13, 2007) to a group of Israeli peace activists. They met in the Gush Shalom office in Tel-Aviv to listen to the testimony of Dr. Eyad Sarraj, one of the few people who still succeed in getting out … Read more
Three weeksAfter Annapolis:In Khan-Yunis -Tanks shoot and crush.In Gaza -People ride on donkeysBecause there is no petrol.In Har-Homa -300 more housing unitsAre added to the settlement.But don’t worry -Soon Bush will comeAnd have anotherPhoto-op. Ad published in Haaretz, December 14, 2007
IT WAS like an atom bomb falling on Israel.The earth shook. Our political and military leaders were all in shock. The headlines screamed with rage.What happened?A real catastrophe: the American intelligence community, comprising 16 different agencies, reached a unanimous verdict: already in 2003, the Iranians terminated their efforts to produce a nuclear bomb, and they … Read more