A RESPECTED American paper posted a scoop this week: Vice-President Dick Cheney, the King of Hawks, has thought up a Machiavellian scheme for an attack on Iran. Its main point: Israel will start by bombing an Iranian nuclear installation, Iran will respond by launching missiles at Israel, and this will serve as a pretext … Read more
photo gallery A few hours after it was announced that 12 Palestinians had been killed in the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army, Gush Shalom called for an improvised protest demonstration in Tel-Aviv. In spite of the holiday and the short notice, 120 protesters gathered near the Ministry of Defense, including activists of other organizations … Read more
BlockadingThe populationOf the Gaza StripIsA war crime.Those who decideAnd those who carry it outMay find themselvesIn The Hague. Ad published in Haaretz, September 28, 2007
TODAY IS Yom Kippur, and almost automatically my thoughts, like those of everybody else who was around at the time, go back 34 years, to that Yom Kippur. I was sitting at home, deep in conversation with a friend, when the sirens suddenly started to wail. The sound of sirens is always frightening, but … Read more
The Jewish Yom KippurAnd the Muslim RamadanAre the appropriate momentFor fulfilling the commandmentOf the Redemption of Prisoners.To release Gilad Shalit.To release Ehud Goldwasser.To release Eldad Regev.To release Marwan Barghouti.To release Ahmad Saadat.To release Said Kuntar.And the elderly, the womenAnd the children. Ad published in Haaretz, September 21, 2007
The starving of the Gaza inhabitants is a crime and a folly. Mistreating a million and a half people will make them the most bitter of enemies. Instead of a cruel policy of naked force, we should negotiate with all Palestinians – including Hamas. “With our own hands we are uniting a million and … Read more
THE DIVISION of the Palestinian territories into a “Hamastan” in the Gaza Strip and a “Fatahland” in the West Bank is a disaster. A disaster for the Palestinians, a disaster for peace, and therefore also a disaster for Israelis. The Israeli political and military leadership is happy about the split, according to the doctrine … Read more
NOTo an invasion of Gaza!!NOTo the mutual shedding of blood!NOTo collective punishment!YESTo a dialogue with the Gaza authorities!YESTo a cease-fire with Hamas! Ad published in Haaretz, September 12, 2007
.Citizens and soldiers pay price for government policy of negotiating with half the Palestinians and making war with the other half. Gush Shalom, the Israeli Peace Bloc, calls for an immediate ceasefire with the Hamas leadership, in order to end the dangerous escalation in the Gaza Strip and its environs.We now face the inevitable results … Read more
.WHEN MY friends fall prey to despair, I show them a piece of painted concrete, which I bought in Berlin. It is one of the remnants of the Berlin wall, which are on sale in the city. I tell them that I intend, when the time comes, to apply for a franchise to sell pieces … Read more