VICTORY CELEBRATION IN BIL’IN

photo gallery “A demonstration without tear gas and stun grenades is no demonstration,” joked one of the demonstrators. And indeed, for a long time Bil’in has not seen such a relaxed demonstration. The Border-policemen stood at readiness along the fence. Their commander stood on the roof of an armored jeep, arms folded on his chest, … Read more

Balance

This week the Supreme CourtOrdered to transfer the FenceAnd return to the people of Bil’inTheir stolen agricultural land.Very good – but the courtAlso gave legal confirmationTo a settlement housing projectThat was built illegallyOn Bil’in land.The message: settlers,Build quickly! Create facts!All that you succeed in stealingThe court will approve -Retroactively. TODAY (7/9) we shall take part, … Read more

Supreme Court “saving Israel’s honour”

.Connection of fence route with shady real estate deals must be further investigated. “Today Justices Beinish, Procacha and Rivlin fulfilled the task entrusted to the judges of a Supreme Court in democratic state – to prevent the state authorities from perpetrating in justice. In deciding to reject the route of Separation Fence which was drawn … Read more

A sad story

Yediot Aharonot censored a death noticefor Palestinian children killed by the army Press Release, August 30, 2007 Following the killing of three children in the Gaza Strip, the third such case within one week of Palestinian children being shot to death by Israeli forces, the Gush Shalom movement decided to publish death notices with the … Read more

A bruised reed

IN THE year 701 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem. The Bible records the words which the Assyrian general, Rabshakeh, addressed to Hezekiah, king of Judah: “Now, behold, thou trusteth upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce … Read more

A BRUISED REED

IN THE year 701 BC, the Assyrian king Sennacherib besieged Jerusalem. The Bible records the words which the Assyrian general, Rabshakeh, addressed to Hezekiah, king of Judah: “Now, behold, thou trusteth upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce … Read more

Day and night

During the day,Olmert embracesMahmoud AbbasAnd speaks aboutPermanent peaceAnd a rosy futureFor the Palestinians.During the night,Children are being killed,Land is being stolen,Destruction is being wrought.During the day – deception.During the night – reality. Ad published in Haaretz. August 31, 2007

The language of force

SOON AFTER coming to power, Ariel Sharon started to commission public opinion polls. He kept the results to himself. This week, a reporter of Israel’s TV Channel 10 succeeded in obtaining some of them. Among other things, Sharon wanted to know what the public thought about peace. He did not dream of starting on this … Read more

Silence

In an army actionThis week,Two boys,Aged 9 and 11,Were shot dead.The Minister of Defense,Ehud Barak,Leader of the Labor Party,Did not even apologizeOr express regret.Silence is admission:This is now the policy. Ad published in Haaretz, August 24, 2007