A SCANDAL!

Gilad Shalit Is a soldierCaptured in action.There is only one wayTo bring him home:An exchange of prisoners,A legitimate and customary practice.Both sides have”Blood on their hands” –Including the blood of children.The endless hagglingAbout Gilad’s freedomIs a scandal.Enough!!! Ad published in Haaretz, June 29, 2007

Barak is back – 12 killed

Ehud Barak initiates his return to the Defence Ministry with a macho gesture of unbridled force, a bloody invasion of the Gaza Strip. If it was Barak’s intention to undermine whatever remains of Abu Mazen’s base of popular support, to humiliate the Palestinian President and present him to his people as a collaborator with the … Read more

Saving President Abbas

EHUD OLMERT is the opposite of Midas, King of Phrygia. Everything the king touched turned into gold, according to Greek legend. Everything Olmert touches turns into lead. And that is no legend. Now he is touching Mahmoud Abbas. He lauds him to high heaven. He promises to “strengthen” him. He is about to meet him. … Read more

Not everything

Not everythingThat is badFor PalestineIs good for Israel.The split inPalestineIs bad forIsrael.We need peaceWith the entirePalestinian people -All their sections,All their territories,Supporters of FatahAnd supporters of Hamas,In the West BankAnd in the Gaza Strip. Ad published in Haaretz, June 22, 2007

Crocodile Tears

WHAT HAPPENS when one and a half million human beings are imprisoned in a tiny, arid territory, cut off from their compatriots and from any contact with the outside world, starved by an economic blockade and unable to feed their families? Some months ago, I described this situation as a sociological experiment set up by … Read more

Ehud Barak —

You have caused a disasterWhen you broke offNegotiations with SyriaJust before reaching an agreement.You have caused a disasterWhen, after your failureAt Camp David,You declared that”We have no partner for peace”.Now you have been givenA rare opportunityTo repair the terrible damage. Ad published in Haaretz, June 15, 2007