“Since the Wall has been built, the number of suicide attacks has reduced dramatically” It is true that the number of suicide attacks has diminished greatly since the Palestinianacceptance of the Road Map. What role does the Wall play in this? Very little. So far, only 20% of the Wall are complete. Nothing prevents the … Read more
The deadly raid in Ramallah is an aggressive and dangerous provocation. This is not the way to build a cease-fire, nor anyway helpful to advance peace. At the very hour when the Prime Minister of the State of Israel and the President of Egypt held a meeting which is supposed to bring us back on … Read more
This will help you know the facts and thereby break the Myth.
“The Path of the Wall reflects only security considerations. It was planned by the army” In 1949, a group of Israeli and Jordanian officers drafted the armistice line between Israeland the West Bank. The objective was to draw a separation line based on the position of botharmies, existing villages and towns, topographical lines, etc. An … Read more
Here follows the ‘Our Jerusalem’ petition of 1995 which was signed by thousandsJERUSALEM IS OURS,Israelis and Palestinians Muslims, Christian and Jews. Jerusalem is ours, Israelis and Palestinians Muslims, Christian and Jews. Our Jerusalem is a mosaic of all the cultures, all the religions and all the periods that enriched the city, from the earliest antiquity … Read more
“Since it is fenced, not even one suicide attack originated from Gaza” If anything, Gaza is a warning of what will happen if the Wall is built.Gaza is the most violent area of friction and conflict. Gaza is a huge prison, containing 1.2 Million desperate people.One of the most densely populated areas in the world, … Read more
The endless delaysIn the talksAbout the exchange of prisonersMust stop.For the Shalit family,Waiting nowFor half a yearFor the return of their son,And for a thousandPalestinian families,Waiting for years on end -The price is too high! Gush Shalom ad in Haaretz, Jan. 5, 2007
The launching by Gush Shalom of this petition started with a speech delivered by Palestinian leader, the late Feisal Husseini, at a joint Israeli-Palestinian demonstration under the Old City Walls: “I dream of the day when a Palestinian will say ‘Our Jerusalem’ and will mean Palestinians and Israelis, and an Israeli will say ‘Our Jerusalem’ … Read more
“And will be dismantled if we reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians” The Wall costs 2-3 Million U.S. Dollars per Kilometre. A country undergoing such a deep economic crisis like Israel, would not spend 1.5 – 2 Billion U.S. Dollarson a “temporary security measures”. In Israel, as all Israelis know, there is nothing more … Read more
Originally published on the Yesh Gvul websiteThe Barak method in a nutshell – a lopsided “balance” that wondrously always works in favor of the Occupation and the Occupier. [Aharon Barak is the outgoing President of Israel’s Supreme Court] Translation: Assaf Oron As Aharon Barak’s retirement as Supreme Court President drew near, the farewell ceremonies have … Read more