Thoughts on the Day of Atonement
A government which“Celebrates” fifty yearsOf occupation and settlementIs leading us toAnother fifty yearsOf hatred and bloodshed. Published in Haaretz, 29/09/17
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B’Tselem: The State is asking the High Court’s permission to commit war crime
B’Tselem Executive Director, Hagai El-Ad said, following the State’s response submitted earlier today to the High Court of Justice, that the state was asking the court to authorize a war crime: “No sanctimonious language about a ‘planning, proprietary and realistic’ alternate, or ‘time to prepare’ can erase the disgrace or hide the facts: the destruction … Read more
B’Tselem: The State is asking the High Court’s permission to commit war crime
B’Tselem Executive Director, Hagai El-Ad said, following the State’s response submitted earlier today to the High Court of Justice, that the state was asking the court to authorize a war crime: “No sanctimonious language about a ‘planning, proprietary and realistic’ alternate, or ‘time to prepare’ can erase the disgrace or hide the facts: the destruction … Read more
International Peace Day: marching in solidarity with Wallajeh. Build bridges, not walls!
Saturday Sept. 16 at 15:30. Marking international peace day. Marching in solidarity with the village of Wallajeh. calling: Build bridges, not walls. March with us against the annexation of lands and the demolition of houses. Come and stand with the people of Wallajeh in their struggle for their lands, oppose the policies of the Israeli … Read more
Thank you, Smotrich
I OWE many thanks to Bezalel Smotrich. Yes, yes, to Smotrich of the extreme right, Smotrich the fascist. Recently Smotrich gave a speech to his followers, which he intended to be a national event, the turning of a page in Jewish history. He was gracious enough to mention me in this monumental message. He said … Read more
Happy New Year!
A year of surprises,When we can expectThe Unexpected! Published in Haaretz, 20/09/17
Despair of Despair
MY OPTIMISM about the future of Israel irritates a lot of people. How can I be an optimist in view of what’s happening here every day? The practical annexation of occupied territories? The mistreatment of the Arabs? The implantation of poisonous settlements? But optimism is a state of mind. It does not falter in the … Read more
Nearer to us
Netanyahu proclaimsThe right of the KurdsTo an independent state.To the PM’s attention:There is another peopleLiving nearer to usWho deserve it no less! Published in Haaretz, 15/09/17
Marching against the Sheikh Jarrah evictions
The Shamasna family was evicted from their home in Sheikh Jarrah. Now more than ever, we all need to be there! After eight years on which no family was evicted in Sheikh Jarrah, this week a whole family was evicted and the house emptied. Police forces watched over the settlers entering the house before the … Read more
A Confession
Today is the last day of the 93rd year of my life. Ridiculous.Am I moderately satisfied with my life until now? Yes. I am.If by a miracle I could be returned to, say, 14, and travel all this long way again, would I like that? No, I would not.Enough is enough. IN THESE 93 years, … Read more