In response to Police Minister Gilad Erdan’s announcement, that he is setting up a unit in his ministry to compile names of Israelis who boycott settlements and include them in a computerized database, already more than a thousand Israeli citizens singed the petition “Gilad Erdan, note it down: we, too, boycott the settlements !!” The … Read more
Some time ago, the right-wing Knesset majority enacted the “Boycott Law” making it possible to file a civil suit and demand heavy compensation from anyone calling for a boycott of Israel – and incidentally, also call for a boycott of the settlements was declared to be “a form of boycotting Israel”. A more recent law … Read more
WHAT IS the difference between a “corporation” and an “authority? You don’t know? Join the 8.5 million Israelis who don’t know either. It’s a national riddle. The whole country is absorbed by it. The Prime Minister announces that he will “go to the very end” to achieve his end. Which end? I don’t know. I … Read more
In order to avoidBeing accusedOf Apartheid,It might beA good idea,To stop squeezingThe PalestiniansInto enclavesWhich look likeBantustans. Published in Haaretz, 24/03/17
The trial of poet Dareen Tatour will resume in Nazareth Magistrate’s Court on Sunday, March 19, at 11:30 am, before Judge Adi Bambiliya.In this hearing the defense witnesses are due to testify, including translator Dr. Yoni Mendel and Professor Calderon, an expert on literature.There are three court hearings set for the coming weeks: Sunday, March … Read more
Freedom March at South Hebron Hills / A thousand Israelis & Palestinians hold grassroots negotiations in Tel Aviv / Protesting at the Jerusalem Marathon / Jaffa sale for the Gaza children 11111111111111111111 Today, Friday, March 17th, the Freedom March is coming to the village of At-Tuwani, south of Mt. Hebron. We will march for peace, … Read more
A FEW days ago I happened upon an excellent British movie, “Testament of Youth”, based on the memoirs of Vera Brittain. Vera tells her story, the story of a British girl who grew up in a bourgeois family without worries or sorrows, when World War I put an end to that paradise. Her brother, her … Read more
Banning entry toBoycott supportersIs a great helpTo the BDS.How to stop peopleBoycotting Israel?Changegovernment policies! Published in Haaretz, 17/03/17
Tomorrow, Wed. March 15March 15 – and also on March 19 and 29 and on April 2, between 10:00 – 17.00, the Be’er Sheba District Court will deliberate on the case of Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, a Gazan whose three daughters and niece were killed in an Israeli shelling of their home. Abuelaish, now residing in … Read more
Following is the appeal we got from Jim Klutznick of Americans for Peace Now. I’ve been devoting much of my life to activism in support of Israel’s future wellbeing, advocating for peace and security, working to bolster Israel as a democracy and a Jewish state, living side by side in peace with a sovereign Palestinian … Read more