TWO COUNTRIES competed this week for first place in news programs all over the world: Scotland and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. There could not be a greater difference than between these two countries. Scotland is damp and cold, Iraq is hot and dry. Scotland is called after its whisky (or the other … Read more
A government whichHappily avoidsAny chance for peaceHas no choice butInflating military budgetsTo a level whichThe Israeli societyCannot sustain! Published in Haaretz – September 19, 2014
THE LAST war has come to an end, the next war has not yet started, so let’s use the time to speak of many things.Of Hannibal, for example. Hannibal? The man with the elephants? The very same. HANNIBAL, THE Carthaginian commander who is considered one of the military geniuses of all times, was a hero … Read more
Palestinians demonstratingIn East JerusalemAre notA police problem.Detentions at nightAnd brutal oppressionWill not stopAn independence struggle.East Jerusalem isAn Occupied Territory.In peace it will be theCapital of Palestine. Published in Haaretz, September 12, 2014
FOR SIX decades my friends and I have warned our people: if we don’t make peace with the nationalist Arab forces, we shall be faced with Islamic Arab forces.The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will turn into a Jewish-Muslim conflict. The national war will become a religious war. National conflicts are basically rational. They concern territory. They can … Read more
A week afterThe Gaza ceasefire:Prelude toThe next war.A massive land robberyFor settlement construction -That is the horizonTo whichNetanyahu is looking. Published in Haaretz – September 5, 2014
Friday September 5, 2014, 12:30The parking lot near Military Prison 6, Atlit Transportation: Jerusalem: Binyanei Hauma – 10:00Tel Aviv: Arlozorov-Namir intersection – 11:00 Conscientious objector Uriel Ferrera, 19 years old from Be’er Sheva, reported half a year ago to Tel Hashomer military induction base and declared his refusal to join the army for reasons of … Read more
AFTER 50 DAYS, the war is over. Hallelujah. On the Israeli side: 71 dead, among them 66 soldiers, 1 child. On the Palestinian side: 2,143 dead, 577 of them children, 263 women, 102 elderly. 11,230 injured. 10,800 buildings destroyed. 8,000 partially destroyed. About 40,000 damaged homes. Among the damaged buildings: 277 schools, 10 hospitals, 70 … Read more
After a lot of bloodshed,Netanyahu at long lastWriggled out ofA useless warWhich he should neverHave startedTo begin with. Published in Haaretz – August 29, 2014
The Peace Bus from Jerusalem to the Gaza Border – 6th Journey!DAY OF MOURNING – Palestinian-Israeli / Israeli-Palestinian Day of Commemoration of Those Perished in the WarFRIDAY, 29.08, 8-20 (12 hours of memory: Journey from Past to the Future)Jerusalem-Bethlehem-Tel Aviv-Sderot On Friday, 29.08, starting in Jerusalem at 8.00 am , we, citizens of Israel and … Read more