Barak: A Villa in the Jungle

A well-known Israeli theater critic once left the opening performance of a new play after thefirst five minutes and then wrote a withering review about it. When his colleagues said thatthis was unfair, he answered: “I don’t have to eat the whole egg in order to know that it isrotten.” One does not have to […]

Hell Made in Israel (6/7/02)

Letters supporting Kawther Salam, from Ilanna Mandel to the Editor of “The Nation” Hell Made in Israel Followed the Daily Life of Kawther Salam Massage No: 3 —–Original Message—–From: ISM – DC POWERS AND ASSOC. Sent: Saturday, July 06, 2002 8:20 PM To: letters@thenation.com Dear Editor: As a Jewish writer living in Canada, I have […]

Hell Made in Israel (5/7/02)

Greetings from Canada. A letter From Ilanna Mandel, ISM – DC POWERS AND ASSOC. Dear Kawther Salam: I have heard of you most recently through the website of Gush Shalom. Myapologies to you that I can’t write this letter in Arabic. I do speak andwrite Hebrew though, if that would be of any help. Please, […]

Maddened Cow

Israel is the only state in the world that has a population of 200%. And that’s a fact. Public opinion polls show that it has two simultaneous majorities. One is peace’loving, theother supports extreme nationalism. At the present time, it looks like this: In every public opinion poll there is a large majoritythat supports the […]

Hell Made in Israel (5/7/02)

Greetings from Canada. A letter From Ilanna Mandel, ISM – DC POWERS AND ASSOC. Dear Kawther Salam: I have heard of you most recently through the website of Gush Shalom. Myapologies to you that I can’t write this letter in Arabic. I do speak andwrite Hebrew though, if that would be of any help. Please, […]

Hell Made in Israel (4/7/02)

The Daily Life of Kawther Salam I’m still trying to find which Police is looking for me.I requested most of the Israeli Police Units, but all of them denied lookingfor me!! I wrote for both of the Generals Dov Tzadaka and Amos Gila’ad requesting the” EXCELLENCY ” of their computers to tell them which Police […]

Hell Made in Israel (4/7/02)

The Daily Life of Kawther Salam I’m still trying to find which Police is looking for me.I requested most of the Israeli Police Units, but all of them denied lookingfor me!! I wrote for both of the Generals Dov Tzadaka and Amos Gila’ad requesting the” EXCELLENCY ” of their computers to tell them which Police […]

Hell Made in Israel (3/7/02)

The Daily Life of Kawther Salam I caused a lot of noise for the ” Excellency!! ” of the Civil AdministrationHead quarter President General Dov Tzadaka.Today, the International Federation of Journalists the ” IFJ ” requested theOffice of General Tzadaka to grant me a travel permit to access through BenGurion Airport. Other Europeans organizations requested […]

The Nightmare Ends

Well my friends, the nightmare on Ma’arif Street (my street) in Al-Bireh/Ramallah came to an end today at around 6pm. Ourunwanted and uninvited IDF ” guests ” left the house across the streetand took with them all the tanks, jeeps and armored personnelcarriers. I hope they also took away a valuable lesson, how easy it […]

A new letter from Ramallah, Day Dreams

Yesterday, Saturday June 29, the curfew was lifted from 9 a.m to 2 p.m, half the shops wereclosed it seems their owners come from far areas. The renovation work of the Ministry of PublicAffairs for the damaged buildings from the first invasion in March 29 was also freeze may bethey except more damage in the […]