King and Emperor
ZIONISM IS an anti-Semitic creed. It was so right from the beginning. Already the founding father, Theodor Herzl, a Viennese writer, penned some pieces with a clear anti-Semitic slant. For him, Zionism was not just a geographical transplantation, but also a means of turning the despicable commercial Jew of the Diaspora into an upright, industrious […]
The only dance in town
70 years afterThe resolutionWhich made usDance in the streets,Partition intoTwo statesIs still theOnly solution. Published in Haaretz, 01/12/17
Campaign: Jordan Valley communities facing expulsion!
Alert!! Israel is about to expel 500 Palestinian children, women and men from their homes in two communities in the Jordan Valley – Ein El Hilweh and Um Jamal, near the Maskiot settlement. The Palestinian communities – mainly Bedouins -have been under pressure to leave for a very long time. They are not connected to […]
A Terrible Thought
SUDDENLY, A terrible thought struck me. What if Avi Gabbay really believes what he is saying? Impossible. He cannot really believe all those things. No, no. But if he does? Where does that leave us? AVI GABBAY is the new leader of the Israeli Labor Party. Until recently, he was a founding member of a […]
To be a Jew
Avi GabbayHas forgottenWhat it meansTo be a Jew.He does not rememberJewish refugeesDesperately seekingAsylum. Published in Haaretz, 24/11/17
Free Dareen!
The Nazareth Magistrate’s Court will hear the appeal of poet Dareen Tatour to abolish her house detention on Monday, November 20, at 10:00 am.Dareen was arrested on October 11, 2015. She spent 3 months in different prisons. Now, two years and a month after her arrest, she is still under house detention “until the end […]
Haifa court to deliberate on “The Women’s Boat” which tries to reach Gaza
On Sunday Nov 12 at 9:30 am in the Haifa district courtContinued hearing of the Zaytouna-Oliva release case by Honourable Judge Ron Sokol, vice president The boat Zaytouna-Oliva was captured by the Israeli navy in international waters on Oct 5, 2016Women’s Boat to Gaza was organized by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition in order to bring […]
A History of Idiocy
I am furious. And I have good reason to be furious. I was going to write an article about a subject I have been thinking about for a long time. This week I opened the New York Times and lo, my yet unwritten article appeared on its opinion pages in full, argument after argument. How […]
Quiet in Jerusalem
Nir Barkat, Mayor of”United Jerusalem”,Asked the armyTo blow upHigh rise buildingsAnd completely razeA Palestinian neighborhood.He deserves theIsrael Prize for Pyromania. Published in Haaretz, 17/11/17
Two Meetings
DURING THE last few days, I met with two old friends: Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin. Well, the term “friends” may not quite be appropriate. Certainly, Arafat called me “my friend” in a recorded message for my 70th birthday, but Rabin called nobody “friend”. That was not his character. I am glad that I knew […]