Not everything

Not everythingThat is badFor PalestineIs good for Israel.The split inPalestineIs bad forIsrael.We need peaceWith the entirePalestinian people -All their sections,All their territories,Supporters of FatahAnd supporters of Hamas,In the West BankAnd in the Gaza Strip. Ad published in Haaretz, June 22, 2007

Ehud Barak —

You have caused a disasterWhen you broke offNegotiations with SyriaJust before reaching an agreement.You have caused a disasterWhen, after your failureAt Camp David,You declared that”We have no partner for peace”.Now you have been givenA rare opportunityTo repair the terrible damage. Ad published in Haaretz, June 15, 2007

ANOTHER WAR

Generals, politicians and journalistsAre predictingA war against SyriaIn the summer.There is no reason for war,Neither in the northNor in the south -Except Olmert’s refusalTo achieve peace agreementsThat will oblige himTo give backThe occupied territoriesAnd to dismantleThe settlements. Ad published in Haaretz, June 8, 2007

THE MEETING

The realIsraeli patriotsAre hoping -If not praying -That President ObamaWill bendPrime Minister Netanyahu –And notThe other way round Ad in Haaretz, May 15, 2009 Cheques to help us continue the ads to: Gush Shalom, P.O.Box 3322, Tel-Aviv 61033

OUR OWN GOOD

Next weekThe occupation will be40 years old -More than two thirdsOf the life of Israel.Every year of occupationCauses the stateTo be more corrupt and sleazy,More cruel towards the occupied,More callous towards the occupiers.The occupation must end -For our own good,And not only for the sakeOf the Palestinians. For information about the many protest actions commemorating … Read more

AGAIN

Again:The ministers arePushed by the generals.Again:They chooseMilitary solutionsWhich have already failedDozens of times.Again:People dieIn SderotAnd in Gaza.We need a cease-fireThat will bind thePalestinian organizationsAnd the Israeli army -Not only in the Gaza StripBut also in the West Bank. Ad published in Haaretz, May 25, 2007

GAZA

We have isolated Gaza.We have starved Gaza.We have expropriated hundreds of millions that belong to them.We have convinced the world to impose a blockade on them.We have humiliated Mahmoud Abbas.We have boycotted Hamas.We have pushed them into a fratricidal war.Now there is anarchy.The price is paid bySderot. Ad published in Haaretz, May 18, 2007

NO PASSAGE

The Oslo agreementAffirms that the West BankAnd the Gaza StripAre one single entity.In the agreement,Israel undertook to openFour “safe passages” between them.This undertaking was violatedFrom the first day.Now the Americans demandThat Israel open the passage.Olmert the heroSpits in their eyes. Ad published in Haaretz, May 11, 2007

THE ALTERNATIVE

It is importantTo examineWhat came outOf the war.But is more importantTo examine whyThey went into itIn the first place:Because they were not readyTo check the alternative:To talk withThe Lebanese, the SyriansAnd the Palestinians. Published in Haaretz, May 4, 2007

A founder’s share

When the Israeli army “eliminated” six Palestinians in one day, it was reported in our newspapers in small letters in the interior pages.When the Palestinians reacted with rockets without hitting even one Israeli, huge headlines denounced the “Palestinian aggression”.If another deadly and superfluous war will break out, the editors of the news pages will have … Read more