ANYONE PROPOSING the death penalty is either a complete fool, an incorrigible cynic or mentally disturbed – or all of these. There is no effective therapy for any of these defects. I wouldn’t even try. A fool would not understand the overwhelming evidence for the conclusion. For a cynic, advocacy of the death penalty is … Read more
How shouldIDF soldiersAct towardsPalestinian girlsIn the fields ofNabi Saleh?Very simple.The soldiersShould notBe there. Published in Haaretz, 22/12/17
FOR GOD’S SAKE, are they crazy? They congregate in the marketplace, boys of 15, 16 years, take stones and throw them at our soldiers, who are armed to the teeth. The soldiers shoot, sometimes over their heads, sometimes straight at them. Every day there are wounded, every few days there are dead. What for? They … Read more
Simply buyingTomatoes inUmm el FahmBecame this weekAn act of trueIsraeli patriotism. Published in Haaretz, 15/12/17
Tuesday, December 12 at 16:00 (4 PM) at the Um el Fahem intersection There are members of the governing elite who prefer not to notice, but Wadi Ara comprises shared lives, good neighbors and mutual solidarity even through difficult times. This country is full of Jews and Arabs who want to live together in mutual … Read more
Last week Trump made a reckless statement regarding the USA acknowledging Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The recklessness of it is less about what was said, but more about the context, the timing and by whom. The result is that it has triggered a snowball effect which we cannot yet estimate its size or … Read more
The Trump speech will not change the reality of Jerusalem. West Jerusalem will remain an Israeli city, where Israel’s government is located since 1949. East Jerusalem will remain an occupied Palestinian city, which is not and cannot be a part of Israel. Believers of Judaism, Christianity and Islam will continue clinging to their holy sites … Read more
EHUD BARAK has “broken the silence”. He has published an article in The New York Times attacking our prime minister in the most abrasive terms. In other words, he has done exactly the same as the group of ex-soldiers who call themselves “Breaking the Silence”, who are accused of washing our dirty linen abroad. They … Read more
Single-handedly,Trump put an endTo 40 years ofAmerican mediationIn our region.Who will fillThe vacuum?Who willLaugh last? Published in Haaretz, 08/12/17
B’Tselem Executive Director Hagai El-Ad will tomorrow (Monday, 27 November 2017) attend a conference at the French Senate organized by the Institut de Recherche et d’Études Méditerranée Moyen-Orient (iReMMO). The event will emphasize the vital need for France, as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, to intervene in the developments in the … Read more