The wall in Qualqiliya
The map shows the dramatic case of Qalqiliya, which will become a huge prison the wall will encompass Qualqiliya completely, leaving one opening guarded by two checkpoints. the city, once a flourishing centre of commerce, will suffocate and die. The wall around Qualqiliya, phase 1 All in all, the wall is expected to have a […]
Demonstration against the wall in Qalqilyia
photo gallery "First of all – the wall must fall!"shouted the peace activists at a demonstration against the Apartheid Wallthat was called jointly by the public organization of Qalqilya and Gush Shalom. The Israeli peace activists demonstrated on the Israeli side with posters that said"The wall – a ghetto for Israelis, a prison for Palestinians"and […]
Gush Shalom Activists Deliver Flour to West Bank Villages
A delegation of 21 Gush Shalom activists succeeded today (Saturday) to deliver 15 tons offlour to two Palestinian villages in the Nablus area. The flour was donated by private donors(at 75 NIS per sack) in Israel and abroad. The occupation army tried to prevent the delivery and stopped the activists at the Tapuakhcheckpoint south of […]
The Devil's Dictionary
Yet some more thoughts about the war (3): Yet some more thoughts about the war: The Coalition . No name could be more appropriate to the cooperation between the United States and the United Kingdom against Iraq. In "The Devils Dictionary" of the American humorist Ambrose Bierce, published some 100 years ago, "coalition" is defined […]
Gush Shalom Activists Deliver Flour to West Bank Villages
A delegation of 21 Gush Shalom activists succeeded today (Saturday) to deliver 15 tons offlour to two Palestinian villages in the Nablus area. The flour was donated by private donors(at 75 NIS per sack) in Israel and abroad. The occupation army tried to prevent the delivery and stopped the activists at the Tapuakhcheckpoint south of […]
I was a human shield
Ma'ariv (an Israeli Hebrew only newspaper) – weekend supplement By The death of human rights activist Rachel Corrie, crushed to death while tryingto stop an IDF bulldozer, was reason for Billie Moskona-Lerman to go to theRafah Refugee Camp and to spend 24 hours at the most miserable place in theGaza Strip. A place where shooting […]
Where did they go wrong?
Some more thoughts about the war Some more thoughts about the war: Plan and reality . An old truism says: "No war-plan does survive the first clash with the enemy." That is always true. But something even worse has happened to the Americans now. In order to sell the war to their own public and […]
Bitter Rice
Some thoughts about the war Some thoughts about the war: Beware of the Shiites . The troubles of the occupation will start after the fighting is over. Here is a personal story and its lessons: On the fourth day of the 1982 Israeli attack on Lebanon, I crossed the border at a lonely spotnear Metulla […]
It's OK to Eat Belgian Chocolate
"Don't eat Belgian chocolate," the Israel consul in Florida ordered the large Jewishcommunity there. In Israel, anti-Belgian curses reached an ear-splitting new crescendo. Miserable Belgium!Mad Belgium! Megalomaniac Belgium! And again and again, Anti-Semitic Belgium! Neo-NaziBelgium! The Israeli ambassador was, of course, recalled from Brussels. No wonder, how can Israel keepan ambassador in the world capital […]
Farewell to Rachel Corrie
Greater love hath no woman than this That she gives her life for her friends! Farewell brave girl, Your loss is pain I write this now, to preserve your name A life cut short by brutal death A living soul, crushed in the earth Rachel, I sure call you brave You gave your life, A […]