The Aim: Victory
It seems that a new wind is blowing in the country. This week I flew to Europe. On the way to the Airport, the taxi-driver told me: That's it, thereis no hope left. We shall never have peace with the Palestinians. There is no one to talk with. Nocompromise is possible. The war will go […]
Revenge of a Child
Since last Sunday, a question has been running around in my head and troubling my sleep: Whatinduced the young Palestinian, who broke into Kibbutz Metzer, to aim his weapon at a mother andher two little children and kill them? In war one does not kill children. That is a fundamental human instinct, common to all […]
Dear Amram Mitzna
I don't know you personally. We have never talked to each other. But I have been following youractivities from afar – ever since, during the Lebanon war, you did something that impressed medeeply: you resigned your army post as a protest against Ariel Sharon's mad adventure. Senior officers, who sacrifice their careers on a point […]
Ramallah, One Day and One Night under the Occupation
Just one short glimpse into another reality, a reality of the Israeli Occupation of Ramallah,the most central city of Palestine. October 2002. Why should an Israeli just " visit " Ramallahthese days? For sure it is not the most pleasant place in the world to " visit " and there is a bigquestion mark over […]
Ramallah, One Day and One Night under the Occupation
Just one short glimpse into another reality, a reality of the Israeli Occupation of Ramallah,the most central city of Palestine. October 2002. Why should an Israeli just " visit " Ramallahthese days? For sure it is not the most pleasant place in the world to " visit " and there is a bigquestion mark over […]
All Because of a Small Olive
Why has the Sharon-Ben-Eliezer-Peres government collapsed? Because of a small olive. It started like a children's tale: Once upon a time there was a small olive in a Palestinianvillage. It grew and ripened on a branch of an old tree in a grove on the top of a hill. "Pick me! Iwant to give my […]
Reprots from Nablus, Jenin, Gaza Strip
1) An Ordinary Operation – Askar Refugge Camp, Nablus2) Jenin, Day 6 of the invasion (reinvasion)3) Gaza Strip update from Kristen An Ordinary Operation Askar Refugee Camp, October 31st, 2002 Last night at approximately 3:15 a.m. IOF soldiers came into Askar refugee campin Nablus. A completely ordinary operation to arrest one man, so normal in […]
Reprots from Nablus, Jenin, Gaza Strip
1) An Ordinary Operation – Askar Refugge Camp, Nablus2) Jenin, Day 6 of the invasion (reinvasion)3) Gaza Strip update from Kristen An Ordinary Operation Askar Refugee Camp, October 31st, 2002 Last night at approximately 3:15 a.m. IOF soldiers came into Askar refugee campin Nablus. A completely ordinary operation to arrest one man, so normal in […]
Naboth had a Vineyard
Had they been there last Saturday at sunset, most Israelis would not have believed their eyes. In the middle of Havarah, a small village south of Nablus, 63 Israelis, men and women, young andold, were standing together with dozens of Palestinian villagers. Jews and Arabs talkedtogether, drank juice offered by the hosts, exchanged addresses and […]
Qarrara, Gaza Strip
Qarrara, Gaza Strip At 30 mph, cars seem as if they are speeding on the dusty road of Qarrara, avillage just south of Abu Ali checkpoint and a few minutes north of KhanYounis, in the middle of the Gaza Strip. The checkpoint is open now. F-16sare rumbling overhead on their way to terrorize Rafah. Israeli […]