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
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 … Read more
70 years afterThe resolutionWhich made usDance in the streets,Partition intoTwo statesIs still theOnly solution. Published in Haaretz, 01/12/17
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 … Read more
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 … Read more
Avi GabbayHas forgottenWhat it meansTo be a Jew.He does not rememberJewish refugeesDesperately seekingAsylum. Published in Haaretz, 24/11/17
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 … Read more
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 … Read more