Sharing the pain. Building hope.
On the evening of Memorial Day, Combatants for Peace Movement in coalition with the Bereaved Parents’ Circle, will conduct the 11th Israeli-PalestinianMemorial Day Ceremony. The event will be held today, April 30th 2017 at Shlomo Group Arena, Tel Aviv (Drive In Arena, near the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds) at 9:00pm. The ceremony will be screened in […]
A Curious National Home
THE PRESENT Israeli government coalition consists of 67 (out of 120) members of the Knesset. Each member wants to be elected again (and again and again). In order to be reelected, he or she must attract the attention of the public. How? The simplest way is to propose a new law. A bill so outrageous, […]
The Le Pen Law
The French votersDecisively defeatedRacism andNationalist demagogueryOn the very same dayIsrael’s governmentApproved the”Nation Law”In the style of Le Pen. Published in Haaretz, 12/05/17
Haifa: vigil in support of hunger striking prisoners
The hunger strike of the Palestinian prisoners for freedom and dignity reached its 22nd day, and the strikers reached the stage of grave danger to their lives. They also face frequent incursions, isolation, torture and threats by the occupation government and its repressive apparatus to break the strike using forced feeding.We are obliged to answer […]
Sharing the pain. Building hope.
Sharing the pain. Building hope. On the evening of Memorial Day, Combatants for Peace Movement in coalition with the Bereaved Parents’ Circle, will conduct the 11th Israeli-PalestinianMemorial Day Ceremony. The event will be held today, April 30th 2017 at Shlomo Group Arena, Tel Aviv (Drive In Arena, near the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds) at 9:00pm. The […]
One, Two, Three – Rejoice!
I REMEMBER the first few Independence Days, just after the foundation of the State of Israel. There was spontaneous jubilation, we were all out in the streets, the celebration was real. That was long ago. This years Independence Day, last Tuesday, was not a very happy affair. The holiday was subdued, even sad. Old-timers felt […]
Whose path?
Bereaved parentsWho seekNo revenge,Only peaceAnd reconciliation.Confronting them:A violent mobConsumed byBlind hatred.Whose pathWill Israel take? Published in Haaretz, 05/05/17
Barghouti got 5 life terms? Begin would have gotten 91!
Indeed, the Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, now heading a mass hunger strike in the Israeli prisons, was sentenced by an Israeli court to five life terms. The New York Times was ready to publish this fact after the high-level protests made by the Government of Israel. Prime Minister Netanyahu and his ministers should be reminded […]
The Israeli Macron
A DEEP sigh of relief, coming straight from the heart. When I was 10 years old, my family fled from Nazi Germany. We were fearful that the Gestapo was after us. When we approached the French border, our fear was acute. Then our train crossed the bridge that separated Germany from France, and we heaved […]
Self-boycott
NetanyahuOutdid himself:Causing an IsraeliSelf-boycottAnd increasingThe influence ofHuman RightsOrganizations. On Sunday April 30, at 9:00pm, we will take partin the Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day Ceremony,organized by Combatants for Peace and theBereaved Parents’ Circle, at Shlomo GroupArena, 7 Itzchak Remba St., Tel Aviv (Drive-InCompound). Details http://cfpeace.org/event/ Published in Ha’aretz, 28/04/17