Trial of poet Dareen Tatour resumes
The trial of poet Dareen Tatour will resume in Nazareth Magistrate’s Court today, Thursday, April 27, at 12:00, before Judge Adi Bambiliya. In this hearing the last prosecution witness is due to testify, after all defense witnesses were heard in March. This is expected to be the last hearing before the verdict. Poet Tatour was […]
Palestine’s Nelson Mandela
I HAVE a confession to make: I like Marwan Barghouti. I have visited him at his modest Ramallah home several times. During our conversations, we discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace. Our ideas were the same: to create the State of Palestine next to the State of Israel, and to establish peace between the two states, based on […]
Partner
Marwan BarghoutiCan beA partner forIsraeli-Palestinian peaceOr a leaderOf the struggleAgainst the occupation.The choice is ours. Published in Haaretz, 21/04/17
Peace march and rally: Jerusalem Sat. April 1 – starting 7.30pm
We`ll start at the end: We’re embarking on a struggle for Israeli society, for peace, and an end to the occupation. This struggle will start in Jerusalem on Saturday night, April 1. We`re going to march in Jerusalem, the city that the right wing claims is ‘united,’ that Mayor Nir Barkat is trying to make […]
CUI BONO?
CUI BONO – “who benefits” – is the first question an experienced detective asks when investigating a crime. Since I was a detective myself for a short time in my youth, I know the meaning. Often, the first and obvious suspicion is false. You ask yourself “cui bono”, and another suspect, who you did not […]
Passover in Deir Ballout
On the morning ofThe Passover Holiday,IDF soldiersCommemorated theLiberation from SlaveryBy cutting down18 Olive treesAt Deir Ballout.Chag Sameach! Published in Haaretz, 14/04/17
The Tunic of Nessus
IN A few weeks, Israel will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War. Millions of words, most of them hollow, will be poured out. As usual. But the event deserves better. It is a drama unique in human history. Only a biblical writer could do it justice. William Shakespeare could have turned his hand […]
On deaf ears
The Arab Summit offers“A historic reconciliationWith Israel”.Hamas acceptsThe 1967 borders.Trump considers callingA peace conference.Netanyahu hopesIt’s all fake news. Published in Haaretz, 07/04/17
University of Terror
SOME DAYS ago, a man committed an act of terrorism in the center of London, a city I love. He ran over several persons on Westminster Bridge, stabbed a policeman to death and approached the doors of Parliament, where he was shot dead. All this in the shadow of the tower of Big Ben, an […]
“Police Minister Erdan, add us to your blacklist!”
In response to Police Minister Gilad Erdan’s announcement, that he is setting up a unit in his ministry to compile names of Israelis who boycott settlements and include them in a computerized database, already more than a thousand Israeli citizens singed the petition “Gilad Erdan, note it down: we, too, boycott the settlements !!” The […]