Accomplice
The soldierElor AzariaIs onlyA juniorAccomplice.The main criminalIs the occupation. Published in Haaretz, 06/01/17
The soldier Azaria is a minor accomplice, main culprit is the occupation
It was right and proper of the military tribunal to rule as it did. The soldier Elior Azaria had deliberately killed a seriously injured, helpless man who no longer posed any threat. It was quite right of the three judges to reject the convoluted arguments which the defense brought in its attempt to justify Azaria’s […]
An international consensus – settlements are illegal and harmful
At the Security Council, a rare international consensus was achieved. It was clearly and unequivocally resolved that the establishment of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories is an impermissible act, contrary to International Law, and that the State of Israel must cease immediately and completely construction and expansion of settlements. The resolution was adopted by […]
Anti-Semitic Zionists
WHAT REALLY got me was the applause. There they were sitting at the round table, the representatives of the entire world, applauding their own handiwork, the resolution they had just adopted unanimously. The Security Council, like the Knesset, is not used to applause or any other spontaneous outbursts. And yet they clapped their hands like […]
Sheikh Jarrah: continuing protest at evictions and settler takeover
The residents of Sheikh Jarrah are continuing their protest vigils in the neighborhood every Friday, protesting their violent evictions from their homes,the taking over of the neighborhood by the settlers, and the Judaization of East Jerusalem. They call upon each and every person who supports their struggle to join them. Please make an effort and […]
Limitations of quarreling
It is possibleTo haveA noisy quarrelWith all the world.It is not possibleTo convinceThe worldThat settlementsAre legal. Published in Haaretz, 30/12/16
Don’t Send Him!
DONALD TRUMP has spat in my face. Not only in my own face, but in the faces of at least half the Israeli population. He has appointed a bankruptcy lawyer named David Friedman to the job of US ambassador in Israel. This sounds like a bad joke. But it is brutal reality. It sets a […]
Gush Shalom: Good news, for a change – opposition prevents setting up kangaroo court for KMs
For a change, we got today a piece of good news. A small one, but still quite significant: it turns out that the shameful “Exclusion Law” – enacted several months ago with the aim of setting up a kangaroo court for Knesset Members – can at present not be implemented. The functioning of the parliamentary […]
The full text of the United Nations anti-settlement resolution
14 Delegations in Favour of Resolution 2334 (2016) as United States Abstains The full text of resolution 2334 (Dec. 23, 2016) reads as follows: “The Security Council, “Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 242 (1967), 338 (1973), 446 (1979), 452 (1979), 465 (1980), 476 (1980), 478 (1980), 1397 (2002), 1515 (2003), and 1850 (2008), “Guided […]
For a change
Herzog and LapidDid the right thingPreventing aKangaroo courtFor theSummary expulsionOf Knesset Members. Published in Haaretz, 23/12/16