Three years in prison for flag desecration
Who isDesecratingThe flag?First and foremost,The one whoRaises itIn settlementsCreated by forceOn stolen land. Published in Haaretz, 22/07/16
500 Israelis and Palestinians to hold Grassroots Negotiating Congress in Tel Aviv
Rothschild Boulevard, opposite Habima Theater, Friday, July 22, 2016, 10 am – 4 pm.The largest in the series of grassroots negotiations organized by “Minds of Peace”:will take place on Friday, July 22, in downtown Tel Aviv. No less than 500 people – half of them Israelis, half Palestinians – will sit down for six hours […]
Welcome! Bienvenue!
FOR ME, France is the land of liberty. When I was just 10 years old, I fled with my family from Nazi Germany to France, on our way to Palestine. We were afraid of being detained at the border. When our train crossed the Rhine, leaving Germany behind us and entering France, I breathed deeply. […]
Remaining behind bars
Bilal Kayed isOn hunger strike.After servingA 14 years sentence,He remains in prison:“AdministrativeDetention”Without trial. Today at 1.30 pm, near the Tunnels Checkpoint, hundreds of Israelisand Palestinians will together hold a Freedom March against theoccupation. Contact: Combatants for Peace, 052-9405177 Published in Haaretz, 15/07/16
Hatred Unlimited
A PALESTINIAN youngster breaks into a settlement, enters the nearest house, stabs a 13-year old girl in her sleep and is killed. Three Israeli men kidnap a 12-year old Palestinian boy at random, take him to an open field and burn him alive. Two Palestinians from a small town near Hebron enter Israel illegally, have […]
Already then
Occupation leadsTo resistance.Resistance leadsTo oppression.Oppression leadsTo terrorAnd counter-terror.Keeping theOccupied TerritoriesWill turn usInto murderersAnd murder victims.[this ad was publishedon September 22, 1967in this paper] Published in Haaretz, 08/07/16
What the Hell
What the hell has happened to them? Have they gone crazy? The British, of all people? I have always been an Anglophile. Even as a youngster, when I was a member of a terrorist organization devoted to driving the British out of our country. At the time I was working in a lawyer’s office which […]
It must end
The siege destroysGaza’s economy,EngenderingBitternessAnd hatred.The siegeMust end.Not for peaceWith Turkey,But for peaceWith the Palestinians. Published in Haaretz, 01/07/16
The Second Coming?
SUDDENLY, A familiar face, almost forgotten, appeared on the TV screen. Well, not entirely familiar, because it now sports a prominent black beard. (If I were he, I would quickly shave it off.) Yes, there he was. Former Chief of Staff, former Prime Minister, Ehud Barak. Barak in a new format. Aggressive. Outspoken. Damning Binyamin […]
Bad will gestures
82 millions toThe settlements.An intensifiedDestructionOf Arab Houses.Netanyahu:“Why don’tThe EuropeansBelieve meThat I trulyWant peace?” Published in Haaretz, 24/06/16