If we don’t wait
Peace is the foundationOf our survival.Mahmoud AbbasIs our partnerFor peace.If we don’t waitToo long. Published in Haaretz – November 14, 2014
JERUSALEM
In East Jerusalem,The municipalityImposes finesAnd demolishes houses;The government approvesSettlement construction;The police usesForce and more force.They all seem to believeThat pouring more oilWill put out the fire. Published in Haaretz – November 7, 2014
Is ISIS Coming?
IF ISIS had approached the borders of Israel this week, nobody in the country would have noticed. Israel was riveted to a court-room drama. There, in the Jerusalem District Court, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced his erstwhile secretary, Shula Zaken. No one could take his or her eyes off them. It was the stuff […]
“Humanitarian crisis even worse than we thought”
International observers witness the impact of “Operation Protective Edge” and the closure of Gaza on human rights defenders’ work inside Gaza On October 28th, a five-member delegation from Europe and Guatemala entered Gaza. They included the European President of the World Council of Churches and Former Archbishop of Uppsala, Church of Sweden, Archbishop Emeritus Anders […]
Chickenshit
WHEN A high-ranking official of one country calls the leader of another country “chickenshit”, it may be assumed that the relations between the two countries are not at their best. In fact, they may be considered somewhat less than cordial. This week, It happened. An unnamed very high-ranking US official said this in an interview […]
End collective punishment in East Jerusalem!
Update – a demonstration outside the home of Jerusalem Mayor Barkat will place also this week – Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 9.00pm at 5 Hameyasdim St., Jerusalem. Original message:Over the past weekend, the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem have been under siege and collective punishment. The main roads to the neighborhoods have been blocked completely, […]
ONE WEEK
Anti-Supreme Court law.Segregated buses.Massive settlement construction.Police violence in Jerusalem.Confrontation with the US.Netanyahu did it allIn just one week. Tomorrow, Sat. at 7.30 pm, we will join the gathering of Israeli peace-seekers at the Memorial Rally at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv. Published in HaaretzOctober 31, 2014
Acre: Day of Encounter, Study and Prayers
Join our journey to Acre (Acco) bringing together Arabs and Jews for a dayof encounter, study and prayers, Sunday Oct. 26, 2014. Buses will leave fromJerusalem to Acco, with with Israeli Jews, East Jerusalem and West BankPalestinians joining. This is the third in a series of monthly interfaithjourneys we initiated during the Gaza-Israel war this […]
Muhammad, Where Are You?
IT SOUNDS like a joke. But it isn’t. About a month ago, on the eve of the Jewish New Year, the government statistical office published a set of interesting items about the population of the state. It is intended as a gift for the citizens. The population is growing, it is getting richer and it […]
Until when?
They killOur children.We killTheir children.Until when? Published in Haaretz – October 24, 2014