photo gallery “Today they expel Hamas members, tomorrow they’ll expel Fatah people, then they’ll expel all the Arabs from East Jerusalem, and in the end they’ll revoke the citizenship of Israeli peace activists and expel us too,” Uri Avnery said today (July 7, 2010) in a meeting with members of the Palestinian Parliament who have … Read more
On the eve of the hearing of Gush Shalom’s petition, PM Netanyahu accepted the request of Judge Ya’akov Tirkel to broaden the powers of the Committee headed by Tirkel, charged with probing the Gaza Flotilla raid. The Supreme Court hearing is delayed for ten days, and until July 11 the activities of the Tirkel Committee … Read more
“Netanyahu and his partners consider every day in which they do not instigate a new provocation in East Jerusalem to be a lost day”, said Uri Avnery in response to the decision to expel Mohammed Abu-Tir from Jerusalem. (Avnery met Abu-Tir a few times in his home.) “East Jerusalem is one of the most sensitive … Read more
It took the killing of nine people at sea and the blackening of Israel’s name throughout the world to make the government decide to stop interfering with what the people of Gaza may or may not eat. It apparently would have been too much to expect from PM Netanyahu and his ministers to have taken … Read more
photo gallery A disaster was averted yesterday (June 5) at Tel-Aviv’s Museum Square, when rightists threw a smoke grenade into the middle of the protest rally, obviously hoping for a panic to break out and cause the protesters to trample on each other. But the demonstrators remained calm, nobody started to run and just a … Read more
The “Rachel Corrie” affair will figure prominently in tonight’s Tel Aviv peace march The boat takeover is a hollow victory Protesters will call for an end to the Gaza siege and the 43-year old occupation “As we complete preparations for the peace march and rally to be held this evening in Tel Aviv, we followed … Read more
June 1, 2010 What happened yesterday is a crime. A crime against the State of Israel. A band of foolhardy, irresponsible and power-drunk persons decided on an action that was bound to result in people being killed and injured. No sensible person in Israel or abroad will buy the collection of lies and pretexts with … Read more
photo gallery 31.5.10 – More than 2000 people, old and young, gathered opposite the Ministry of Defense in Tel-Aviv in a spontaneous demonstration of anger and protest, after soldiers of the “most elite units” of the IDF were sent to attack the Peace Flotilla that was on its way to Gaza. The number of killed … Read more
photo gallery Uri Avnery: “This night a crime was perpetrated in the middle of the sea, by order of the government of Israel and the IDF Command A warlike attack against aid ships and deadly shooting at peace and humanitarian aid activists It is a crazy thing that only a government that crossed all red … Read more
The State of Israel has no interest in flooding television screens all over the world with footage of its navy violently assaulting against peace activists at sea. It is time to remove the suffocating siege and allow residents of Gaza to have free contact with the outside world, freely operate sea and air ports of … Read more