“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth,Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him.” This biblical injunction (Proverbs 24:17) is oneof the most profound Jewish moral tenets. In this connection, Israel is very far from being a “Jewish State”, as it likes to defineitself. The … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of Gush Shalom, took today (Friday, 12.11.04) part in Yasser Arafat’s funeral atthe Mukata’a in Ramallah. The delegation passed the well-organized Israeli army checkpoint in Beitunia and wasconveyed from there to Ramallah in vans bearing the designation “Official Delegation”. Masses of Palestinians beleaguered the gates of the compound and the Palestinian … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of Gush Shalom, took today (Friday, 12.11.04) part in Yasser Arafat’s funeral atthe Mukata’a in Ramallah. The delegation passed the well-organized Israeli army checkpoint in Beitunia and wasconveyed from there to Ramallah in vans bearing the designation “Official Delegation”. Masses of Palestinians beleaguered the gates of the compound and the Palestinian … Read more
Wherever he may be buried when he passes away, the day will come when his remains will bereinterred by a free Palestinian government in the holy shrines in Jerusalem . Yasser Arafat is one of the generation of great leaders who arose after World War II. The stature of a leader is not simply determined … Read more
I remember standing on the roof of a warehouse near Beirut harbor and observing the armedand uniformed PLO fighters, headed by Yasser Arafat, getting on the ships that took themwestwards. “End of the Arafat era!” rejoiced the newspapers in Israel the next day. “Arafat ispolitically a dead horse!” said the radio commentators. “Thank God we … Read more
Translated from Yediot Aharonot, Oct. 28, 2004 Only Arafat Can Suddenly, the tone has changed. Millions of words have been written in the past few yearsabout Yasser Arafat, not one percent of which was positive. A totally evil man, the ultimatevillain, a despicable murderer, corrupt, and other epitaphs. He must be driven out (meaning:he must … Read more
Defense Against Settlers’ Violence photo gallery The settlers of Tapuakh, violent disciples of Rabbi Kahane, did not shoot and runamok this Saturday (23.10), when peace activists approached their settlements from twosides, in order to prevent them from disrupting the olive picking. 255 peace activists answered the call to take part in the olive picking action … Read more
Everybody in Israel is talking about the Next War. The most popular TV channel is running awhole series about it. Not another war with the Arabs. Not the nuclear threat from Iran . Not the ongoing bloodyconfrontation with the Palestinians. The talk is about the coming civil war. Only a few months ago, that would … Read more
Defense Against Settlers’ Violence photo gallery The settlers of Tapuakh, violent disciples of Rabbi Kahane, did not shoot and runamok this Saturday (23.10), when peace activists approached their settlements from twosides, in order to prevent them from disrupting the olive picking. 255 peace activists answered the call to take part in the olive picking action … Read more
What really is important is not what he said or why he said it, but the world-view thatanimates him. By now, everybody has had a go at analyzing the interview with Dov (“Dubby”) Weisglass,Ariel Sharon ’s most intimate confidant. But there is precious little to analyze. Hisstatement is crystal clear: the “redeployment plan” was designed … Read more