Details of actions taken under the Ninth Israeli obligation. In June 2002, the UN reported that Israel owed the PAmore than $600 million in tax revenues that it collected on behalf of the PA. The money has been withheld since November 2000. Israel has resumed transfers of Palestinian tax money to the PA, but approximately … Read more
Palestinian action: PM Abbas issued the following statement at the Aqaba Summit (4 June 2003): “Our goal is two states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. “Together, we can achieve the goal of an indipendent Palestinian state…in the framework of a good neighbor with all states in the region, including … Read more
Every television viewer recognizes the bridge between the last two buildings left standingamong the ruins of the Mukata’ah (compound) in Ramallah. During one of my last visits, a Palestinian officer pointed to a simple table and chair near oneof the windows of this bridge. Through this window a stretch of the Palestinian landscapebeyond the town … Read more
There’s nobody like the British. The things they get excited about! A terrible thing has happened. Their Prime Minister lied to them! The whole country is in anuproar. And – how awful! – the intelligence services have trimmed their findings to suit theirpolitical boss. Astounding! In Israel, the United States and most other places around … Read more
George Caesar, the Imperator of the new Rome, likes Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen). He has invitedhim to the White House and showers him with compliments. As in ancient Rome, the likes and dislikes of the Emperor shape the policy of the Empire. All theministers, eunuchs, officials, proconsuls and local rulers act accordingly, whilemouthing words of … Read more
20 Gush Shalom activists demonstrated today Monday, July 14,in the Tel-Aviv courtroom against the trial of Marwan Barghouti,the chief of the Fatah organization on the Wrest Bank.At the beginning of the session, the activists hoisted posters saying”Barghouti – don’t imprison him, talk peace with him!”They were immediately attacked by a large number of guards who … Read more
20 Gush Shalom activists demonstrated today Monday, July 14,in the Tel-Aviv courtroom against the trial of Marwan Barghouti,the chief of the Fatah organization on the Wrest Bank.At the beginning of the session, the activists hoisted posters saying”Barghouti – don’t imprison him, talk peace with him!”They were immediately attacked by a large number of guards who … Read more
After “Intifada” (shaking off) and “Shahid” (martyr), another Arabic term has entered theworld’s vocabulary: “Hudna” (truce). In Islamic tradition, the word evokes an historical event. The first Islamic truce wasdeclared in the year 628 AD at Hodaibiya, in the course of Muhammad’s war against the paganchiefs of Mecca. According to the version now doing the … Read more
photo gallery “First of all – the wall must fall!”shouted the peace activists at a demonstration against the Apartheid Wallthat was called jointly by the public organization of Qalqilya and Gush Shalom. The Israeli peace activists demonstrated on the Israeli side with posters that said”The wall – a ghetto for Israelis, a prison for Palestinians”and … Read more
Today an important event took place in Ramallah. Three hundred personalities, half of themPalestinians, half of them Israelis, took part in the founding conference of the first whollyintegrated joint peace organization – the Joint Israeli-Palestinian Action Group forPeace. This followed the publication, two months ago, of a joint political statement signed by 1500Palestinian and Israeli … Read more