There is full agreement between all those who were in the Jenin refugee camp on only one thing. Aweek after the end of the fighting, foreign journalists and IDF soldiers, UN representativesand hired hacks in the Israeli media, members of the welfare organizations and governmentpropagandists all report that a terrible stench of decomposing bodies lingers … Read more
105 years ago, the day after the First Zionist Congress in Basel, Theodor Herzl, wrote in hisdiary: ” In Basel I founded the State of the Jews.” This week, Ariel Sharon should note in hisdiary: “In Jenin I founded the State of the Palestinians.” Of course, he did not mean to. Quite the contrary, his … Read more
The three most brilliant speechwriters of George Bush prepared last Thursday’s speech of thePresident. Let’s call them Tom, Dick and Harry. Tom’s job was to make certain that the speech would not offend the pro-Israel lobby (both theJewish and the Christian-fundamentalist). Dick saw to it that the speech would conform to thePresident’s style and intellectual … Read more
The Daily Life of Kawther Salam My “visa” card that’s available to work in all over the world,is not available to work in Israel. The Israeli goverenament imposed siege on the Palestinian Banks and visas cards. My Israelifriends helped me always to survive, and “DINA LEE” is still responsible about all of myexpenses. It’s enough … Read more
palestine The desert speaks shrouds wail floating across the expanse from the Valley of Jezreel, to the waters of Sharem el Shech billions of tiny granules cloud up in anger. Six million dead souls whisper through lidless graves awakened from their mournful slumber unwilling recruits to the justification for murder. Foreign-made tanks rumble through Sinai … Read more
If Ariel Sharon succeeds in murdering Yasser Arafat, as he wants to, the Palestinian leaderwill remain in the collective memory of his people, and the whole Arab world, like Moses inJewish memory. Moses rebelled against Egyptian oppression, led his people forth from “the house ofbondage”, led them for 40 years in the desert, made a … Read more
When a whole people is seething with rage, it becomes a dangerous enemy, because the rage doesnot obey orders. When it exists in the hearts of millions of people, it cannot be cut off by pushing a button. When this rage overflows, it creates suicide bombers – human bombs fuelled by the power ofanger, against … Read more
Sorry to say, I have to apologize. And to myself, of all people. This is how it was. A short time after the destruction of the Twin Towers, on September 11, 2001,I wrote: A basic change in the American attitude towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict isgoing to take place. The US is going to impose a … Read more
After the invasion of the Balata refugee camp by a regular brigade of the IDF, the brigadecommander appeared on television and said that he had expected the Palestinians to fight liketigers, but that they behaved like pussycats. This is a frightening sentence, because it discloses a startling fact: the Brigade commanderdoes not understand in what … Read more
The Daily Life of Kawther Salam Kawther in Dublin On 4th March 2002 I arrived at Ben Gurion airport. It was 6:45am. I spend wonderful time in Ireland, It’s enough to feel that you are a human being,to enjoy your life, but living under the occupation you feel such disappointment.I was thinking about my life … Read more