The Israeli Ministry of Education has decided that pupils (or at least Arab pupils!) are permitted to learn that the 1948 war was, in the eyes of the Arabs, a catastrophe – or, in Arabic, “Nakba”. Arab pupils know this already, of course. What is important is that Jewish pupils should also understand this. In … Read more
“The Six Day War has already lasted forty years – it is time to end it” was the expression used by Shauki Hatib, head of the Monitoring Committee, political leadership of Israel’s Arab citizens, and quoted on the Y-net news website. He was not the only one who felt this way. Israel has now kept … Read more
Good evening. It is a great honour for me to stand on this stage beside my friend and brother Bassam Aramin, a man of the Palestinian peace camp, one of the founders of the Combatants for Peace movement of which two of my sons, Alik and Guy, are members of. Only last week, on Tuesday … Read more
http://gush-shalom.org.toibillboard.info/breakingthesilence_ruИзраильская организация «Прервать молчание» (Breaking the Silence), вошедшая в 2010 году в число номинантов Премии имени Сахарова, выпустила на иврите и на английском языке книгу свидетельств израильских солдат, которые в 2000-2010 году проходили службу на оккупированных Израилем территориях.«Гуш Шалом» знакомит русских читателей с этой книгой.
ON MAY 25, 1967, twelve days before the Six-day war, I published in Haolam Hazeh, the news magazine of which I was the editor, an article entitled “Nasser Has Fallen Into a Trap”. That sounded crazy, because, at the time, all Israel was in the grip of mortal fear. A few months earlier, I was … Read more
For the ‘Our Jerusalem’ text in three languages click here Among the signatories are: 70 university professors 131 other faculty members, doctors, lecturers and researchers 89 poets, authors, translators and editors 54 painters, sculptors and other artists 59 journalists 41 actors, moviemakers and theater directors and critics 13 psychiatrists and psychologists 32 jurists 16 architects … Read more
photo gallery The alternative Independence ceremony of Yesh Gvul is already quite an institute itself. Yesterday we came together for the tenth time in front of the stairs opposite the Prime Minister’s Office. The stairs provide a natural podium. But that is not the only reason to do it there. This is also the place … Read more
Both within the ranks of Hamas and Fatah, there are hot headed trigger happy adventurists who refused to understand that the tensions between the two camps cannot be resolved by violent means. In this context, it should be understood that the US is among those unhappy about the spirit of compromise and the victory of … Read more
translated from HebrewI came back to Al Araqib, my homeBirth place of my father and grandfatherEvil men took my tentsMy food, my waterEven my blanket and the pillow under my headGuests were not offered any drink by meFor no sugar nor coffee were left meI am so very sad for I stood aloneAnd so evil … Read more
…what I believe, like many Israelis, is that the way is to start a new page, to get out of the Occupied Territories and to live side by side with the Palestinians (…) but the reality of the matter is that it is Israel that is not willing to recognize the right of the Palestinians … Read more