During the Nakba, the family of nurse Razan Al-Najjar was expelled from the village of Salama.We convene Tuesday, 3.7.18, 18:00, at the Sabil Abu-Nabbut fountain, 49 Derekh Ben-Zvi – close to the ancestral village to which Razan hoped to return. #WomenUnderSiege #WomansMarchGaza.
Elizabeth Murray, of Creative Voices for Non Violence, spent some time with the Freedom Flotilla boat Al-Awda, which has just two European ports of call left to make before sailing in hopes to break the horrendous siege of Gaza. All ships to date have been intercepted and boarded by the IDF, which in 2010 massacred … Read more
PRINCE WILLIAM, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, visited Israel this week. He seems a likable person. He looked like a prince should look, did all the right things, said all the right things, and even ate a watermelon with our mayor on the sandy shore of Tel Aviv. If the … Read more
Prince William:”East JerusalemIs OccupiedPalestinian Territory”.This is not justHis personal opinion.The whole worldIs saying soSince 1967. Published in Haaretz, 29/06/18
“AS LONG as in the heart, within, a Jewish soul is yearning…” thus starts the official translation of Israel’s national anthem. Actually, the Hebrew original says “the soul of a Jew”, but the translator probably got it right. It’s the Jewish Soul that was meant. But is there a Jewish Soul? Is it different from … Read more
A law to forbidTaking photosOf IDF soldiersIs an official, formalStatement byThe State of Israel:“We haveSomething to hide!” Published in Haaretz, 22/06/18
After commenting on most of the episodes on the first Israeli Prime Ministers in Raviv Drucker’s TV series “The Captains”, I must come back to the one whose episode I have not yet covered: Yitzhak Rabin. Let me state right from the beginning: I liked the man. He was a man after my own heart: … Read more
After three hoursOf deliberations onThe man-madeHumanitarianCrisis in Gaza,The governmentDecided to do…Nothing.And Southern IsraelIs left to swallowGaza’s despair. Published in Haaretz, 15/06/18
IT’S FRIGHTENING. Unprincipled psychologists, in the service of a malignant regime, use sophisticated techniques in order to control the mind of a person from afar. The term “brainwashing” was born in 1950. It is a Chinese word (“xinao”, literally wash brain). Originally it served to describe a technique used – so it was claimed – … Read more
The strongest armyIn the regionStumbles over kites.If you kill a medicWho tends the wounded,You will not see MessiPlaying football. Published in Haaretz, 08/06/18