This morning, over thirty oncology specialists from Israeli hospitals called upon the Ministry of Health and the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (CGAT) to allow women cancer patients form the Gaza Strip to travel for urgent and lifesaving treatments in hospitals in Israel and the West Bank. The signatories include ward directors and … Read more
OH, GAZA. Strong as death is love. I loved Gaza. That is a play on words. The Biblical Song of Songs says that love is strong as death. Strong in Hebrew is Aza. Aza is also the Hebrew name of Gaza. I have spent many happy hours in Gaza. I had many friends there. From … Read more
We tried it all:A suffocating siege.Killing unarmed protesters.Missiles and bombings.So, what is left?To make peace!Also with Hamas?Yes, also with Hamas! Published in Haaretz, 01/06/18
WE ALL know the picture from the books and the movies: a gambler sits at the roulette table in a casino. He has luck. A lot of luck. In front of the gambler the pile of chips is growing. Higher and higher. Every spin of the roulette wheel adds to the heap. When the heap … Read more
BetweenSystematic killingOn the Gaza BorderAnd police rampageIn the Haifa streetsThere isA single straight line. Published in Haaretz, 25/05/18
ON BLOODY MONDAY this week, when the number of Palestinian killed and wounded was rising by the hour, I asked myself: what would I have done if I had been a youngster of 15 in the Gaza Strip? My answer was, without hesitation: I would have stood near the border fence and demonstrated, risking my … Read more
THOUSHALTNOTKILL! Published in Haaretz, 18/05/18
“IF YOU want to understand the policy of a nation, look at the map!” Napoleon is supposed to have said. It is good advice. If you are living in Israel, these days, you get the impression that the huge State of Israel is dictating to its American vassal what to do about Iran. President Donald … Read more
Standing onOne legMight endWith fallingTherefore:Embassy to Israel –In West Jerusalem.Embassy to Palestine –In East Jerusalem. Tomorrow, Sat. May 12 at 8.00 PM, a march fromGan Hasus (Horse Park) in central Jerusalem,with the call: “Don’t set Jerusalem on Fire!” Published in Haaretz, 11/05/18
Members of Kol Aher (Another Voice), an Israeli movement based in the town of Sderot and in smaller communities in the Gaza border area, held a demonstration Friday at the Yad Mordechai Junction, a short distance north of the border – where they have already held numerous demonstrations and protests on earlier occasions. Demonstrators made … Read more