-A bankrupt government resorts to house demolition and nationalist demagoguery in a desperate effort to survive;-Demolition of families’ homes is illegal, immoral and serves no purpose other than satisfying of a sinister lust for revenge “Ehud Olmert and Ehud Barak, the pair of bankrupt politicians heading a collapsing cabinet, are desperately trying to achieve one … Read more
Protest March & Discussion CirclesSaturday, June 7, Tel Aviv, 17:30. Last update: Adam Molner report in Haaretz The march will start 17:30 at the corner of Allenby St. and Rothschild Blvd. and pass through the Rothschild and Ben Tzion Boulevards and thence into King George St. Bicycle riders of “Critical Mass Against The Occupation” will … Read more
Inhabitants of Kafin Village will tomorrow (Thur.) erect a protest tent near the fence separating them from their land; members of Gush Shalom and other peace groups will take part in the ceremony of launching the protest camp Inhabitants of Kafin Village will tomorrow (Thur. June 5) mark the anniversary of the occupation and establish … Read more
.Indiscriminate destruction at Afkikis Village on Independence Night and the complaint followed by more of the same On the night between May 10 and 11 – Israeli Independence Day Eve, when youths danced in the streets of Israeli cities – soldiers descended upon the small village of Afkikis, near the settlement of Negohot. There, soldiers … Read more
.In a letter to Attorney-General Menny Mazuz, Gush Shalom calls for an investigation against settler rabbis Zalman Melamed, Dov Lior and Yisrael Samet, on charges of racist incitement. The three rabbis recently spoke at a conference of the extreme right at the city of Ramleh. The conference’s explicit aim: discussing “the proper attitude towards the … Read more
.Responsibility for the escalation and bloodshed in the past day lies on those who refused the cease-fire proposal. Complete calm on both sides of the border could have been achieved already. The escalation and bloodshed of the past twenty-four hours, the killing of an Israeli and five Palestinians, could have been prevented. It was very … Read more
Ehud Barak, head of the extreme right in Israel who calls himself “Labor Party leader” has a lot of blood on his hands – more than the Palestinian prisoners whom the government refuses to release in order to return captured soldier Gile’ad Shalit to his family. The sole responsibility for the terrible killing of a … Read more
By Adam Keller Note: This account ends with an urgent request for donations, with theintervening text explaining exactly why they are very much needed. If youhave no time to read everything, please go to the end – that is, infact, the most important part! April 17, morning – A few activists outside the the Supreme … Read more
“It would have been best for all of us, Mr. President, had you gone to Damascus with a full mandate from the Government of Israel and from you successor in the White House. To promote to the best of your ability the solution to the conflict and the end to both peoples’ suffering. But even … Read more
.We condemn this barbaric act, proving nullity of peace speeches Army forces arriving at the small village of Aqaba in the northern West Bank (near Tubas) handed to inhabitants an order to demolish the local kindergarten, as well as a sheet metal hut where a poor family with eight children lives. “Those who sign such … Read more