All over the country,There is a steady increaseIn the number of demonstratorsCalling for Netanyahu’s resignation.(At the same time, an increaseIn the level of violenceBy the PM’s dwindling supporters.)Right-wing public figuresStarted calling upon NetanyahuTo understand the game is over.He didn’t get it yet. 23/10/20
Tens and even hundreds of thousandsTake to the streets every weekTo demand Netanyahu’s resignation.”Leftists” they are called.Paradoxically, they could help bring to powerNaftali Bennett, champion ofOccupation, settlement and annexation.To create an alternative to the right wingThe whole opposition must recognizeA basic democratic principle:The Arabs are fully equal citizens.Their representatives could and should beFull partners in … Read more
Young people in Tel AvivDemonstrated against Netanyahu.The police dispersed them by force.The Israeli media reported extensively.Ultra-Orthodox in Bney BrakInsisted on keeping synagogues open.The police dispersed them by force.The Israeli media reported extensively.Palestinians in Kafr QaddumDemonstrated to protest settlersTaking over their main road.The army dispersed them by force.The Israeli media apparentlyNever heard of it. 09/10/20
Netanyahu’s dream isTo impose a prohibitionOn the demonstrationsOf his political opponents.By doing so he leadsIsrael’s citizens towardsThe situation in whichThe Palestinians liveSince 1967. 02/10/20
With devastating statisticsNetanyahu is neverthelessUnable to convince the publicOf the need for a lockdown,Nor could he arouseSignificant enthusiasmFor his “peace”With the Emirates.And while his criminal trialIs looming just aheadHis staunch supportersFail to come out on the streets.A wiser Prime MinisterWould draw his conclusions. 25/09/20
Exactly a hundred years agoHaim Weitzman,Future President of Israel,Signed an agreementWhich seemed promisingWith Emir Feisal,Later King of Iraq.What did it bring?Bloody riots which soon broke outIn Jaffa – the first in a stringOf wars and intifadas.It was true then, as it is now:No use to make dealsWith faraway KingsWithout coming to termsWith our direct neighbors. … Read more
After a harsh warKosovo declared independence,For years making effortsTo gain recognition.Until now, Israel refrainedFrom recognizing KosovoFor fear of creating a precedentFor recognition of the State of Palestine.But now Netanyahu is desperatelyCollecting diplomatic coups,Which of courseTotally changes the calculation. 11/09/20
Ceasefire is good newsTo Israeli farmersWhose fields will not burnAnd to Gaza fishermenWho will go out to seaIsraeli planes will no longerTake off on bombing missionsAnd Gazan homes will haveElectricity again.But as long asThe Israeli siegeGoes onSuffocating GazaThis is no more thanTemporary relief 04/09/20
“All week I hear talk of’Peace in return for peace’But I can’t really understandWhat this is all about.Here we have a war,Missiles are falling,Our residents live in basic insecurity”,Said Alon Davidi, Mayor of Sderot.Netanyahu heard himBut continued to boastOf having achieved”Peace in return for peace, not for territories”.Still, he understood it would be betterNot to … Read more
Will direct flightsTo Abu DhabiBring us peace and quiet?Ask the farmersOn the Gaza borderWhose fields are burningAnd the parents ofSoldiers killed duringRaids of West Bank villages.The war in this countryWhich lasts already a centuryStarted with the Palestinians.Without an agreementWith the PalestiniansWe will never live in peace.