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Conducting electionsAs if there areNo Palestinians,No occupation andNo siege of Gaza.Then seeing realityFlying in your face. 29/03/19

Gal Keidan was bornIn Be’er ShebaOn the 33rd yearOf the occupation,And grew up to beA gifted musicianTo be shot to death,A soldier, in the 52nd yearOf the never-ending injustice,Which should have been whatThe elections are about. 22/03/19

“The United States isThe state of all its citizens”.”Britain is the stateOf all its citizens”.France is the stateOf all its citizens”.What? Is there somebodyLike Rotem SelaIn all these countries?No need. In these countriesNo one will think ofDisputing self-evident facts. 15/03/19

The worst corruptionOf Netanyahu isDrowning the hope for peaceIn a pool of cynicismAnd making the OccupationInto a permanent Status QuoBut for thisNo one willProsecute him… 08/03/19

A space probeWas launchedTo haveThe Israeli pride on the moon.On the same day,Also a bullet was launchedInto the chest ofYoussef Said Hussein al-Dayeh,15 years old.The Israeli shame on earth. 01/03/19

“You send your kidsTo the army, the Territories,And get them back as beasts.That’s what Occupation does.”So spoke a TV presenterAnd raised a storm.In this elections campaignNo one speaks of the occupation.And these are the politiciansWho seek to define our future. 22/02/19

The past week claimedThree young lives:* Hassan Shalabi, 14 years old* Hamza Ishtawi, 18 years old* Ori Ansbacher, 19 years oldThe occupation kills us all! 15/02/19

Sending away from HebronThe Human Rights observers,While the settlers stay there,Is like abolishingThe fire brigadeOn a hot, dry summer day. 08/02/19

Hamdi Taleb Na’asan38 years old, father of four,Was shot and killedIn his olive grove.Who fired the bullet?A soldier or a settler?Either way,Hamdi Taleb Na’asanWas killed because ofThe occupation. 01/02/19