Prime Minister BennettExplicitly announcedThat “There will beNo political processWith the Palestinians”. In other words,He informed the PalestiniansThat they have no hope whatsoeverTo get freeOf the Israeli occupationThrough negotiations.Any road to libertyBy non-violent meansWas completely closed off. The six Palestinian prisonersWho staged a daring prison break,Are admired by their peopleAs freedom fighters,While Israel regards themAs dangerous … Read more
Lapid, as Foreign MinisterOpens an embassyIn Abu DhabiAnd says nicetiesTo Arabs who liveThousands of kilometers away.And on the very same dayLapid’s ‘government of change’Sends bulldozers toSilwan in East JerusalemTo destroy homesAnd conduct all-out warOn the Palestinian inhabitants.To get a governmentWith such policiesThere was no needTo bring Netanyahu down. 30/06/21
Before the governmentWas formed, unitingRight-wing and Left-wing,It was declared thatThis government wouldAvoid dealing withControversial ideological issues.After just a week,The new governmentSeeks to enactA law forbiddingArab citizens of IsraelFrom marryingWest Bank Palestinians.Can a law beMore ideological than thatAnd more controversial? 21/06/21
Should thousands ofExtreme right settlersBe allowed to “Dance with flags”At the heart of theMuslim Quarter in Jerusalem,Provoke the Palestinian residents,With crude racist songs,And risk a new big flare-up,In Jerusalem, on the Gaza borderAnd in the whole country?The “Flag Dance” organizersHave been for many yearsPolitical and ideological partnersOf Naftali Bennett.Will he be willing and ableTo block … Read more
Gazan Artist Speaks About a Lifetime of Trauma and War “We live in constant fear of censorship. No artist should have that fear,”says 21-year-old artist Malak Matar. by Hakim BisharaMay 26, 2021 Malak Matar, “When peace dies, embrace it. It will live again.” (2019) (allimages courtesy the artist)At age 21, Malak Matar, a Gaza-born artist, … Read more
After 11 daysOf death and destruction,Does the government of IsraelIntend to fundamentally changeIts policy in the Gaza Strip?There is no sign ofAny such intention.The Israeli siege will continueTo stifle the Gaza Strip economy.Two million people will continueTo live in terrible poverty.From the moment of ceasefireThe countdown beganTowards the next round.Taxpayers in the WestWill be asked … Read more
“Our bombing of Gaza is moral”Cried the Prime MinisterAs if he cares.”We are doing allTo avoid harm to civilians”.So he said.Well, perhaps we try.But when you drop450 bombs in half an hourWeighing a whole tonne eachIn a densely populated urban areaThere is no way to avoidKilling women and children,In far greater numbersThan the IsraelisKilled by … Read more
The alternative bloc embarked onNegotiations to formA government without Netanyahu.At the same timeA huge conflagrationBecause of plans to evictHundreds of PalestiniansFrom their homes in Sheikh JarrahAnd put Israeli settlers in their place.The new government, if it will arise,Will not have much of a respiteTo avoid controversial issues …
Violent confrontations in East Jerusalem.The Israeli media presented a symmetrical picture:”Jewish demonstrators” versus “Arab demonstrators”With the impartial police interposing,Prime Minister Netanyahu calling for”Calming down on all sides”.This doesn’t take into account the basic facts:East Jerusalem is an occupied city.Settlers take over houses andThrow Palestinian tenants into the street,With the active help of the Israel Police.The … Read more
I am still reeling from the sheer violence we witnessed in Jerusalem last week. The sight of hundreds of Israeli Jews — many of them young boys chanting “Death to Arabs” as they marched unencumbered through the streets of the city, while nearby, Border Police officers violently put down a protest by Palestinians — was … Read more