The vaccine paradox

The Palestinians want to sendA thousand vaccinations to GazaJust one thousand, butThe Israeli authoritiesTake their time aboutGiving permission.It was the Israeli employers whoCame with the idea of vaccinatingTheir Palestinian employeesWho work day after day in Israel.The government did not think of itAnd is very hesitant to do so.Meanwhile the speedyVaccination of IsraelisAlready passed theThree million … Read more

And don’t you dare protest!

What is thereTo be surprised aboutThat Israel facesProsecution at the Hague?It is not aboutLegitimate self-defence.It’s about saying”We are the bosses hereAnd don’t you dare protest!A stone at a soldierIs answered with a bullet.If you march unarmedTowards the borderOur snipers willShoot to death200 of you.If your rockets scratch usWe will bomb youBack to the Stone AgeAnd … Read more

Speaking the demoted language

Arabic is no longerAn official languageIn the State of Israel,Due to the Nation State Law.But, surprise, surprise!Unable to reign inThe Haredi lock-down breakers -Fearing that vaccine success aloneWill not be enough to win electionsWith an economy in ruins,Bibi starts speaking the demoted language,To scratch some second class votes. 05/02/2021

They all have families to support

Fuad Sabti Jouda, 48 years oldFrom the village of Iraq at-TayehDid not get a permitTo work in Israel.To support his four children,He, like thousands of others.Crossed every morningA breach in the Separation Fence.On Sunday this week,An army Jeep arrived.The soldiers shot a heavy barrageOf tear gas grenades.Fuad Sabti Jouda did not knowThat his heart had … Read more

Starting point

Four years ago,The UN Security CouncilResolved that Israeli settlementsIn the Occupied TerritoriesConstitute a flagrant violationOf International LawAnd called on Israel to ceaseAll settlement construction.The adoption of this resolutionWas made possible byThe decision of President ObamaNot to veto it.Joe Biden, who wasVice President at that timeShould move on from there. 22/01/21

Holding on to power

Netanyahu usesEvery machination and trickTo cancel his trialOr at least obstruct it.He is simply determinedTo hold on to power.Would he also do whatTrump and his supporters did?If all his stratagems stop workingIt can’t be ruled out. 15/01/21

The army is too busy

The “Hilltop Youth” settlersAre rampaging, attackingAny Arab they meet.The army has no time to stop them,Too busy demolishing Palestinian homes,Confiscating generators fromPeople who are not allowed toLink to the electric grid,And shooting anyone who dares resist.More than a million Israelis were alreadyInoculated against Corona.Of the Palestinians under our rule -Not a single one.Around the worldHasbara … Read more

Inocculation and the vote

Minister Ohana, a Netanyahu groopie,Instructed Israel’s Prison Authority”For the time being” not to inoculatePalestinian prisoners.Prisoners in their cellsCannot keep social distanceAnd 140 Palestinian prisonersAlready contracted the Corona virus,Their health being the responsibilityOf the State of Israel.The prisoners’ punishment was definedBy the courts, and contracting a dangerous diseaseIs definitely not part of the punishment.Hundreds of the … Read more

The next step

It is Netanyahu’s hourTo at long last beRemoved from power.But to replace him withGideon Sa’ar, Mr “Likud clean” -No less supporting occupationAnd settlement… Why?In the coming elections,Those among us whoConsider the stateTo be of all its citizens,Know what to vote for.But who should bePrime Minister?Among available candidates,Yair Lapid might at least fulfillThe promise which so … Read more

Autocratic governments

Trump appointed judgesAnd expected themTo help himStay in power.But at theMoment of truthThe judges chose forJudicial integrity.Judges and public officialsWho keep their independenceOf autocratic governmentsAre vital for preserving democracyIn the US, in Israel and everywhere. 18/12/20