Despite the raging pandemic and Israel’s ever-increasing restrictions on the movements of Palestinians, a few friends and I still manage to meet occasionally to chat and catch up. As we sit, drinking tea and coffee, my phone would buzz with constant updates sent by journalists, activists or friends about the rising number of infections and … Read more
“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.
In a late night hourThe IDF conducted”A routine operation”In the city of JeninOn the West Bank.The soldiers’ invasionEncountered resistanceBy the people of the city.The IDF Spokesman said:”Hundreds of Palestinians wereShooting, throwing stones andHurling explosive devices.The soldiers responded withAnti-riot gear.”Dalia Samudi did not take partIn all this. She just triedTo close the windowsAnd prevent the clouds … Read more
Netanyahu is in trouble.Tens of thousands of protestersOutside his residenceAnd his own supportersStay at home,Fissures in the coalitionIn the right wing blockAnd even in his own party.Elections? But the pollsAre not so rosy.And in a few monthsHe will have to sit in the dockThree days a week.What can he do?Cry out: “Coup! Coup! Coup!The media! … Read more
“We have the rightTo bomb SyriaWhenever we want.”We don’t tolerateAny violation of ourSovereign territoryBy land, sea or air”.On this Netanyahu and Ganz agree.(It would not be the first timeThat a failing governmentTries to save itself byBeating the drums of war.)
This week the Israeli daily Ha’aretz published an extensive interview with me. It was an extraordinary opportunity to comprehensively discuss B’Tselem’s work. To talk about being a traitor to the cause of Jewish supremacy – and loyal to different values altogether; to discuss the de-facto annexation that has already happened; and to consider what’s ahead … Read more
From Jerusalem to Tel AvivAnd all over the countryFurious demonstratorsTake to squares and junctions.But only in JaffaDid the policeUse flash grenades…
Today, 19/7/2020 19:00 via ZoomOSSIM SHALOM – Social Workers For Peace & Social Welfareand a coalition of organizations invite you to an online event commemorating Nelson Mandela Mandela’s Legacy, Then and Now Panel:MP Ayman Odeh – Leader of the Hadash Party, head of the Joint List AllianceDr. Alon Liel – former Ambassador of Israel to … Read more
For many yearsNetanyahu said:”The economy is flourishing,So forget about corruption.Forget about the Palestinians.Life is good, isn’t it?”But with CoronavirusThe economy is in tatters.And Netanyahu’sAnnexation schemesAlienated Israel’s old friends.Are Israelis starting at lastTo understand thatNetanyahu is not the solutionBut the problem?