Israel resembles a speedboat. It moves quickly and turns easily. Israelis are proud of theirtalent for improvisation, which goes together with an inability to plan anything. These areto two sides of the same coin. The United States resembles a giant aircraft carrier. It moves heavily and can turn only in avery wide circle. It cannot … Read more
At the reception desk of the War-Against-Terror Coalition, there lies an application formfor new partners. After stating his name, country and function (king / president / emir /dictator / tyrant), the applicant is invited to answer the question: “Do you have localopponents that you wish to have branded as terrorists and dealt with accordingly?” Nearly … Read more
“Like a whale that has lost its sense of direction, you are storming the shore, storming itagain and again, wanting to commit suicide!” cried Haim Ramon excitedly from the rostrum ofthe Labor party to his party colleagues, in one of the great moments of his life. That was in January 1994. Ramon was then Minister … Read more
President Bush has declared a “war on terrorism”. Indeed? Osama bin Laden is undoubtedly a terrorist. Killing 4800 civilians at the World Trade Centerwas a terrorist outrage. But the United States would have declared war on bin Laden even if hehad been satisfied with killing American soldiers in Saudi Arabia or blowing up oilinstallations across … Read more
The Daily Life of Kawther Salam Thursday, November 1, 2001 Today I’m going to leave my apartment. I’m getting out of the hell, Made in Israel, in the city ofHebron. I’m running away from death. I’m not ready to die, or to kill, or to make revenge. I’m prepared to make peace and to be … Read more
The United States is about to be entangled in Afghanistan. Gone is the idea that it is possible to vanquish the Taliban by aerial bombardment. Gone is theillusion that some tribal fighters, who were given the grandiose name of the “NorthernCoalition”, could put up a real fight, much as the Israelis lost the illusion that … Read more
Like two trains speeding towards each other on the same track, the governments of Bush andSharon are racing towards an unavoidable collision. The earthquake of September 11 th changed the Middle East completely. If Ariel Sharon thoughtthat, at last, the basis for full cooperation in the War Against Terror between Washington andJerusalem, a Bush(a)ron super-government, … Read more
It is not nice to admit this, but I do get some pleasure from this war. Until the war broke out I thought that our media were the worst in the western world. From thevery start of the Intifadah our media have been speaking in one uniform voice, faithfullyparroting the official story, not asking probing … Read more
The Daily Life of Kawther Salam Sunday, 2rd June 2002 I feel tired, frustrated and depressed, I can’t survive any more, there isno moral values and ethics under the occupation, and there is no justice inthe world, the ” IDF ” soldiers killed my hopes, dream and future.I can’t survive, It’s difficult for me even … Read more
The Daily Life of Lather Salaam You are a disgrace as a woman and as a writer. You CANNOT destroy the State of Israel with youranti-Jewish trash. Silly benighted cow—- Hell is what the dirty murdering terrorists areputting Israeli women and children through. Hell is the rampant corruption and terrorism ofyassir arafat . Hell ( … Read more