by Uri Avnery “Whom do you believe?” asked General Ya’akov Amidror on TV with subdued anger, “the army spokesman or Hamas?” General (reserves) Amidror is the highest religious officer in our army. In the past he has raised several public storms with some utterances denigrating secular Israelis, saying that they are not real Jews. He [...]
By Mark Glenn They get together once or twice a year to smile and shake hands in front of the cameras in their desire to keep the outside world in its 50 year long state of delusion. The actors in question are the leaders of Israel and the United States, celebrating a friendship which has [...]
by Yossi Alpher An Israeli view The Geneva Accord between Yossi Beilin and Yasser Abed Rabbo and their colleagues signals the public on both sides that peace is possible. It is a courageous act, and a positive major event in the annals of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. On the Israeli side it might constitute at [...]
by Ghassan Khatib The significance of the Geneva Accord is that it has brought Palestinians and Israelis back to the political track, securing the continuity of the process that began with the Madrid peace conference. In a way, too, it has further narrowed the gaps between the two sides on the substantial issues of the [...]
Seeking God I found Palestine Battered and bruised crossways the path Weeping blood from gapping wounds Crying for help and slipping fast
The answer is all three. The plurality and shiftingness of what it means to be Jewish isn’t broadly recognized, making for errors in interaction.
26 October 2003 This morning, the Israeli High Court rejected an appeal submitted by PCHR to stop the demolition of 3 apartment buildings in al-Zahra town located opposite to the “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City.
By Uri Avnery The Beilin-Abed-Rabbo agreement is the latest hit on the Middle Eastern market. This week I made a short visit to Germany, where a book of mine has come out, and was asked about it at every event. At my meetings with President Johannes Rau and Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, too, the subject [...]
By Samah Sabawi As Israel continues its ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population in a slow, terrifying and effective manner, I am finding it harder to accept these attempts by the media to appear balanced and to be politically correct by assigning the responsibility of violent aggression equally on the Palestinians and the Israelis. By [...]
By Ramzy Baroud PalestineChronicle A solemn message was delivered on behalf of U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Seville, Spain. “Suicide bombings are immoral. They are counter-productive. They must be stopped,” he said. Annan’s seemingly upright observations however, underscored a profound, even a formidable presentation of a political and intellectual trend, essential for Israel to sustain [...]
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