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Fated to live side by side
We,
Israelis and Palestinians,
Are fated
To live side by side.

Either
In between ceasefires
As permanent targets
Of "illegitimate shooting'"
And “collateral damage".

Or
As peaceful neighbors
In... • More...

To military prison, instead of Gaza - Conscientious Objector Natan Blanc
I began thinking about refusing to join the Israeli Army during the 'Cast Lead' operation in 2008. The wave of aggressive militarism that swept the country then, the expressions of mutual hatred • More...

Another Superfluous War
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A sane government...
Would have supported
Palestine's admission
To the UN.

The Netanyahu government
Deliberately broke a cease-fire
To drag us into a
Useless war. • More...

The Technical University of Denmark severed ties with the college at Ariel settlement
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Goodbye to a War
BINYAMIN NETANYAHU and his patron, Sheldon Adelson, betted on Mitt Romney, with the State of Israel as their chip.

They lost.

For Adelson, the betting tycoon, that doesn’t amount to much. Some... • More...

Continue what you started
Congratulations,
Mr. President!

Many tasks
And heavy problems
Face you.
But please don't forget:
Israelis and Palestinians
Wait for you
To continue
What you started
In our region. • More...

Das System
TO A foreigner, like myself, the US election system looks cockeyed.

The president is elected by an “electoral college”, which does not necessarily reflect the will of the people. This system... • More...

For the future of Israel
Netanyahu is
Very apprehensive
About what will happen
To his government
And his policies
If Obama
Is re-elected.

We truly hope
That Netanyahu's fears
Will all come true. • More...

Drought in Texas
EVERYBODY IN Israel knows this story. When Levy Eshkol was Prime Minister, his assistants rushed up to him in panic: “Levy, there is a drought!”

“In Texas?” Eshkol asked anxiously.

“No, in... • More...

WHY GET EXCITED?
Peace with the Palestinians
Is not a topic
In these elections.

After all,
Our politicians can live with
Occasional flare-ups
On the Gaza border ,
And don't get excited by
The West Bank pressure... • More...

"The Occupation is manifest cruelty and injustice"
Today, Wednesday, October 24th, CO Moriel Rothman will be sent to military jail for his decision to refuse service in the IDF, and after his request for a Conscience Committee was rejected without... • More...

Israeli activists detained on the "Estelle" released
Elik Elhanan: excessive force was used against us, without any reason
Electric shocks by taser out of vengeful hatred
A Greek MP was beaten by Shabak Security Service interrogators • More...

Occupation at sea
Three Israelis among captured "Estelle".

Also on board: Members of Parliament from Sweden, Norway, Spain and Greece.

Gush Shalom: A stupid show of force, expanding occupation to international... • More...

The Man with the Uzi
THERE WAS this young Israeli who was captured by cannibals. They put him in the cooking pot and were about to light the fire, when he expressed one last wish: “Please box my ears!”

When the... • More...

WHY INDEED?
Route 443
Leads from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem
Through Occupied Territory.

The Palestinian inhabitants,
On whose land it was built,
Are prevented from
Using it.

Suddenly, quite by surprise... • More...

Filling the Black Hole
SO WE have two election campaigns in the next three months – one in the USA and one in Israel. I don’t know which of them is more important for our lives.

In many respects, the two elections are... • More...

Security Issues
On the eve
Of calling for
New elections,
Netanyahu initiated
A new flare-up
On the Gaza border.

Commentators agree:
It would be
To Netanyahu's advantage
To conduct elections
On security issues. • More...

Of Bombs and Comics
MY FIRST reaction to Binyamin Netanyahu’s exhibition of comics at the UN General Assembly was shame.

Shame that the supreme elected representative of my country would stoop to such a primitive... • More...

Fallen leaf
Ehud Barak
Served for years
As Netanyahu's
Fig leaf.

A miserable
And unconvincing
Fig leaf -
But now Netanyahu
Has discarded
It too. • More...

The Grand Default
I AM sitting here writing this article 39 years to the minute from that moment when the sirens started screaming, announcing the beginning of the war. • More...

INSTEAD
Peace
With
Palestine

Instead of

War
With
Iran • More...

A Message from Romnyahu
ONCE UPON a time, President Richard Nixon wanted to appoint a certain lawyer to the US Supreme Court.

“But the man is a complete moron!” one senator exclaimed. • More...

OSLO
Oslo was intended
To bring peace
Within five years.

19 years later,
The occupation
Continues to block
Any agreement.

If Oslo collapses –
What will happen? • More...

Protest in Ramallah
VISITING RAMALLAH after an absence of several months, I was again amazed by the ongoing building activity. Everywhere new high-rise buildings are going up, and many of them are beautiful. (Arabs... • More...

What if?
Netanyahu
Has declared
War on
Obama.

But
What if
Obama
Wins
The elections? • More...

The March of Folly
NOTHING COULD be more scary than the thought that this duo – Binyamin Netanyahu and Ehud Barak – is in a position to start a war, the dimensions and outcome of which are incalculable. • More...

Because of The shame
The settlers
Are creating
A situation
Which will
Make it impossible
For a
Decent Person
To live
In Israel –
Because of
The shame. • More...

Master of Mischief
AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN has a restless nature. From time to time he has to do something, anything. • More...

BOYS
Boys
From Bat-Ayin settlement
Are suspected of
Hurling a Molotov cocktail
At a Palestinian taxi
And wounding
A whole family.

Boys
At the nearby Efrat settlement
Heard from the Prime Minister
That... • More...