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The crucial question
Killing a middle-level Palestinian leader –
4 days' total disruption of the daily life of
A million Israelis – 26 dead Palestinians –
300 missiles shot on Israel – 17.5 million
Shekels spent on... • More...
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A Jewish Soul
ON THE face of it, it was a trivial incident. In the presence of the entire political and legal establishment, the liberal President of the Supreme Court, Dorit Beinisch, who has reached the age... • 10/03/12
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DISGUSTING
Netanyahu compared
The Israelis of 2012
To the Jews in Auschwitz
In 1944.
A disgusting demagoguery,
An insult to sovereign Israel
By its own Prime Minister,
A particularly cynical
Exploitation of... • More...
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The Laughing Beast
IF I were to follow the call of my heart, I would appeal to our government to send the Israeli army into Syria, drive the Assad gang from Damascus, turn the country over to the Syrian opposition... • 03/03/12
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OBLIGATION
Israel undertook
A clear obligation
To allow Palestinian
Radio and TV broadcasts
Netanyahu violates
This obligation too:
The army invaded Ramallah
To close TV stations.
Tomorrow, Netanyahu will... • More...
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Adnan’s Victory
A PALESTINIAN village, somewhere in the West Bank.
In the middle of the night, banging on the door and shouts in Arabic: “Israeli army. Open up!” • 25/02/12
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WARNING!
At the helm of
The Israeli army
Stands a minister
With no political base,
Few future prospects
And little to lose.
Free to play with fire
And plan
Dangerous adventures
Beware of
Ehud Barak! • More...
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Thou Shalt Not Kill (Thyself)
AFTER THE founding of Israel, God appeared to David Ben-Gurion and told him: “You have created a state for my chosen people in my holy land. This merits a great reward. Tell me what you wish, and... • 18/02/12
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Not in Syria
After 60 days
Of hunger strike,
Khader Adnan is dying,
Chained to his bed.
In administrative detention,
Without trial.
Accused of no crime.
Not in Syria.
Here. • More...
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PRETEXTS
The government’s
Opposition to peace
Is constant.
Only the pretext
Changes.
The current one:
The reconciliation
Between
Fatah and Hamas.
What will be
The next? • More...
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Reluctant Prophet
On Monday, I was honored to receive the Leibowitz Prize for “life’s work”, the prize established by the Yesh Gvul soldiers' peace organization. I was unable to prepare a speech, so I spoke off the... • 04/02/12
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Mohammad Bakri
The actor Mohammad Bakri
Is the target of
A boycott campaign
With ministerial support
It's a pity for Bakri
That he is not a settler.
Then, such a campaign
Would be forbidden by law. • More...
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Hurrah for Egypt!
THE IMPOSSIBLE has happened. The Egyptian parliament, democratically elected by a free people, has convened for its first session. • 28/01/12
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MANIFESTLY ILLEGAL
Migron, a manifestly
Illegal settlement
On private Palestinian land,
Has been asked to move
a few hundred meters.
The media ask anxiously:
Will they accept
This "compromise"?
At Anata... • More...
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The Blockbusters
“ISRAEL HAS no foreign policy, only a domestic policy,” Henry Kissinger once remarked. • 21/01/12
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PARDON
"They have blood
On their hands!"
Said the government,
When asked
By the Europeans
To free Palestinians
Imprisoned before Oslo.
"He has been
Punished enough!"
Says the government
And wants to... • More...
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The Shining Torch
“SHINING TORCH” sounds like the name of a Red Indian (or should I say Native American?) chief. In Hebrew, it is the literal meaning of the name of our latest political sensation: Ya’ir Lapid. • 14/01/12
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NEW RECORD
Can a person
Who personally
Violates International Law
Be a Supreme Court judge?
Judge Noam Solberg
Is a settler
In Occupied Territory.
The appeal against
His appointment
Was rejected at record... • More...
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The Stolen War
IS THERE no limit to the villainy of Hamas? Seems there isn’t.
This week, they did something quite unforgivable.
They stole a war. • 07/01/12
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RESULTS
Representatives of
The Israeli government
Met this week with
The Palestinians.
Results: None.
Representatives of
The Israeli government
Met this week with
The settlers.
Result: legitimization
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Shukran, Israel
IF ISLAMIST movements come to power all over the region, they should express their debt of gratitude to their bête noire, Israel. • 31/12/11
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What next?
A direct line
Leads from
The anti-democratic legislation
In the Knesset,
Through the violent rampage
Of the settlers
In the West Bank,
To the fanatical hooliganism
In Beit Shemesh.
What next? • More...
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The Duke of Nablus
THE NAME of Munib al-Masri has recently come up as a possible candidate for Prime Minister of a Palestinian national unity government. Not being a member of either Fatah or Hamas, he is acceptable... • 24/12/11
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Delay
Half a year ago,
Gush Shalom appealed
Against the law forbidding
The boycott of
Settlement products.
The state's lawyers
Find it difficult
To defend a law
Whose enactment
They had tried to... • More...
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“With Friends Like These…”
MY GOD, what a bizarre lot these Republican aspirants for the US presidency are!
What a sorry bunch of ignoramuses and downright crazies. Or, at best, what a bunch of cheats and cynics! (With the... • 17/12/11
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THE GOLEM
Palestinian demonstrators
Are being shot.
In face of rampaging settlers,
The army did not make
Even a single arrest.
For 44 years, the IDF
Has pampered the settlers
And enabled them
To mistreat... • More...
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