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Ehud Barak --
You have caused a disaster
When you broke off
Negotiations with Syria
Just before reaching an agreement.
You have caused a disaster
When, after your failure
At Camp David,
You declared that
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40 Bad Years
"REST HAS come to the tired / Repose to the toiler / A pale night covers / The fields of the Jezreel valley / Dew below and moon above / From Kibbutz Bet-Alfa to Moshav Nahalal…" • 09/06/07
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ANOTHER WAR
Generals, politicians and journalists
Are predicting
A war against Syria
In the summer.
There is no reason for war,
Neither in the north
Nor in the south -
Except Olmert's refusal
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On Generals and Admirals
"NOTHING SUCCEEDS like success," says a typical American adage. The Israeli version, also typical, is: "Nothing succeeds like failure." • 02/06/07
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OUR OWN GOOD
Next week
The occupation will be
40 years old -
More than two thirds
Of the life of Israel.
Every year of occupation
Causes the state
To be more corrupt and sleazy,
More cruel towards the... • More...
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"…To the Shores of Tripoli"
THE BLOODY battles that have erupted around the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli in Lebanon remind us that the refugee problem has not disappeared. On the contrary, 60 years after the... • 26/05/07
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AGAIN
Again:
The ministers are
Pushed by the generals.
Again:
They choose
Military solutions
Which have already failed
Dozens of times.
Again:
People die
In Sderot
And in Gaza.
We need a cease-fire... • More...
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A Swiss Cheese
The Winograd committee of inquiry is not a part of the solution. It is a part of the problem.
Now, after the first excitement caused by the publication of the partial report has died down, it is... • 19/05/07
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GAZA
We have isolated Gaza.
We have starved Gaza.
We have expropriated hundreds of millions that belong to them.
We have convinced the world to impose a blockade on them.
We have humiliated Mahmoud... • More...
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NO PASSAGE
The Oslo agreement
Affirms that the West Bank
And the Gaza Strip
Are one single entity.
In the agreement,
Israel undertook to open
Four "safe passages" between them.
This undertaking was violated... • More...
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Exercise in Escapism
I HAVE BEEN to many demonstrations in Tel-Aviv's Rabin Square, even when it was still called "Kings of Israel Square". • 06/05/07
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THE ALTERNATIVE
It is important
To examine
What came out
Of the war.
But is more important
To examine why
They went into it
In the first place:
Because they were not ready
To check the alternative:
To talk with... • More...
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A Hope not Lost
ON THE MORROW of Independence Day, a newspaper reported that an Arab child had refused to stand up while the national anthem was sung. The paper was furious. I was not. In fact, it raised a... • 28/04/07
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A founder's share
When the Israeli army "eliminated" six Palestinians in one day, it was reported in our newspapers in small letters in the interior pages.
When the Palestinians reacted with rockets without... • More...
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The alternative
Either
A state
In which
All the
Citizens
Are equal
Before
The law -
Or
A state
Belonging to
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Evil Deeds
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by Nuri Al Okbi
translated from Hebrew
I came back to Al Araqib, my home
Birth place of my father and grandfather
Evil men took my tents
My food, my water
Even my blanket and the pillow under my head
Guests were not offered any... • 08/04/07
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Prisoner exchange now!
The prisoners should have been released long ago, including Marwan Barghouti whose conviction resulted from a show trial. • 08/04/07
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Shalom, Shin Bet
RECENTLY, THE CHIEF of the Shin Bet declared that the "Israeli Arabs", a fifth of Israel's population, constitute a danger to the state. • 07/04/07
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