Gush-Shalom

Triumph and Tragedy

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:00:23 +0300

NO OPERA by Richard Wagner could have been more dramatic. It looked as if it was directed by a genius.

DANONISM

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:00:12 +0300

Anyone noticed
That John Kerry
Did not come
This week?

Instead we heard
From Danny Danon
What we knew already:

Netanyahu has no intention
To negotiate seriously.

"Boycott Law not yet ripe"

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:12:52 +0300

State to the Supreme Court: Boycott Law poses constitutional problems, but...

Gush Shalom: this law might undermine Israel's export economy

Occupation? What occupation?

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:25:45 +0530

Uri Avnery, Haaretz

Crazy Country / the blog of Adam Keller

A country at war rarely spares a thought for the children of the enemy

Empty-handed in the...

Settler radio limited

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:30:33 +0300

Following Gush Shalom’s appeal, settler radio’s broadcasts will have to stop broadcasting within the Green Line, in violation of the terms of its concession

Gush...

Butterflies in Damascus

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:27:04 +0300

DURING THE Spanish civil war of 1936, a news story reported the deaths of 82 Moroccans, 53 Italians, 48 Russians, 34 Germans, 17 Englishmen, 13 Americans and 8 Frenchmen. Also 1 Spaniard.

Occupation? What occupation?

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:04:01 +0300

Every person is endowed with a certain denial mechanism they can use to avoid the shame, fear, guilt and pain involved in coping with their improper actions. Instead of facing their failure, accepting reality and dealing with it, they simply...

Cheering

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 03:00:23 +0300

The entire Israeli press
Is cheering for
The demonstrators
Demanding freedom
In Bil’in.

Well, not exactly.

The entire Israeli press
Is cheering for
The demonstrators
Demanding freedom
In Istanbul.

The False Torch

Fri, 31 May 2013 20:46:22 +0300

YA’IR LAPID, the freshman parliamentarian and Treasury Minister, has declared that from now on he will deliver all his important speeches outside the Knesset, confining his Knesset appearances to the legal minimum.

Who needs a war, keeps it simmering - Joint Jewish-Arab demonstration to mark 46 years of occupation

Thu, 30 May 2013 21:19:36 +0300

Who needs a war, keeps it simmering - Joint Jewish-Arab demonstration to mark 46 years of occupation

Saturday 1.6.13 at 19:00 - Meeting point: Sarona Garden Kaplan St.,Tel Aviv, opposite the Defense...

Occupation routine

Thu, 30 May 2013 21:14:54 +0300

On conscripting
The Ultra-Orthodox
To the occupation army:
A cabinet crisis.

On the occupation itself,
Now 46 years old:
Not a word.

The State of Whom?

Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:47 +0300

CAN A law be both ridiculous and dangerous?

It certainly can. Witness the ongoing initiative of our government to enact a law that would define the State of Israel as “The Nation-State of the Jewish People”.

Provocations to avoid negotiations

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:21 +0300

A long-standing tradition:
John Kerry is greeted
By provocations:
Legal status granted to
Four manifestly illegal
Settlement outposts.

Netanyahu, Bennet
Or for that matter Yair Lapid –
None of them has
The slightest intention
Of conducting
Real negotiations

Demonstration in support of imprisoned CO Natan Blanc

Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:47 +0300

A demonstration in support of Natan Blanc, who has been sentenced to a tenth term of 28 days in prison for refusing to serve in the Israeli Army, will take place this coming Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at 18:00 opposite the Ministry of Defence on...

Women of the Wall

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:04 +0300

THERE WAS this Israeli man who from time to time put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors - as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly.

NO ANSWER

Thu, 16 May 2013 16:24:15 +0300

The generals
Cry out:
“How can we
Guarantee security
When you cut
Our budget?”

A government
Which rejects the
Arab Peace Initiative
Does not have
An answer.

Noa, Jerusalem Day and a life of hatred inside a bunker

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:58:23 +0300

Last week, we called upon the singer Ahinoam “Noa” Nini to cancel her performance in the "Jerusalem Day" ceremonies.

Nini did not react to our request, but we did get a reply from her...

The Donkey of the Messiah

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:32:01 +0300

“THE TWO-STATE solution is dead!” This mantra has been repeated so often lately, by so many authoritative commentators, that it must be true.

Well, it ain‘t.

THE DANGER

Fri, 10 May 2013 13:29:24 +0300

Of all the dangers
Facing Israel,
The one
That frightens
The government
Most is
The danger of
Peace.

Peace seekers don't sing on "Jerusalem Day"

Tue, 07 May 2013 15:08:32 +0300

Gush Shalom calls upon singer Achinoam Nini (“Noa”), to cancel her scheduled performance during the events of "Jerusalem Day".

In a letter delivered to Nini’s office, Gush Shalom stated...