This Week's Message
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How many boys will this government kill?
Prime Minister Bennet announced
At a special press conference:
"Now that the Knesset has
Approved the budget,
The opposition has no chance left
To topple the government;
We will remain in... • More...
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A matter of concrete debate
Is it moral
To take revenge
On a whole family
For the act of
One family member?
This is not only a matter of
Abstract philosophical debate
Among Israelis.
Also those who think that
Palestinians... • More...
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What change?
Lapid, as Foreign Minister
Opens an embassy
In Abu Dhabi
And says niceties
To Arabs who live
Thousands of kilometers away.
And on the very same day
Lapid's 'government of change'
Sends bulldozers... • More...
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No avoiding of the real issues
Before the government
Was formed, uniting
Right-wing and Left-wing,
It was declared that
This government would
Avoid dealing with
Controversial ideological issues.
After just a week,
The new... • More...
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No moment of grace
Should thousands of
Extreme right settlers
Be allowed to "Dance with flags"
At the heart of the
Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem,
Provoke the Palestinian residents,
With crude racist songs,
And risk a... • More...
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What has changed in this war?
After 11 days
Of death and destruction,
Does the government of Israel
Intend to fundamentally change
Its policy in the Gaza Strip?
There is no sign of
Any such intention.
The Israeli siege will... • More...
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Turning "collateral damage" into war crime
"Our bombing of Gaza is moral"
Cried the Prime Minister
As if he cares.
"We are doing all
To avoid harm to civilians".
So he said.
Well, perhaps we try.
But when you drop
450 bombs in half an... • More...
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Not much of a respite
The alternative bloc embarked on
Negotiations to form
A government without Netanyahu.
At the same time
A huge conflagration
Because of plans to evict
Hundreds of Palestinians
From their homes in... • More...
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Asymmetric confrontations
Violent confrontations in East Jerusalem.
The Israeli media presented a symmetrical picture:
"Jewish demonstrators" versus "Arab demonstrators"
With the impartial police interposing,
Prime... • More...
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A debt to the future
Itzik Saidian was
Sent by the State of Israel
To fight in the Sajaiya refugee camp.
He shot and killed residents of the camp,
Saw several of his comrades being killed,
Came back with battle... • More...
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Thieves in the night
In the middle
Of the night
15 settler families
With heavy police escort,
Came to Silwan
In East Jerusalem,
And established themselves
In Palestinian houses.
By the morning, there were... • More...
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Who is afraid of democracy?
The State of Israel
Held democratic elections.
All parties, factions and movements
Could take part,
Even those considered extremists
The Palestinians, too
Want to hold
Democratic elections
And... • More...
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A trick too far
In a desperate effort to hold on to power
Netanyahu bonded with the
Rabidly racist Kahanists.
He also caused a split
Among the Arab parties
And got the Islamists
To run separately.
Both moves... • More...
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What peacemaker?
No peace with
The Palestinians,
And for many years
Not even a semblance of negotiations.
Continuing occupation
Increasing settlement
And a Palestinian complaint
To the International Court in The... • More...
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Why does the ICC pick on us?
Halida Jarar, Member of
The Palestinian Legislature,
And a well-known Feminist activist,
Was sentenced by
An Israeli military court
To two years in prison.
To mark International Women's Day... • More...
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The Um El Fahm paradox
The demonstrators in
Um El Fahm
Were protesting
Police ineffectiveness
In confronting the
Rising crime wave
In Israel's Arab towns.
But, the police proved
Quite capable of
A vigorous use of force... • More...
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