Two days before a beaming Donald Trump announced the Deal of the Century at the White House, while standing next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and backed by a prominent group of settlers, US secret services briefed the President…
Tag: Occupied Territories
Apartheid by consent
For some time now Prime Minister Netanyahu has been conducting an ongoing dialogue with his military on the future of the Palestinian Authority (PA). The background is clear: first, the latest outbreak of the “Stabbing Intifada” shows that PA President…
Medical Closure
IN EARLY MAY, aid organizations warned that the Gaza Strip was on the verge of a humanitarian disaster. They claimed that the health and welfare system of the Palestinian Authority was collapsing. International aid funds had been frozen since the…
They Always Return
WE asked a group of Palestinian workers, “What do you know about Ali Abu Rob?” They were standing together at the Geha Junction, hoping an Israeli driver would stop and offer a job. We were looking for more information on…
Breaking Silence
“BREAKING SILENCE” is a movement of soldiers who have served in the Occupied Territories and have decided to tell the Israeli public what they have done and seen. The group began organizing in the spring of 2004. Some 65 soldiers…
Confession Is Not Enough
THE members of “Breaking Silence” seek to show the Israeli public “what they undergo in the Territories.” They publicize the shame they feel and the pain they suffer because they are forced to kill, humiliate and harm Palestinians. They must…
Abu Mazen’s Second Try
THE death of Yasser Arafat has aroused feverish activity in the arena of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As long as he was alive, time seemed to stand still. The oppression of the Palestinians went on at full force, while the diplomatic…