In Ägypten geborener US-Diplomat bringt ein Samenkorn der Ruhe nach Kenia: Bäume pflanzen, um Frieden und Versöhnung zu fördern
Konflikte, Krisen, Kämpfe und Kriege existieren nur durch das Verhalten jeden einzelnen Menschen. Die tiefen Wurzeln für Gewalt sind fehlende Empathie, Gleichgültigkeit, Überlegenheitsgegfühl und Anmassung, über andere – „Unfähigere“ – entscheiden zu müssen. „Gegen Nachbarschaftskriege: Garden of Peace“ weiterlesen
IN ONE word: Bravo!
The news about the reconciliation agreement between Fatah and Hamas is good for peace. If the final difficulties are ironed out and a full agreement is signed by the two leaders, it will be a huge step forward for the Palestinians – and for us.
There is no sense in making peace with half a people. Making peace with the entire Palestinian people may be more difficult, but will be infinitely more fruitful.
Therefore: Bravo! „One Word“ weiterlesen
AMRAM MITZNA is a nice guy. He is modest and radiates credibility. He reminds one of the late Lova Eliav, the Secretary General of the Labor party who quit the party in disgust. Like Eliav, he has a lot of practical achievements to his credit – Eliav built the Lakhish area villages in South-Central Israel, Mitzna volunteered to administer the remote town of Yerucham deep in the Negev.
“Buji” Hertzog is also a good guy. He is a scion of a genuine Jewish aristocratic family, in the positive sense of the word; his grandfather was a Chief Rabbi, his father the President of Israel. A person whose deeds as Minister for Welfare speak for themselves – even though he has an unfortunate habit of running – after every action – to tell his (American) friends, as the Wikileak papers disclose. (This is an allusion to a classic Israeli joke: “Why do Israeli men finish so quickly? Because they can‘t wait to run and tell their friends.”) „Tahrir Square, Tel Aviv“ weiterlesen
The Aljazeera
Disclosures prove:
We have
A partner
For peace. „Disclosures“ weiterlesen
Last Saturday,
Tens of thousands
Demonstrators
Proved that there is
A large camp „Gush on representation“ weiterlesen
IT IS easy to despair in face of the filthy wave of racism that is engulfing us.
The remedy for the despair: the growing number of young people, sons and daughters of the new Israeli generation, who are joining the fight against racism and occupation. „„The Darkness to Expel!““ weiterlesen
“A DISASTER!” the courtiers of the King of Hanover cried, “Seven renowned professors at Göttingen University have published a declaration of protest against you!”
That was 173 years ago. The king had suspended the liberal constitution enacted by his predecessor.
“So what,” the king replied, “Tarts, dancers and professors I can always buy.” „Who’s Laughing?“ weiterlesen
ON SATURDAY evening, two weeks ago, we returned by taxi from the annual memorial rally for Yitzhak Rabin, and as usual got into a conversation with our driver. „Vox Taxi – Vox Dei“ weiterlesen
“HALF AND HALF,” the late Prime Minister, Levi Eshkol, is said to have answered, when asked whether he wanted tea or coffee.
This joke was intended to parody his hesitation on the eve of the Six-day War. (Though secret documents published this week show Eshkol in a very different light.) „The Nobleman and the Horse“ weiterlesen
Peace
Without Ariel „Peace“ weiterlesen
