News from the Fatherland \ Profile: A Democratic State (Israel) \ Profile: Who is Uri Avneri? \ The Scandal in Gush Etzion \ Against the Zionist Left \ Middle East Documents \ Bertrand Russell's Last Message \ Letters to Other Editors \ Zionist Definition of Jewish Nationality \ Sch'mah Israel - a poem by Erich Fried.
While there are differences in our committee on the possible intermediate stages, we all share the belief that the final goal is the creation of a socialist revolutionary Middle East. It is within this larger framework that the national conflicts will find their solution on an internationalist basis.
PM Meir's letter questioned; Arab students in the Hebrew University protest the expulsion of the student Muhamad Sadiq and the arrest of Darwish Qashu'a; By-products of a "liberal" occupation; Israeli Censorship bid to liquidate Matzpen.
"Whilst polls in West Jerusalem were nearly empty, the one on the border of East Jerusalem was crowded with hundreds of Arabs pushing, shoving and begging to vote. Buses packed with Arabs, decorated with the slogan 'We want Teddy Kolleck' were flocking in continuously".
A list of Israeli citizens (mainly members of the C.P.), arrested and detained without trial prior to the 1969 general elections.
The reasons given by the Chief Censor were expressed in one sentence: "The publication of this material may harm the security of the State, and the security and welfare of the public".
While Avneri warns against militarization and Spartanization, he never ceases to glorify the Israeli army. While repeatedly declaring his desire for peace, he becomes a rabid chauvinist once a war breaks out. While critical of zionism he pleads loyalty to patriotism and accuses his opponents of damaging the national interest.
The confiscation of the Arab land near Gush Etzion has no 'security' value today (in the era of aeroplanes and missiles), but is simply a brutal eviction, grabbing land from the Arab legal owners for the establishment of Jewish settlements. This is an unlawful action, a "colonialist" annexation.
The zionist leftists have no right to call Matzpen members "warmongers". He who has partaken of a feast in which the dove of peace was served roasted must not be allowed to sport her white feathers!
Greece was infected by an "incurable disease". That disease is not unique to Greece, it could strike here too. The germs exist everywhere – even in Israel.
Joseph Weitz Diary; World Zionist Organization; Zionism – or anti-Semitism? ; Declaration by Eli Lobel following an attack by Zionist thugs against Israca members, Paris, Dec. 9, 1969; To the Participants in the International Conference of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists, Israel, August 1969; Towards a Democratic Solution to the Palestine Problem (Draft resolution presented by the DPFLP, September 1969)
The Palestinian refugees have every right to the homeland from which they were driven, and the denial of this right is at the heart of the continuing conflict. A permanent just settlement of the refugees in their homeland is an essential ingredient of any genuine settlement in the Middle East.
"How to Improve the Israeli Image Abroad" by Shimon Tzabar; "The State of Israel is a Jewish State" by Biniamin Oren; "Dayan's Rhetorical Question" by Ilan Tamir and Eli Katz.
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Shabtai Tevet: If I do not accept nowadays that it is the religious law that defines who is the Jew to whom justice was done, then I recognize myself suddenly as someone who was a criminal all his life, who exiled innocent peasants and city dwellers.
Sch'mah Israel – a poem by Erich Fried : When we were oppressed \ I was one of you. \ How can I remain with you \ when you become oppressors?
Not only against the Soviet bureaucracy; Not only against the reactionary rulers of Iraq; Also against Israeli occupation and oppression!