As I sit and view the reports, photos and live videos streaming in from Gaza I find it impossible to make sense of it all. As a boy growing up in Israel and attending a regular public school, I remember being taught the story of Abraham, the patriarch arguing with God over the decision to destroy [...]
Month: December 2008
Trip To Gaza
Nader and I tried to get into Gaza on Nov. 25,26 and 27. We met in Amman and then we flew to Cairo and then from there overland across Egypt and the Sinai desert to Arish and Rafah. It was a very long, costly and trying journey but it would have been nothing had [...]
LESSONS FROM OBAMA’S VICTORY By Miko Peled
Besides restoring my faith in humanity, Barak Obama’s victory made me think of one thing: The first Palestinian Prime Minister in a post Zionist, secular, democratic state in Palestine/Israel. This may sound strange coming from an Israeli living in America, but just as Obama is good for black and white Americans, a Palestinian prime [...]
Miko Peled 