Hanin Zoabi, Palestinian member of the Israeli parliament released a statement regarding the murder of the family in the Jewish West Bank settlement Itamar. With her permission I translated her statement to English and here it is published in English for the first time: "I condemn the horrendous murder of the babies in Itamar and [...]
Author: Miko Peled
Occupation mindset
Miko Peled, on Gaza attacks.
Israel’s 60 year campaign against the people of Gaza.
Soldiers will apologize.
Mideast revolutions inspired by Palestine
Some Democracy
The myth of Israel being a democracy is still being perpetuated even in light of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. While Jewish Israelis think they are the only rightful citizens of their land and will argue that they live in a democracy, this is far from being true. Israel has been in control of the [...]
מה זה ציונות ליברלית? מאת מיקו פלד
לגמרי לא ברור אם הרעיון של חלוקת הארץ היה אי פעם רעיון טוב, אבל ברור שכאשר דובר ברעיון זה מיד לאחר מלחמת ששת הימים, היה סכוי ליישם אותו. היום כאשר ציונים "ליברלים" ו"שמאלנים לאומיים" מדברים על רעיון זה כפתרון לסכסוך הישראלי פלסטיני זה מראה עצוב ומעורר רחמים. לאחר מלחמת ששת הימים, כאשר השלימה מדינת ישראל [...]
First Impression: Fire on Mount Carmel
FIRST IMPRESSION. I arrived in Israel on the day the terrible fires began. It was Wednesday, December 1 and that was what everyone was discussing. A terrible fire got out of control in the Mount Carmel region in the north and it was taking its toll in lives, property and the environment. The entire country [...]
Liberal Zionism
Setting aside for a moment the argument of whether dividing historic Palestine into two states was ever a good idea, clearly forty years ago it was a viable solution. Today as liberal Zionist Jews and others call for this solution, it is a sad and pathetic sight. In 1967, after the IDF completed the conquest [...]
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