The book of Job is considered one of the most important of the 24 books of the Old Testament. Job was a righteous man who, like the Patriarch Abraham, had his faith in the Lord severely tested and like Abraham he came out of the test having proven that his faith and his love for [...]
Category: Joint Struggle
Soldiers of God
If there is one thing that is truly frightening it is an army of soldiers who really believe God is on their side. In Israel and in the West people like to believe that Israel is immune to that. That Israel is somehow a secular religious entity and that the rule of law and common sense [...]
Deheisha and Bethlehem Spring 2011
I travelled with my son Eitan to visit Deheishe and to teach karate to Awlad al Muhayyam, children of the camp. We met my dear brother Mazen Faraj and he took us through Bethlehem to the camp. The sights of the camp and the city were harsh and uplifting at the same time. The bustling of [...]
Sheikh Jerrah April 2011
A large demo and march to protest the ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem. With Palestinian flags held high and a mixed Israeli-Palestinian crowd this was an impressive sight. The Israeli riot police, having been humiliated in court chose not to show their ugly faces. The settlers too were no where to be seen. Not far from [...]
Israel Is No “Island of Stability” April 12, 2011 By Miko Peled
As the battle over the future of the entire Middle East rages on with popular protests demanding change on the one hand and reactionary forces fighting to suppress them on the other, we hear that Israel is being called an island of stability. Being an established democracy for over six decades the Jewish State is [...]
Un Etat en commun dans une patrie commune Par Miko Peled
Benjamin Netanyahou, premier ministre d'Israël déclarait ces derniers temps, Ce qu'il nous faut pour résoudre ces problèmes complexes [pour aboutir à la paix], c'est une façon de penser nouvelle et créatrice . Netanyahou n'a jamais eu autant raison. Les pourparlers de paix dans le Moyen Orient sont voués à l'échec tout comme ceux qui les [...]
My Speech for Palestine Awareness Week at SDSU.
I want to begin by thanking the members of AIPAC the Jewish Zionist community who are here tonight. I am glad that they decided to set aside time to express solidarity with the people of Palestine. I know that you will listen to the tapes and view the recordings of my remarks tonight and you [...]
עשר שנים לסמדר
יום מותה של הנסיכה דיאנה היה יום עצוב לכולם. לי זהו יום שלעולם ישאר עצוב, יום שמבשר רעות. אני לא היכרתי את הנסיכה דיאנה אבל כמו כולם הייתי מאוד, מאוד עצוב כשנהרגה. לא העלתי על דעתי שיום מותה ישאר עמי לעולם כיום המבשר את בואו של מוות נוסף. כיצד יכולתי לדעת אז שכעבור שמספר ימים [...]
THEY LIKE TO CALL IT A WAR
By Miko Peled 48 hours after I landed the reality of this land, a land that people like to call holy, began taking its toll on me. The movie “Boy In Stripped Pajamas” came to mind as I played with my kids in the pool of Kibbutz Zikkim, a beautiful pastoral little kibbutz or agricultural [...]
Bil’in, The New Heroes of The Resistance.
I had visited Bil'in again this sumer, to participate in the weekly Friday protest. After spending the night with a friend in Ramallah, we drove throught the beauttiful hilly roads that are typial of Palestine and arrived just in time for the march. The people of Bil'in endure live ammunition, tear gas, arbitrary arrests, abuse [...]
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