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 [...]
Category: War Crimes
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 [...]
Israel’s 60 year campaign against the people of Gaza.
THE ANSWERS HAVE CHANGED by Miko Peled
It is said of Albert Einstein that he gave a particular exam to a class that had already been given that exam. Alarmed at what he saw and thinking it to be the result of the professor's absent-mindedness, an assistant warned Einstein of what he was about to do. The Professor just smiled and said: [...]
Cut Israel Some Slack? – No! By Miko Peled
There is still doubt in the minds of serious people about Israel's attack on the Free Gaza flotilla and the events that lead to the death of 9 of the activists aboard. There can be little surprise of course because the commander of the Israeli Navy, Admiral Eliezer Marom, claims the mission was a success. [...]
Shocking But Not Surprising. By Miko Peled
Is it possible to be shocked and yet not be surprised? Israel’s stupidity and disregard for human life is nothing new. It is a recurring theme in the life of the Jewish state from its very inception. Surely as the destruction in Gaza remains untouched18 months after the murderous attacks that began on December 27, [...]
אני רוצה לסיירות מאת מיקו פלד
גם אני רציתי לסיירות. כמו בנים שמסיימים תיכון היום גם אני הייתי רץ עם משקולות ומקווה להיתקבל לסיירות. היום אחרי 30 שנה אני רואה בנים של חברים והם עדיין רוצים להתגייס לסיירות. המיתוס חי וקיים, כל ילד רוצה להיות גיבור, לבוא הביתה עם רובה וכומתה אדומה ולא לספר מה עושים ובמה מתאמנים כי אסור כי [...]
GAZA IS STILL THE ISSUE
By Miko Peled In the US the Palestinian national struggle is still being ignored and though it seemed the Obama administration might bring a new outlook that has not happened. Palestinian efforts to reign Israeli in through diplomacy get no attention and once again Palestinian are left with no options. As has been the case [...]
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 [...]
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