Ha'aretz Daily

Relations with Turkey will probably deteriorate further, and there may even be serious damage on the official level.

Gush Shalom in Action

"Events are subject to change

Batı Şeria'da 'göreve başlayan' Fetih hükümeti, İsrail ve ABD desteğine rağmen sadece bir kurgu. Abbas'ın Filistinlilerin kalbini kazanacağını ve böylece Hamas'ın zayıflayacağını düşünerek kendimizi kandırıyoruz

Two weeks ago, Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior dropped anchor in Israel. Members of the organization in Israel and those who arrived on the ship attempted to convey their determined, consistent message regarding the danger of nuclear technology to the Israeli public. By Zafrir Rinat

A proposed constitution written by the Israeli Arab advocacy center, Adalah, states that Arab Knesset members will be able to bring about the disqualification of bills that impinge on the rights of Arabs, and classifies the State of Israel as a "bilingual and multicultural" country rather than a Jew

"In Lebanon, we covered entire villages with cluster bombs, what we did there was crazy and monstrous," testifies a commander in the Israel Defense Forces' MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) unit.

By the time Israel was covered with banners declaring "We will win," the enemy, Hezbollah, had already managed to declare victory.

The bloodshed on the Gaza beachfront late last week was not the result of a tragic error. It was clear to everyone that in the exchanges of fire in the narrow Gaza Strip, where the population density is among the highest in the world, it was just a matter of time before an entire family was hit.

Ariel Sharon's display of anger at Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) after the suicide bombing at the Karni crossing shows that Israel has chosen to return to the relationship model that was unsuccessfully tried with Yasser Arafat, instead of taking a different path.

There's no theft in Nablus. Maybe here and there, but it's not a phenomenon.

The last several weeks in Israel have been relatively quiet on the security front. Stories about killer dogs and court battles between biological and adoptive parents are filling the headlines - almost like a normal country.

Arafat is ready to sign an agreement that would give Palestinians 97 per cent of the West Bank and Gaza - with the rest in a land swap, and the right of return of not all, but at least some refugees.

İsrail'in Haaretz Gazetesi muhabirinin sorularını cevaplayan Başbakan Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, İsrail Hükümeti'nin, Filistinli kadın ve çocukları öldürerek, evlerini yıkarak, kendilerine 500 yıl önce uygulanan muamelenin benzerini yaptıklarını söyledi

"I knew that one day someone would come along and ask. I expected this," said a young soldier to journalist Nadire Mater, who came to interview him about his impressions of the war.

This coming Monday, the day the International Courts starts its deliberations, at 7.30 p.m., we shall demonstrate against the wall, together with the other Israeli peace movements, at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem. By Gush Shalom

It sometimes seems the Gaza Strip has become the central shooting range of the Israel Defense Forces, the IDF's firing zone and training field.

Hayatın değeri aşama aşama düşüyor. Askerler, kumandanlar ve bütün bir ulus aşama aşama çürüyor. Yetiştirilirken bize öğretilen tüm değerler; "silâhların saflığı", hayatın değeri, Tanrı'nın sureti olan insana saygı, bütün bunlar gülünç bir şakaya döndü...

A letter ot Israeli Military Chief of Staff. By Eitan Ronel.

Said was the most eloquent and best-known spokesman of the Palestinian problem, at least in the West. However, his influence far exceeded the Palestinian and Arab question and marked new directions in the study of the Orient, Islam and perhaps the developing world at large.

There is nothing more logical than setting arbitrary times of day when a Palestinian is allowed to leave his home and come back to it. It is logical to forbid him to receive guests, to take a donkey-drawn wagon, to ride a bicycle, to visit his parents, to... By Amira Hass

When one hears via foreign media of Israeli tanks rampaging in the streets of Palestinian cities (for some reason it's hardly ever on the news of the Israeli media), then we don't hear the whole truth.