Haaretz short weekly Ads by Peace Now (Gush Shalom) Israeli peace group (many of them)

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Haaretz short weekly Ads by Peace Now (Gush Shalom) Israeli peace group (many of them)

Gush Shalom (meaning ‘Peace Now’) is an Israeli Peace Group. Proposing that Palestinians should have the same rights as Israelis, whether in a two state or one state solution.

Every week they make an ad in the Haaretz newspaper. The following post is their web page with a summary of their ads in recent weeks.

This Week’s Message

A stain

Shooting, of any kind,
At a handcuffed prisoner
Is a war crime.

A commander
Who gives a soldier
Such a criminal order
Must be kicked out
Of the army.

This week the
Chief of Staff
Decided that… • More…

The occupation corrupts
The long occupation
Is corrupting
Everything good
In our state

Such
A state
Deserves
Such
A Prime Minister • More…

BARGHOUTI

If
Ehud Olmert
Wants, before leaving,
To do something good
For Israel -
Let him release
Marwan Barghouti
At once,
So he can lead
The Palestinian
Peace Camp. • More…

Admitting and shooting

The Chief of Staff,
Gabi Ashkenazi,
Admitted that the path
Of the “Separation Fence”
Was devised to expropriate
Palestinian land
For the settlers and
Real estate sharks,
Not for security.

On the… • More…

Punishing the messenger

The shooting at
A handcuffed Palestinian
Is not exceptional.
What is exceptional
Is that it was photographed.

Clearly, for every act
Of photographed harassment
There are dozens
Which are not… • More…

Let’s do it

One day
Gilad Shalit will
Come home to
His family.

One day
Our prisons
Will be emptied of
Palestinian prisoners,
And they, too,
Will return to
Their families.

Let’s not wait.
Let’s do it. • More…

Orphans and Widows

As part of the actions
Against Hamas,
The Olmert government
Is destroying orphanages,
Schools and charities
In the West Bank.

There are no other
Institutions to take their place.
Orphans, widows… • More…

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