Category Archives: Translations from Hebrew articles
Collection ‘The Occupied Territories, Apartheid and Violence’ I
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Israel’s Discriminatory Practices Are Rooted in Jewish Religious Law
Israeli provocations as policy to prevent peace
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All are in the same sewage dump [in Gaza]
By: Michal Sela. Davar, 9 December 1992. All are in the same sewage dump. (Excerpt) [translated by Prof. Israel Shahak] In Gaza you do not know where to start the story, From the sea water that rises … Read more . . .
The women are still hopeful, the elderly are not
Amira Hass, Haaretz; 21 December 1992 The women are still hopeful, the elderly are not [translated by Prof. Israel Shahak] Seven year old Salah stared astonished a the television screen and said: "There is Daddy". Along with millions of television … Read more . . .
Young Israelis killing while laughing
Hadashot, 7 December 1992. By: Ranny Talmor Let’s ask ourselves what he is afraid of [Translated by Prof. Israel Shahak] WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO AN ENTIRE ISRAELI GENERATION WHICH BECOMES CORRUPTED BY KILLING WHILE LAUGHING? BY KILLING AND … Read more . . .
J’accuse
I accuse by Baruch Kimmerling in Kol Ha’ir (weekend paper), 1 February 2002 [publ. in Middle East International, 22 February 2002] I accuse Ariel Sharon of creating a process by which he will not only intensify the reciprocal bloodshed, but … Read more . . .
Letter from Jerusalem
Letter from Jerusalem by Haim Baram in Middle East International, 8 February 2002 [this is not a translation from Hebrew, but an article written by an Israeli author in English] The other day I had to go to the city … Read more . . .
The upper-class fence
The upper-class fence http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=5086 By: Gadi Algazi Hagada Hasmalit 21.6.2005 Translated from Hebrew by Daniel Breslau Link to original Hebrew article The green line doesn’t affect the market, says the headline in the economic supplement of Ha`aretz (14/6/2005). The article … Read more . . .
Twilight Zone / Till we meet again
Twilight Zone / Till we meet again By Gideon Levy Ha’aretz, 9 June 2005 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/objects/pages/PrintArticleEn.jhtml?itemNo=586552 Only rarely do columnists become the subjects of their own column. That was the case, for example, when Israel Defense Forces soldiers fired at our … Read more . . .
They are afraid: On the relationship of Jews in Israel to the Palestinian refugees
They are afraid:”On the relationship of Jews in Israel to the Palestinian refugees By: Eitan Bronstein Presentation at the Tel Aviv University Conference on `Zionism: Ideology vs. Reality` 31/5/2005 Translated from Hebrew by Daniel Breslau The Hebrew original: http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=3791 The … Read more . . .
Shards of memory
Ha'aretz, June 2, 2005 Shards of memory By Gideon Levy This is the most Arab-free area in Israel. It was the scene of total ethnic cleansing, which left not a vestige apart from the heaps of ruins and the sabra … Read more . . .
Whose Blood is Worth More ? That of Palestinian Civilians or a ‘Jewish’ Dog?
“March 2005 A Dog’s Life: Whose Blood is Worth More ? That of Palestinian Civilians or a ‘Jewish’ Dog? http://keshev.org.il/siteEn/FullNews.asp”NewsID=80&CategoryID=9 Keshev: The Center for the Protection of Democracy in Israel Subject Monitoring: March 10-11, 2005 During February 2005, security … Read more . . .
Ruminations of a Jewish Dr. Strangelove
Jerusalem Post Online Edition ONE on ONE: It’s the demography, stupid Ruthie Blum, THE JERUSALEM POST “I thought I’d never hear myself say this,” says Haifa University geographer Arnon Soffer, without a trace of self-doubt, “but Israel will have to … Read more . . .
An Alliance between militarism, clericalism and capitalism
An Alliance between militarism, clericalism and capitalism Excerpts of an interview with Binyamin Netanyahu, former Israeli Prime Minister Arye Shavit, Haaretz, 22 November 1996 (published by New From Within, Jan 1997) AS: The historical model which your predecessors in this … Read more . . .
Abba Eban tried to bribe Arab leaders
What Price A People? By: Tom Segev Ha’aretz (Hebrew daily, transl. by Prof. Israel Shahak), 8 March 1991 Every time they interview the [Israeli] Prime Minister on TV, he appears in front of a shelf of blue volumes, each of … Read more . . .
A modern Jewish prophet warns his people on injustice
Azriel Karlibach was the first editor and founding member of Ma’ariv, probably the widest read evening paper in Israel. “Cry Beloved Country” was published in Maariv on December 25, 1953 under Karlibach’s pseudonym Rabbi Ifkha Mistabrah. Since then, Maariv has … Read more . . .
Captives of [Israeli] Immigration
Captives of [Israeli] Immigration By Boaz Evron In Yediot Aharonot (Hebrew) 4 April 1991 That the minister of Absorption is totally engrossed in providing the new Jewish immigrants [from the USSR] with kosher matzos, mezzuzahs for their temporary homes, and … Read more . . .
Israeli officials read private citizens’ letters
Israeli officials are opening letters to the new Soviet immigrants to their relatives in the USSR In “Davar? (Hebrew), 13 November 1991 By Our Military Correspondent An informant from the Israeli Postal Authority requesting to remain anonymous told us that … Read more . . .