Uri Avnery's Blog

It won’t survive

After the
Oslo Accords
Rabin made peace
With Jordan.

But it won’t survive
Without peace
With the Palestinians

Intolerable

“The situation
Is intolerable!”
Cried out
The Mayor of
Be’er Sheba.

Gaza inhabitants
Would certainly agree.
Their children died
From drinking
Contaminated water,
Because of the siege.

Lethal embrace

The occupation
Kills us all!

Let’s get out of
The lethal embrace!

This week: Ruling the air and women’s empowerment

In February this year, an Iranian drone flew into Israel's airspace and was shot down after a few minutes. A week later, Prime Minister Netanyahu – in one of his trademark gimmicks - presented a fragment of the Iranian drone to the Munich...

This week: Ruling the air and women’s empowerment

In February this year, an Iranian drone flew into Israel's airspace and was shot down after a few minutes. A week later, Prime Minister Netanyahu – in one of his trademark gimmicks - presented a fragment of the Iranian drone to the Munich...

Archive of 20 years of articles written by Avnery and posted here

Since the Gush Shalom website was established, a new article by Uri Avnery appeared every week in this column. In fact, these articles were a continuation of the editorials written by Uri Avnery in "Haolam Hazeh" weekly since...

There will never again be a new article added here

Since the Gush Shalom website was established, a new article by Uri Avnery appeared every week in this column. In fact, these articles were a continuation of the editorials written by Uri Avnery in "Haolam Hazeh" weekly since...

In the dead of night

Mohammad Zaghloul
Al-Khatib, 24 year old,
Was beaten to death
By soldiers who
Broke into his home
At 4.00 in the night.

Such things happen
When you rule by force
Over millions of people
With no end in sight.

Anti-Semitism? Or just manipulation? A petition for Corbyn

We are Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel, committed to civil equality within Israel, to an end to the occupation and the blockade of Gaza, to a just peace and justice for the Palestinian refugees. The solidarity of progressive forces...

Pressure cooker

Trump is waging
Total war against
The Palestinians.

The pressure cooker
Will explode
In our faces.