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• October 26, 2007, by Michel Warshavski

  It is not a Peace Conference

  A group of Palestinian and Israeli NGOs recently issued a statement entitled "Message from Palestinian and Israeli Civil Society to the International Conference on the Middle Eastern Conflict". Following is the reaction of the Alternative Information Center.
• September 13, 2007, by Michel Warschawski

  David versus Goliath (David won again)

  On the cover-page of Israel’s second largest daily, Maariv, was the following headline: "Bil’in Residents Have Won Against the IDF,” and the subtitle: "Three Years of Violent Demonstrations Led by Palestinians and the Far-Left [Israeli] Activists Have Paid: The Separation Fence Close to Bil’in will be Moved." In the inside story, the title is even more eloquent: "The Battle over the Fence: The (…)
• June 14, 2007, by Michel WARSCHAWSKI

  Stand by your principles

  Yesterday, I was asked by an Italian journalist why the Alternative Information Center (AIC) is not participating in the Florence conference entitled “Peace NGO Conference.” I gave her two answers: first, because the AIC was not invited, which is not surprising, and second, because even if we would have been invited, we would have declined the invitation. There are two major reasons to oppose, (…)
• October 23, 2007, by Michel Warschawski

  Not a Peace Meeting But a War Conference

  In order to understand what a conference is about, one usually believes that the main question to be asked concerns who is attending. I think, however, that the real question should always been "who is not invited."
• May 11, 2007, by Michel Warshavsky

  Mobile borders

  Six years ago, I wrote a book titled On the Border, in which I tried to reflect on the unique way the Israeli state and its ideology deal with the border phenomenon. Recently, I had several opportunities to confirm some of these reflections, especially on the mobile character of the borders. A few days ago, with a group of friends, I went for a holiday in the far north of the Galilee. While (…)
• April 2, 2008, by Michel Warschawski

  Israeli Crimes and Boycott

  Jewish residents of Tel Aviv on 29 November 1947, following the United Nations vote in favor of partitioning Palestine into two separate states, one Jewish and one Arab. Throughout the world, Israel is celebrating the 60th anniversary of its birth. These commemorations are based on a double omission that renders theses celebrations unacceptable from any ethical perspective. First, they avoid (…)
• October 27, 2006, by Michel WARSHAVSKY

  The Neo-Barbarians

  From an ethical point of view, history never stands in the same place: if it doesn’t move towards less oppression and more justice, it moves towards less rights and more barbarism. Paraphrasing the German revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg, who predicted twenty years before the rise of Nazism, “either socialism or barbarism,” we can say today that the 21st century will be “either the rule (…)
• August 15, 2006, by Michel WARSHAVSKY

  The Limits of Might

  This morning, 8 August, the Israeli newspaper headlines announced that the Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Moshe Kaplinsky, has been appointed supreme commander of the Israeli military in the northern front. Everyone understands this move as a de facto dismissal of General Udi Adam, the present commander of the northern front. If one still had any doubts about the pathetic failure of (…)
• July 30, 2006, by Michel WARSHAVSKY

  ISRAEL’S WAR CRIMES, AN ABNORMAN "NORMALITY"

  “We must reduce to dust the villages of the south [...] I don’t understand why there is still electricity there.”[1] With these words, Israeli Minister of Justice and former Labor Party leader, Haim Ramon, summarized his suggestions for the continuation of the military offensive in Lebanon, following the failure of the invasion of Bint Jbail. As for the Israeli military high command, (…)
• December 18, 2005, by Michel WARSHAVSKY

  Towards the next Israeli elections

  The decision to prematurely hold elections to the Israeli Knesset, was made unavoidable by the deep crisis within both the Israeli political system and its parties. This crisis spans the political spectrum. Until his recent departure from the right wing Likud, Prime Minister Sharon was in a minority position within his own party.