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23 billion shekels ($5,251,141,552), according to The Marker (Hebrew). Direct costs 12 billion shekels.

In order not to desecrate the sabbath, Israel is delaying its cabinet discussion on the UN ceasefire resolution (with which Israel already says it is “satisfied”) until Sunday morning. Meanwhile thousands of troops continue on their march northward, facing and delivering death, thanks to the clause in Jewish religious law regarding “pikuah nefesh”, which allows …

Response to an article by a Lebanese journalist Posted by info.pr on August 4th, 2006 The article “The Most Hypocritical People on Earth” by Michael Béhé in Beirut was sent to me by a friend. The article is supportive of Israel’s bid to destroy the Hezbollah. I have no idea how much the journalist’s view …

An article I read lately by Gideon Levi suggested that both sides in the current conflict should stop the war and claim victory. It was after the 1973 war, when Egypt and Israel both were able to claim victory, that peace was made. Instead, it might be more appropriate for both sides to claim defeat. …

“We can’t return to the status quo ante,” No indeed, nor any kind of ante, after all this blood has flowed. “A full investigation will be conducted.” It is you, the leaders who should be the subject of the investigation: the Israeli leaders who led us into this imbroglio, the Hezbollah leaders who placed their …

I can bomb you if I want Pour molten silver from the sky Incinerate your heart And never ask why I can take this thing of steel And twist it through your skin Make it corkscrew through your heart Never mind about the spin I can turn your lights out Make you lie there in …

The assumption about peace organizations is that their purpose is to work for a world where there will one day be peace. In the Middle East, that eventuality seems less and less likely. Just as we seem to be moving in the direction of peace, some rookie politician or militia leader comes along and sets …

Went with Dorit to the evening arranged by Machsom Watch at the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem and, though we arrived late and left early, we couldn’t help but leave with the conclusion that the system of machsomim (checkpoints / roadblocks scattered throughout the West Bank) is intended to make life as difficult as possible …

Yesterday the film “Peace One Day” was showing at the Jerusalem cinematheque, as part of a festival of British films. Jeremy Gilley, the director, had sent an invitation, since a segment of the film had been made in the Village, and I’d had some contact with him at that time. So I gathered together Heide, …