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Kollek: Jerusalem mayor was great settler

The greatest settler
GIDEON LEVY
Ha'aretz, 6 January 2006

Among the many obituary notices published by various groups after the death of Teddy Kollek, one group's notice was conspicuous in its absence: the Yesha Council of Jewish Settlements. It is a bit difficult to comprehend this ingratitude by the settlers toward the person who brought approximately 200,000 Jews to the occupied territories - perhaps more than any other person. The settlement enterprise owes a great historic debt to Kollek. Neither Rabbi Moshe Levinger nor Hanan Porat nor Aharon Domb nor Ze'ev "Zambish" Hever are responsible for settling so many Israelis beyond the Green Line as Kollek, the enlightened Viennese liberal.

The conquest of Jerusalem

The last conquest of Jerusalem
Economist, 15 April 2006 [cover]

Jerusalem -- In the twilight of a Bethlehem evening, Jerusalem shimmers on a distant hilltop like the Wizard of Oz's Emerald City, its floodlit walls giving it a surrealist glow. Except that these are not the fortifications of ancient Jerusalem as seen above, but the appropriately named Har Homa (Wall Mountain), one of the new Israeli settlements that now ring the city.

A just peace or no peace

A just peace or no peace
ISMAIL HANIYEH
Guardian, 31 March 2006

Do policymakers in Washington and Europe ever feel ashamed of their scandalous double standards? Before and since the Palestinian elections in January, they have continually insisted that Hamas comply with certain demands. They want us to recognise Israel, call off our resistance, and commit ourselves to whatever deals Israel and the Palestinian leadership reached in the past.

Mofaz interview: Borderline unilateralism

Borderline unilateralism
YAAKOV KATZ
Jerusalem Post, 23 March 2006

Seven days before the elections, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is busy. Not, he says, with electioneering and campaigning, however.

Indeed, ensconced in his spacious office on the top floor of Tel Aviv's "Kiriya" military headquarters, he seems confident he will still be here after March 28 to continue doing what he has done most of his life - guarding the country.

Mofaz: These are Israel's borders

Mofaz tells Post: These are Israel's borders
YAAKOV KATZ
Jerusalem Post, 21 March 2006

Israel will begin setting its final borders over the next two years according to a plan based on including the major West Bank settlement blocs and the Jordan Valley, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told The Jerusalem Post on Tuesday.

Olmert interview: Israel's new borders

'A country that's fun to live in'
ALUF BENN and YOSSI VERTER
Ha'aretz, 10 March 2006

Tell us, we asked Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, must a leader give a personal example to his nation?

"Definitely," he says, with a touch of suspicion.

What will be your personal example to the nation? we wanted to know.

Apartheid: World's apart

Worlds apart
CHRIS McGREAL
Guardian , 6 February 2006

Israelis have always been horrified at the idea of parallels between their country, a democracy risen from the ashes of genocide, and the racist system that ruled the old South Africa. Yet even within Israel itself, accusations persist that the web of controls affecting every aspect of Palestinian life bears a disturbing resemblance to apartheid. After four years reporting from Jerusalem and more than a decade from Johannesburg before that, the Guardian's award-winning Middle East correspondent CHRIS McGREAL is exceptionally well placed to assess this explosive comparison. Here we publish the first part of his two-day special report

Ariel Sharon: The jailer

The jailer
JUAN COLE
Salon.com, 12 January 2006

Ariel Sharon is lauded for breaking with his hard-line past. But the truth is that he simply embraced a smarter way of locking up the Palestinians.

Even as Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon stirs fitfully from his coma, in the aftermath of a massive stroke and several operations, Gazan militants with a bad aim have fired several Qassam rockets into Israel. Israel is now, and is likely to remain for some time, a dark postmodern terrain of wealthy fortress communities besieged by hopeless unemployed militants from isolated ghettos. This archipelago of anxiety, reminiscent of the noir science fiction film "Blade Runner," is in some significant respects the creation and legacy of Sharon.

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