End of an Odyssey By Jeff Halper

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Now, a few days after my release from jail in the wake of my trip to Gaza, I’m posting a few notes to sum things up.

First, the mission of the Free Gaza Movement to break the Israeli siege proved a success beyond all expectations. Our reaching Gaza and leaving has created a free and [...]

A Ceize Fire in Gaza?

Friday, June 20th, 2008

Today at six am a seize fire commenced between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. Actually while I was writing this I remembered that I did write the same words in the past and believed at that time that it was to be a serious seize fire that proved in the end to fail. The Israelis [...]

The True Concerns of the People in the Gaza Strip

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

The title is cited from one of the comments on my blog, only the quotation marks are my own. I always feel a bit uncomfortable when someone tries to define the “true concerns” of other people. This seems to me a paternalistic approach. Unfortunately the commentator does not specify which “extensive experience” qualifies him.
This is [...]

The Israeli Violence Policy in Gaza

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

The Israeli army started a new military campaign on Gaza since Wednesday and declared the end of its first part yesterday. The result was 120 Palestinian victims including 20 children that were killed. According to Israeli leaders and politicians, this attack came as a warning to Hamas in order to make it stop the Qasam [...]

The Gaza War

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Lately almost all the Israeli media is publishing reports about the Israeli will to start a real huge military campaign and occupy Gaza again. Since the Israeli last withdrew from Gaza and the settlements around it, Israel did not occupy Gaza in a way complete way but still its military activities did continue in other [...]