Subscribe to Print Edition | Thu., September 27, 2007 , | | Israel Time: 02:53 (EST+7)
Haaretz israel news English
web haaretz.com
  Back to Homepage
Print Edition
Diplomacy
Defense Arts & Leisure Real Estate Jewish World National Advertising
Magazine Week's End Business Opinion Rosner's Domain Anglo File Books Travel
del.icio.us
Digg It!  new
Last update - 03:11 24/09/2007
Leading Israeli authors, intellectuals call for truce with Hamas
By Shiri Lev Ari and Mazal Mualem, Haaretz Correspondent

A long list of prominent intellectuals recently signed a petition calling for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to negotiate a cease-fire with Hamas.

The signatories of the petition - which was organized by the sponsors of the Geneva Initiative and will be published today - include the novelists Amos Oz, A.B. Yehoshua, David Grossman, Meir Shalev, Judith Katzir, Eli Amir, Savyon Liebrecht, Yehoshua Sobol and Dorit Rabinyan.

The petition, titled "Agreement with [Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud] Abbas, cease-fire with Hamas," reads: "Israel has in the past negotiated with its worst enemies ... Now, the appropriate course of action is to negotiate with Hamas to reach a general cease-fire to prevent further suffering for both sides."

Advertisement
"We believe Israel is facing an opportunity to promote the peace process ahead of the regional peace summit planned for November," the document continued. "We urge the prime minister to strive to reach tangible agreements with the leadership of the Palestinian Authority and not miss this opportunity."

Asked what impact he believes the petition will have, A.B. Yehoshua said: "Only reality will show how significant this petition will be."
Bookmark to del.icio.us
Yiddishkeit hero
A central Yiddish poet, Melech Rawitch has too small a presence in Hebrew culture.
The trials of Grant
Grant feels the pressure as his club Chelsea readies to face underdogs Hull.
  1.   intellectual morons 03:46  |  real vision 24/09/07
  2.   Intellectuals???? 03:48  |  AL Burke 24/09/07
  3.   Why no truce? 04:07  |  Mark Lincoln 24/09/07
  4.   It`s insanity! 04:33  |  Yatke Klotz 24/09/07
  5.   It is a bad idea not for Israel but for the Palestinians 04:45  |  Empathy for Humanity 24/09/07
  6.   Negotiate terms of surrender 04:48  |  Amin Nusseibeh 24/09/07
  7.   Negotiate terms of surrender 04:48  |  Amin Nusseibeh 24/09/07
  8.   Negotiate terms of surrender 04:48  |  Amin Nusseibeh 24/09/07
  9.   Round up the usual suspects 05:00  |  Shalom Freedman 24/09/07
  10.   leftwing sh..t, get lost. 05:09  |  vladimir 24/09/07
  11.   #3 Lincoln - I`ll tell you why, since you ask 05:27  |  * BEN JABO 24/09/07
  12.   Why isn`t Aumann on the list? He`s got short and long term memory 05:29  |  Mike 24/09/07
  13.   intellectuals and authors 05:29  |  Connie 24/09/07
  14.   No Truce With Relentless Murderers 05:32  |  dyinglikeflies 24/09/07
  15.   Effecting the mindset of terrorists? 05:34  |  Jon 24/09/07
  16.   Abbas/Moderates MUST NOT BE Undermined. Hamas ISN`T "Equal"! 06:07  |  Proud Pal Defender 24/09/07
  17.   Israel will consider truces with friends only, not enemies 06:13  |  Natallie Durson 24/09/07
  18.   hey mark 06:16  |  vik 24/09/07
  19.   Why am I not an "intellectual?" 06:22  |  Miriam 24/09/07
  20.   Abbas/Moderates MUST NOT BE Undermined. Hamas ISN`T "Equal"! 06:33  |  Proud Pal Defender 24/09/07
  21.   Nice Try But... 06:36  |  Yosemite 24/09/07
  22.   Is this a sign for what will come from inside Israel? 06:40  |  nobodysacred 24/09/07
  23.   Truce with people who claim that they are commanded religiously 07:12  |  David Green 24/09/07
  24.   #22, Nobody sacred 07:37  |  Hannah 24/09/07
  25.   With one condition only..... 08:09  |  Esther 24/09/07
  26.   Leading? Whom are they leading 08:12  |  Daniel 24/09/07
  27.   HAMAS WON`T BEG FOR A TRUCE, BUT IT WILL BE READY FOR IT 08:16  |  indrajaya 24/09/07
  28.   "Leading intellectuals"? 08:21  |  Paul Kessler 24/09/07
  29.   Mantra of the self hating, exilic, pseudo progressive elites!!! 08:44  |  Ben Uziel 24/09/07
  30.   some "scholars" adopted a `leftist" position for a career niche.. 08:48  |  Pavel 24/09/07
  31.   THE APPEASE NOW CROWD!!!! 08:49  |  Jeremy 24/09/07
  32.   Amin - you`ve obviously never been to Israel 09:00  |  Duane Jager 24/09/07
  33.   hehe Amin @6-8 09:03  |  peter 24/09/07
  34.   Courage 09:04  |  David Kat 24/09/07
  35.   Pinheads in denial 09:25  |  Moshe 24/09/07
  36.   haaretz, pls define `intellectuals` 09:25  |  joe 24/09/07
  37.   Hamas NATURAL `partner` to negociate with 09:32  |  ME Observer 24/09/07
  38.   #10 vladimir 09:33  |  maoriboy 24/09/07
  39.   Who says Israelis do not have conscious? 10:03  |  Sam 24/09/07
  40.   Idiot Lincoln,was Churchill mistaken by not accepting the truce 10:07  |  Absolute Sweden 24/09/07
  41.   Intellectual stupidity 10:16  |  sptz 24/09/07
  42.   Israel was supporting Abbas over Hamas, I thought,how IDIOTIC.... 10:23  |  Pavel 24/09/07
  43.   more from the left wing morons who cannot see 10:34  |  victor hardman 24/09/07
  44.   #22 nothing is intelligent when sacred 10:37  |  victor hardman 24/09/07
  45.   Leading Israeli authors 11:07  |  khader herzallah 24/09/07
  46.   I`m Happy to see... 11:08  |  Edith 24/09/07
  47.   Interesting and long overdue first step,let us wait to see what 11:10  |  lakshmi 24/09/07
  48.   +1 for the moderates 11:12  |  POP 24/09/07
  49.   Voices of people with a brain 11:30  |  MA 24/09/07
  50.   POP on Israeli moderates 12:24  |  sh 24/09/07
  51.   "Intellectual" Betrayal of Peace Process 12:26  |  Scientist 24/09/07
  52.   #45 Khader Herzallah 12:35  |  Tzfonit 24/09/07
  53.   These Intellectuals should relocate to.. 12:37  |  Avi 24/09/07
  54.   Hopeful//// 12:41  |  Joe 24/09/07
  55.   Thank G-d US doesnt have idiots wanting to talk with Al-Qaida 12:43  |  teez el-nabi 24/09/07
  56.   Voices of people with a brain and no heart 12:44  |  Avi 24/09/07
  57.   These intellectuals are true left wingers 12:45  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  58.   Why no truce? 12:48  |  Michael 24/09/07
  59.   ML 12:52  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  60.   Stop press! News! 13:01  |  Esther 24/09/07
  61.   Deys is reel smaat guys. 13:03  |  Jay A Friedman 24/09/07
  62.   Proud Pal Defender (20),neither Mr. Abbas nor.. 13:07  |  Karl 24/09/07
  63.   Intellectuals think forward... 13:11  |  Ben Alofs 24/09/07
  64.   no 2; intellectuals 13:21  |  Daniel 24/09/07
  65.   do they...? 13:33  |  ravi 24/09/07
  66.   We Need More Voices (2nd try) 13:59  |  Tzfonit 24/09/07
  67.   #63 dr ben and the dream state of the intellectual 14:01  |  victor hardman 24/09/07
  68.   "do you have sane people in israel" 14:04  |  ravi 24/09/07
  69.   Negotiate terms of surrender Amin Nusseibeh 14:42  |  gogo 24/09/07
  70.   peace 14:44  |  s 24/09/07
  71.   Truce with Hamas 14:54  |  I. Barr 24/09/07
  72.   hanna 24 14:54  |  gogo 24/09/07
  73.   After Arafat 15:04  |  Ron 24/09/07
  74.   PALESTINE IS UN-REAL POLITIK; SYRIA FIRST 15:20  |  David Turner 24/09/07
  75.   68...fake ravi.... 15:20  |  ravi 24/09/07
  76.   #57 So called moderate Margie exonerates Israel 15:25  |  Labhras 24/09/07
  77.   to Hannah: I agree and I visualise that: 15:26  |  nobodysacred 24/09/07
  78.   Call the bluff - Let the intellectuals go meet Hamas 15:33  |  Joe Sittizen 24/09/07
  79.   ravi " a people of wisdom and talent" 15:33  |  aurora singh 24/09/07
  80.   intellectuals also supported hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize 15:34  |  CK Tan 24/09/07
  81.   ravi why do you have 250000 soldiers occupying kashmir 15:36  |  dr ambedhker 24/09/07
  82.   cease-fire would be OK in short-run, not "self-hatred" 15:49  |  Paul Freedman 24/09/07
  83.   CK interesting that the Irish supported Hitler too 15:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  84.   gogo re: crazy Hannah 15:56  |  Hannah 24/09/07
  85.   #75 ravi flings RIDICULE at herself and then acts SURPRISED ! 15:59  |  CK Tan 24/09/07
  86.   Bring Hamas into the political process 16:10  |  Tosefta 24/09/07
  87.   No point dealing with Hamas... 16:11  |  Maimon 24/09/07
  88.   ben alofs and azzam tamimi 16:18  |  plogroupie 24/09/07
  89.   c k tan of singapore welcome 16:20  |  yaheskel 24/09/07
  90.   Amin Nusseibeh #6 - Hypocrite 16:27  |  notblackorwhite 24/09/07
  91.   #27 indrajaya 16:28  |  * BEN JABO 24/09/07
  92.   #48 POP goes the weasel 16:30  |  * BEN JABO 24/09/07
  93.   #66 Tzfonit much ado about nothing 16:33  |  peter 24/09/07
  94.   Tosefta tafasta 16:34  |  Jasmine Murphy 24/09/07
  95.   To Absolute Sweden # 40 - Intellectuals 16:36  |  Dagma 24/09/07
  96.   Signators for truce with Hamas is most proper at this time 16:37  |  Smadar 24/09/07
  97.   Intellectuals call for Truce with Hamas..... 16:41  |  Dolly 24/09/07
  98.   MR. TAN... 16:42  |  ravi 24/09/07
  99.   So called Moderate Margie gets an F again 16:45  |  Labhras 24/09/07
  100.   Yes-men don`t think too hard (Jasmine Murphy #94) 16:52  |  Tosefta 24/09/07
  101.   A.B.Yehoshuoa has it right, read last line of article 16:59  |  Dr. L. Brnd 24/09/07
  102.   Hey, Amin Nusseibeh!..... # 6, 7 & 8 17:11  |  Smadar 24/09/07
  103.   Truce with Hamas...... 17:19  |  Dagma 24/09/07
  104.   Truce wikth Hamas. 17:22  |  Dagma 24/09/07
  105.   There they go again...Hitler Hamas Comparisons 17:48  |  Ibrahim 24/09/07
  106.   It`s pronounced Jazz min tosefta. Tafasta? 17:58  |  Jasmine Murphy 24/09/07
  107.   # 17 Even when you try, you can`t be objective, Fatamah.... 17:58  |  Misha 24/09/07
  108.   LOBBY FOR THE PEACE PRIZE FOR Mr HANNIYEH 18:04  |  PETER SM 24/09/07
  109.   One day I was doing some calculations 18:13  |  Mark Lincoln 24/09/07
  110.   Ibrahim how about some words of approval 18:14  |  Israeli 24/09/07
  111.   Leading Israeli traitors call for truce with Hamas 18:14  |  pace306 24/09/07
  112.   irish rubbernecker fails history 18:19  |  peter 24/09/07
  113.   emmmmmmmmmm Peter, yes, look at ME 18:31  |  Tzfonit 24/09/07
  114.   EDUCATED IDIOTS 18:48  |  SM 24/09/07
  115.   hamas and tveira man 18:53  |  haniyah 24/09/07
  116.   tveira man "how about a clause prohibiting partcipants who 19:00  |  shehadeh 24/09/07
  117.   There`s the rub Tzfonit 19:06  |  peter 24/09/07
  118.   Lock them in their ivory tower 19:21  |  Another Jew 24/09/07
  119.   Mark Lincoln and truces 19:27  |  Jacob Blues 24/09/07
  120.   Good exposure JB 19:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  121.   The wise men of Chelm 20:01  |  Jon 24/09/07
  122.   In Tveria we call it Yas-min (Jasmine #106) 20:02  |  Tosefta 24/09/07
  123.   In Hebrew it`s Yasmeen Ma`irfee 20:13  |  Jasmine Murphy 24/09/07
  124.   Yada, Yada - Self-Described "Intellectuals" = Appeasers 20:26  |  Tiod Zuckerman 24/09/07
  125.   #120 So called moderate Margie surrenders 21:02  |  Labhras 24/09/07
  126.   Intellectuals 21:22  |  Lou 24/09/07
  127.   irish rubbernecker mumbles again 21:44  |  peter 24/09/07
  128.   how many irishmen are present at nasa? 21:52  |  papal bull 24/09/07
  129.   # 125 Labra, for you moderate-means a self hating jew.... 22:08  |  Misha 24/09/07
  130.   Margie you have an admirer 22:13  |  ChanahS 24/09/07
  131.   45# now if all Arabs followed Herzallah`s example 22:17  |  Alon Fisher 24/09/07
  132.   Interesting History Labras 22:39  |  Jacob Blues 24/09/07
  133.   Gee Ibrahim, I wonder, just what could HAMAS have in common? 22:42  |  Jacob Blues 24/09/07
  134.   Chana, he can`t be more 18 22:44  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  135.   TZFONIT the ARABIST @113 AND peter 22:52  |  GABE1 Always 24/09/07
  136.   Tossi Fetta @86 23:00  |  G A B E 1 ALWAYS 24/09/07
  137.   who stops talking?recognize Israel first 23:17  |  issy hass 24/09/07
  138.   papal bull 23:21  |  Danite 24/09/07
  139.   Labrhas 23:23  |  Danite 24/09/07
  140.   Ceasfire with Hamas?? Okay... 23:27  |  Danite 24/09/07
  141.   Post Yom Kippur thought 23:27  |  Ofer 24/09/07
  142.   Having been reminded how moderate I am 23:27  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 24/09/07
  143.   #122 pappa bull-dozing again 23:32  |  Labhras 24/09/07
  144.   Labhras and Irish history 23:34  |  Danite 24/09/07
  145.   #55 teez el-nabi 00:08  |  maoriboy 25/09/07
  146.   # 142 What makes you think that he is Irish.... 00:24  |  Misha 25/09/07
  147.   #96 Smadar 00:26  |  maoriboy 25/09/07
  148.   Ben Uziel and hubris 00:50  |  Truth 25/09/07
  149.   the ira has been responsible for numerous 02:01  |  papal bull 25/09/07
  150.   the irish have of course a similar record as collaborators 02:07  |  papal bull 25/09/07
  151.   This is the problem with Israel 02:12  |  LA 25/09/07
  152.   #140 So called moderate margie.Gone to dream 02:12  |  Labhras 25/09/07
  153.   truce 02:36  |  Shmuelshachoir 25/09/07
  154.   Jacob, I read it. 03:57  |  Mark Lincoln 25/09/07
  155.   Danite - blow up any mailboxes this week? 04:02  |  Mark Lincoln 25/09/07
  156.   Here`s why the article is important Mark 04:15  |  Jacob Blues 25/09/07
  157.   mark Lincoln 05:21  |  Danite 25/09/07
  158.   truce with Hamas 05:45  |  Larry Gershel 25/09/07
  159.   Mark Lincoln 06:15  |  Connie 25/09/07
  160.   Tzfonit #66 - always known 06:49  |  dana 25/09/07
  161.   # 91, BEN JABO 07:18  |  indrajaya 25/09/07
  162.   Dana - And the other side? 07:26  |  Tzfonit 25/09/07
  163.   Gabe, I wouldn`t think of it 08:03  |  Tzfonit 25/09/07
  164.   #152 Labras, I agree 08:11  |  Dutch 25/09/07
  165.   You mean Larry... 08:12  |  Jacob Blues 25/09/07
  166.   #9 A question 08:31  |  Outsider 25/09/07
  167.   How can they do that? 08:38  |  Denton 25/09/07
  168.   Slandering Ireland won`t go very far 09:06  |  Outsider 25/09/07
  169.   Indra of Indon 09:48  |  Billy Joe 25/09/07
  170.   Intellectuals like the twits at Columbia 10:25  |  Nechama 25/09/07
  171.   truce with Hamas 11:20  |  Ralph 25/09/07
  172.   I urge 12:05  |  ka 25/09/07
  173.   6,7,8, AMIN 12:27  |  JON FEIGENBAUM 25/09/07
  174.   #168 Outsider 21:46  |  * BEN JABO 25/09/07
  175.   #174 My point 15:47  |  Outsider 26/09/07
  176.   #174 Outsider - here`s the real point 16:29  |  * BEN JABO 26/09/07
  177.   on Shalom Freedman #9 - some argument 02:34  |  zeev 27/09/07
 Today Online
Rosner: Ahmadinejad, cruel or not, is a world-class celebrity
Responses: 229
Syria willing to transfer disputed Shaba Farms to UN custody
Responses: 235
Wife of abducted IDF soldier blames Iran for kidnapping
Responses: 368
Settlers plan to set up 5 new West Bank outposts over Sukkot
Responses: 158
IDF: Qassam rockets discovered in W. Bank were not operational
Responses: 95
Rosner's Domain
* Wisse: Israeli self-blame for what the Arabs have done to themselves
* WTR: The pros and cons of the War on Terror
* Ahmadinejad and the city
* Rosner's Mailbox: Serving interfaith couples


More Headlines
21:52 Eight Palestinians killed in IDF strikes on Gaza Strip
19:16 IDF: Qassam rockets discovered in West Bank were not operational
22:37 Rabbi laments American Jews' preoccupation with liberalism
22:14 FM Livni meets her Tunisian counterpart for talks on peace process
19:22 Rabbis set up alternate kashrut authority for produce in 'shmita' year
02:05 U.S. Senate urges Bush to declare Iranian force a terrorist group
23:27 Jordan, Egypt urge Palestinian factions to put aside differences
19:29 Bank of Israel proposes that state bank fund Gaza banks
17:38 In response to Jewish protest, Serbia bans planned neo-Nazi march
Previous Editions
Special Offers
Advertisement
Invest in Macedonia
New Business Heaven in Europe
Long-term Israel programs
MASA is your gateway. More programs. More grants.
Eldan Rent a Car
Israel's leading car rental company offers you a 20% discount on all online reservations
JOIN FREE AT JDATE.COM
The most popular online Jewish dating community in the world! Explore the possibilities! Click Here!
Dead Sea Salt
Beauty and skin care from the Dead Sea. Coupon code HAARETZ for 10% off!
Israeli History Documentaries.
Own a piece of Israel?s treasured past.
Junkyard
Junk a car - get free towing nationwide and a tax-deductible receipt.
Holiday Inn and Crown Plaza Israel
Lowest internet rate Guaranteed at ichotelsgroup.com !
Home| TV| Print Edition| Diplomacy| Opinion| Arts & Leisure| Sports| Jewish World| Underground| Site rules|
© Copyright  Haaretz. All rights reserved