Shimon Tzabar

Shimon Tzabar, even Shimon Tzabar ( Hebrew: שמעון צבר; ) ( born March 5, 1926 in Tel Aviv, † March 19, 2007 in London ) was a painter, writer and journalist, who describes himself as a " Hebrew -speaking Palestinian " designated.

As a teenager, Shimon Tzabar was initially a member of the right-wing Zionist youth organization Betar; he wanted to be a member of the Irgun, who rejected him for ideological reasons. Later he came to the perimeter of Lehi, but here he was denied membership because he advocated a common ( bi-national ) state of Jews and Arabs. Finally he was accepted by the Palmach and later became a member of the Communist Party of Israel, which he left after a few years. He fought in the Suez crisis in 1956 and the Six Day War in 1967 in the Israeli army, but he criticized the Israeli occupation and colonization of the Golan Heights, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Shimon Tzabars first journalistic assignment was the graphic design of the army magazine Ba - Mahane. Later he became a columnist and cartoonist for the daily newspaper Ha'aretz and the weekly Ha - olam ha - ze.

On September 22, 1967, he published an advertisement in Haaretz - signed by twelve other known Israelis - who demanded the withdrawal from the occupied just by Israel:

The ad sparked a fierce debate in Israel. In December 1967 Shimon Tzabar went to London and began to publish a satirical magazine, Israel Imperial News, which was attacked as violently in Israel, including by Uri Avnery, editor of Ha - olam ha - ze. Shimon Tzabar also criticized pacifist groups such as Gush Shalom in Israel and Shalom Achschaw. He designed an alternative Israeli flag, which showed a tank in the center instead of the star of David.

Shimon Tzabar published 27 books in Hebrew, including travelogues, children's books, cookbooks, novels, political satires and essays. He was a painter and was very interested in fungi.

In 2007 he published a pamphlet entitled [ Much Better Than ] The Official Michelin Guide to Israeli Prisons, Jails, Concentration Camps and Torture Chambers, whereupon Michelin threatened to sue, but they withdrew again.

Shimon Tzabar was married and had two sons, Yo'av and Rami.