PAZ O GUERRA Ada Aharoni Despite our wars, despite our tears, A pesar de nuestras guerras, de nuestro llanto, Despite our aches, pains and furtive fears nuestros dolores, penas y furtivos miedos, We embrace you smiling Year of Hope - 2015. te abrazamos sonrientes Año de Esperanza 2015 For, democracy and the Internet are spreading que la democracia y el Internet está regando. The power of women for peace is rising, El poder de las mujeres de Paz está creciendo, Global poverty has been cut in half - la pobreza global reducida a la mitad. Never before have ordinary people Nunca antes tan sencillo pueblo Had more power to solve challenges tuvo mayor poder para solucionar sas desafíos And to decide their own fate. y decidir su propio destino- We're poised on the edge between Estamos posados en la orilla c mismo Our oldest fears and deepest dreams entre nuestros más antiguos miedos  y nuestros  más profundos sueños. We face a choice - to rise to this hopeful year Nos enfrentamos  a  la altura de año de esperanza And throw the War monster out of our lives - y arrojar de nuestras vidas el monstruo de la Guerra. It depend on us De nosotros depende. Translation by Joseph Berolo  Traduction libre : Joseph Berolo    ADA AHARONI -HORIZONTE DE PAZ Mujeres: Portadoras de Paz, Horizonte de Esperanza  Ada Aharoni escritora Israelí, fundadora del Foro Internacional Por Una Literatura y Una Cultura de la PAZ (IFLAC).La paz es el tema principal de su obra literaria. En su poema "No Hablen", Aarón describe el dolor sufrido por ambos bandos,   a causa de la violencia, reclamo que parece caer en oídos sordos: ¡NO HABLEN! Los políticos decidieron – “No hablen con el enemigo. ¿Cómo podemos convencer a los líderes violentos a hablar y no disparar? Y lloramos juntos con todos los inocentes de ambos partidos. Cada estrofa es un grito de angustia que oprime a quienes se oponen a la Paz y un reto a los que se atreven a plantar semillas de esperanza deseando evitar la muerte y el derramamiento de sangre. "NO HABLEN" refleja a aquellos líderes que se niegan a tener un diálogo abierto y que silencian a su propia gente. Portadoras de Paz. Horizonte de Esperanza incita a levantarse y demandar paz. En el poema "Quiero Matarte, Guerra", Ada personifica la Guerra que se mantiene como una vil monstruo alimentándose en la propia mesa de los gobernadores del mundo: "Han alimentado tu barriga gorda con soldados y armas nucleares".  Viendo la transformación de la guerra y el terror que causa, Ada clama "No puedes bombardearme más porque yo tengo mi propia fuerza y mi propio negocio creativo de paz."  Las mujeres del mundo se han levantado de su "sarcófago", donde han sido enterradas por los hombres. Ahora están conscientes de que son la mayoría de las ciudadanas en el mundo y que llevan la bandera de la Paz no solo como un derecho sino como un deber. . "Nos enfrentamos a una decisión –“elevarnos a este tiempo y momento -Depende de nosotras. "  ¿Qué es la paz para mí?": se pregunta Ada. “Cuando miro a nuestros hijos de oro y siento la guerra siguiente pellizcando el centro de mi corazón, quiero gritar- "Queremos vivir-no morir". Ese es el deseo de la humanidad   entera.  De ver un mundo lleno de paz. Nos hace preguntarnos si es que seremos como Moisés, que miró hacia la tierra prometida desde lejos sobre el monte Moría, pero sin poder llegar a poseerla ni probar su dulzura.  Antes de morir,   del poema. “Si un caballo blanco de Jerusalén”, Ada expresa su preocupación del tiempo que tendrá que esperar por la venida de la paz tan largamente esperada Tal vez antes de que se me caiga el cabello/Antes de que se caigan mis dientes, Antes de que mi respiratorio silba/  En "Matándonos Suavemente" Ada advierte: “Dejen de pelear, se lastimarán, “Después procedemos a Aniquilarnos con calma- Criamos viudas negras Con ojos rojos en nuestros laboratorios”. En "Visión de mujer", la promoción de la paz es como su segunda naturaleza mostrada en "Siniora: mi nueva amiga en Gaza" cuando Ada visitó Gaza con algunos miembros de IFLAC, antes del primer Intifada. Este poema muestra cuan fácil sería para las mujeres en conflicto lograr la reconciliación a través de puentes de comunicación, entendimiento y amistad.  Después de haber formado una nueva amistad con Siniora, una Palestina en el Museo Palestino en Khan Yunis, Ada escribió este poema que invita los hombres aprender algo de las mujeres:¡Hombres! Aprendan de la mujer, permitan que les mujeres les ayuden a hacer la paz, Hacer amistades.  Con las mujeres es algo natural, fácil de realizar. Ada cree vehementemente que las mujeres son las verdaderas portadoras de paz. En "Una puente de paz", una mujer Israelí llama: Mi hermana árabe.  Construyamos un puente robusto Forma tu mundo de oliva unido al   mío,”Construyamos una puente firme de entendimiento.  de Jasmin" (127). "La paz es una mujer y una madre"  para crear, nutrir, educar y disminuir el conflicto .. es  un ser hábil y una opción lógica para la próxima generación de Portadoras de Paz. De hecho, la paz es una mujer embarazada. La paz es una madre."  El mensaje maravilloso de esperanza que recibimos de este libro hermoso es que depende de todos nosotros: mujeres, hombres, jóvenes y ancianos. Nos toca escribir el capítulo siguiente para poder avanzar y acercarnos a ese horizonte de esperanza donde habita la paz hasta que la contemplemos cara a cara sosteniéndola con nuestras propias manos. Leer  estas poemas poderosas ha sido una experiencia enriquecedora para mi. Portadoras de Paz, Horizonte de Esperanza captura el valor de las mujeres como madres que se mantienen unidas para pelear por un futuro mejor por sus hijos.  Jenny Suárez    Women and their role as Peace Bringers Ada Aharoni's New Book of Poems   Horizon of Peace By Sarah Salazar      Ada Aharoni is an Israeli poet, writer, sociologist, and founder of: The International Forum for the Literature and Culture of Peace (IFLAC). In her new book of poetry, "Horizon of Hope" (2018), published by Gvanim, she has created a collection of her work which welcomes the future of a world BEYOND WAR, with zeal and full of hope. This is one of the first bilingual books of poetry in English facing Hebrew, published in Israel, which is advantageous for people who wish to read the verses in its original English language, as well as to reach a larger international community with her convincing message for peace. When this message is brought in two languages and to two cultures it redoubles its impact and effect.  An additional advantage of having the e English in front of the Hebrew is that it allows the Hebrew reader to improve his English, and it allows the English reader to learn and improve his Hebrew. The reason why Prof. Ada Aharoni wrote her poems in English first, is that she was in an English School from the first lass in Cairo Egypt, where she was born, and after she came to Israel she continued her English studies at the Hebrew University and then she travelled to London and received her English Literature M.Phil. at Birkbeck College at the University of London. Throughout her poems, peace is at the center of her message. Sometimes, this hope for peace is read as a hushed whisper, muffled into silence by oppressive and non-attentive authorities. In her poem "No Talking", Aharoni describes the pain of losing loved ones on both sides of violence and cries which fall on deaf ears which are shown in the following sections:

The politicians decided - No talking with the enemy How can we convince violent leaders To talk and not to shoot? And we weep together with all the  Innocent people from both sides, But still, first and foremost - NO TALKING!     Each stanza is separated with a yell of, "NO TALKING!" as if to suppress those who dare oppose the leaders' greed for violence and bloodshed by planting seeds of hope for peace. "No Talking" reflects leaders' refusal to have an open dialogue, smothering their people into silence. Aharoni's book is a journey which follows these hurt people, urges them to rise and demand peace. In "I Want to Kill You, War", her poem personifies War. It shows great disgust for how it is maintained like a vile mascot that feeds from under the governors' table:

The governors of the world go on Feeding your fat belly with fresh  Soldiers And nuclear arms, with blurring eyes... Poems are carefully and purposefully placed, creating a narrative which the reader may follow along and see the transformation of war and terror victims as they begin to rise despite their oppressive leaders. Aharoni demonstrates her firm stance against the violence in "You Can't Bomb Me Again": because I don't allow you to bomb me  anymore nor to choke nor rape me anymore, for I have my own strength now and my own creative  peace business now....

The women of the world have arisen from their "sarcophagus", where men have buried them, and now they are conscious of their being the majority of citizens in the world and that they have the power of numbers in the political game, and the assuredness that their cause of wanting to be equal in the running of the world is not only their right, but also democratic. In another poem, entitled: "Year of Hope," instead of waiting for the right leaders, Aharoni demonstrates her strength, showing the readers the way to peace by telling us to claim it. She says: We face a choice - to rise to this  moment in time  And be the Peace we want to see -  It all depends on us, for we Peace - Lovers Are the largest global community! As the founder of IFLAC, she is a personal example that one can create change with others who are willing to make peace and promote it. In her poems, sometimes the hope for peace becomes like a painful human cry holding out its arms for the unseen world peace as in the powerful poem: "What is Peace for Me?": When I look at you our golden children  And feel the next war pinching the center of my heart.

There are additional moving cries of the victims of War: "‘We want to live - not die!'". The book represents not only women's desire, but also the whole of humanity's desire to see this world of peace come to pass. It makes us wonder if we shall remain like the Biblical Moses who only looked on from afar from Mount Moriah, seeing the promised land on the horizon, yet never being able to reach it and taste its sweetness. The whole book expresses the opposite, as it clearly impregnates us with this clear and beautiful "Horizon of Hope"! The narrator in "If a White Horse from Jerusalem" expresses her concern on when Peace shall arrive, and she urges peacemakers to bring it soon: Perhaps before my hair falls Before my teeth drop Before my breath whistles Before I go. . . Aharoni shows the reader that War, Terror and Violence bring only destruction, and no benefit to one or the other. It creates a vicious cycle that makes victims of us all. In "Killing Us Softly" she warns where these present conflicts will lead us. War and Violence have nowhere else to lead us but to that place where no one is left standing, we teach our children: "Stop fighting, you will hurt each Other," Then we calmly proceed to annihilate one another. We breed black widows With red eyes in our labs! Aharoni is true to herself and her dream for women and their role for peace, capturing the bravery of women, of mothers who stand united to fight for the better future of their children. One of the effective sections in the book is titled "WOMEN'S VISION," in which women are prized for their natural intuition of love and kindness. Peace is like a second nature to women, as shown in "Siniora: My New Friend in Gaza", when Ada visited Gaza, with a group of members of IFLAC, before the first Intifada. It insinuates the possibility and ease in which women from conflicting lands can bring reconciliation and healing together through bridges of communication, understanding and friendship. In a world of paternalism, men have held power so long, but have failed in the bringing peace. After having created close feelings with her new Palestinian friend Siniora, at the Palestinian Museum in Khan Yunis, her poem calls on men to learn from the example of women: Men! Learn from women for a change Let women help you make peace, Make friends, With women it is as natural, as easy as that. Ada strongly believes that women are the future bringers of peace in this changing world. In a "Bridge of Peace", an Israeli woman calls out:

"My Arab sister, Let us build a sturdy bridge From your olive world to mine" .... Through all her powerful, true, and deeply moving poem, the whole book "Horizon of Hope," speaks to us profoundly and effectively, to you and me, the readers. It gives us the profound vision and hope, as well as example, as Ada writes, to" build a sturdy bridge of Jasmine understanding". Ada continues to show us through her profoundly powerful poem: "Peace Is A Woman and A Mother", that women's natural inclination for nurture and intuition in abating conflict in the home between every member, makes her the expert and logical choice for the next generation of Peace Bringers. For women have arisen and are now ready to give birth to Peace: Peace is indeed a pregnant woman, Peace is a mother. The wonderfully hopeful message we get from this beautiful book is that it is up to us all women and men, youth and children, to create the next chapter of equal responsibility for our planet and for humanity, to gain ground and grow closer to that horizon of hope for peace, until we behold it face to face, and hold powerfully it in our own hands. Reading this powerful and lyrical bilingual book has been a wonderful and enriching experience for me, as Ada Aharoni has excelled in putting into words images and feelings that so many people cry out for in their hearts, but do not know how to express. As a Hebrew language student, this is a brilliant opportunity for me to practice and enrich my Hebrew, while retaining their impressive and profound original English, right beside the beautiful Hebrew.

Memory of Tali (1956-2011) A COURAGEOUS DAUGHTER CALLED TALI She had twinkling honey-green eyes and velvety black curls - she laughed in the wind and sang and danced under the trees with the stars Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali "You have breast-cancer that has spread" the doctors curtly said - "Chimio-Therapy all your life!" She stopped laughing in the wind and stopped singing and dancing with the stars Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali "I won't let you poison me anymore!" she firmly said and fled from the Chimio-Therapy trap - to grass-juice, green vegetables and fruit Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali She won, she triumphed! She laughs again in the wind she dances again with the stars - my lovely, courageous daugther Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali (June 2009) Tali Winkler, my wonderful daughter, passed away on July 8, 2011, after a courageous struggle agains cancer, for sixteen long and fruitful years. Now she rests in peace, and Sings, dances and twinkles with the immortal stars forever. Ada Aharoni UNA HIJA VALIENTE LLAMADA TALI  (1956-2011) Traducción de Joseph Berolo 11.20.2011 Ella tenía ojos color verde miel, parpadeantes, negros crespos aterciopelados, reía en el viento y cantaba y bailaba bajo los árboles con las estrellas. Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali  "Tienes cáncer del seno ,!Extendido!" Dijeron cortesmente los doctores- "¡ Quimioterapia toda tu vida! "  Ella dejó de reír en el viento, de cantar y danzar con las estrellas Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali  "¡No dejaré que me envenenes más!" dijo con firmeza y escapó de la trampa de la quimioterapia- al jugo de yerbas, vegetales verdes, y fruta, Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali  ¡Ella ganó, ella triunfó! rió de nuevo al viento, con las estrellas danzó otra vez - mi adorable, hija valiente,  Tali, Tali, Tali, Tali  (Junio 2009)  Tali Winkler, maravillosa hija mía, pasó a mejor vida el 8 de Julio, 2011 luego de una lucha valerosa contra el cancer durante dieciseis largos y fructuosos años

PARA QUE HAYA PAZ MI HERMANA, HIJA DE ISMAEL   "Y se sentará cada uno debajo de su vid y debajo de su higuera, y no habrá quien los amedrente" (La Biblia, Miqueas 4.4) "El que camina en paz, camina con Él" (El Corán, Sura 48) Mi hermana árabe, hija de Ismael, Construyamos un puente indestructible Desde tu mundo aceitunado al mío, Desde mi mundo anaranjado al tuyo, Por sobre el dolor que hierve Por el perjuicio de la lluvia ácida. Y elevemos las manos humanas Y hermanas Plenas de estrellas de libertad Y de radiante paz. Yo no quiero ser tu opresora Tú no quieres ser mi opresora, Ni tu cárcel, Ni mi cárcel, Ninguna de las dos queremos atemorizarnos Una a la otra. Debajo de nuestra vid O debajo de nuestra higuera, Surgiendo en un horizonte plateado Sobre la destrucción y el derramamiento de sangre Sobre los gases venenosos y los mísiles. Entonces, mi hermana árabe, Construyamos un puente De jazmines, de entendimiento Donde cada una se sentará con su hijo Debajo de su vid o debajo de su higuera. Y no habrá quien nos amedrente...      Trad, de Joseph Berolo  Ada Aharoni qui recoit le Prestigieux "Shimon Peres Award 2012 le 4 Septembre!

Antiterror y Paz   En esta a única e innovadora antología en español y portugués, y en la versión en inglés, es obvio que los escritores y poetas pensadores que participan en ellas, nos han abierto sus corazones y entregado sus ricas experiencias multiculturales "La Pluma es más poderosa que la Espada".     Ebook US$4.95 ASIN: B00WVUKNIQ    Agosto 28, 2016         Ejemplares Impresos $Col.29.ooo.oo + Iva     IFLAC PEACE ANTHOLOGY 2016/ IFLAC ANTOLOGIA DE LA PAZ 2016 We are glad to announce the IFLAC PEACE ANTHOLOGY 2016, which has as its major theme: Anti-Terror and Anti War: Articles, Stories, Poems and Haikus Nos es grato anunciar la ANTOLOGIA DE LA PAZ 2016 cuyo tema principal es: CONTRA EL TERROR Y CONTRA LA GUERRA- Artículos, Poemas y Haikus     We trust that our 2016 PEACE ANTHOLOGY will pave the way to a world beyond Terror, War and Violence, and will create instead a safe and beautiful global village of fruitful creativity, harmony and peace.   Confiamos que nuestra ANTOLOGIA DE DE LA PAZ 2016 pavimente el camino a un mundp más allá del Terror, la Guerra y la Violencia  y se constituya en  cambio en una hermosa villa global  de creatividad fructifera..... armonia y  paz.  Editorial Committee: Ada Aharoni, Joseph Berolo, Vijay Kumar Roy.  Commité Editorial  Ada Aharoni, Joseph Berolo, Vijay Kumar Roy.