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Victoria Buch In memory of our dear old friend Activism Humanitarian relief aid urgently needed in storm-battered Gaza and for Syrian refugees From Gaza to London-Help me to study abroad Awni Farhat, known from the Gaza Ark, worked during the July-August war with children taking refuge in UN schools Abdallah Abu Rahma facing years in prison for standing in front of bulldozers Take part in Amnesty International letter campaign Features & translations Red Rag column: religious fanaticism in Paris and elsewhere Gideon Spiro - The government of Israel has jumped onto the bandwagon of struggle against terror, but that is a Another election: expect no peace breakthrough Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Among all the contending parties is there one party – just one – that truly asp My Israel Ralph Benmergui--The first video of a 4-part series of My Israel, in which Ralph Benmergui sets out to find ans Red Rag column: Elections in Israel; political Supreme Court; Noam Kaminer, RIP Gideon Spiro - The Netanyahu government has dissolved itself and the public is feeling fed up with Netanyahu. T Red Rag weekly column: Atrocity in Jerusalem; PM Bennett: 3 scenarios Gideon Spiro - After Baruch Goldstein murdered 29 Muslim worshippers in a mosque in Hebron, the Rabin governmen PEACE BUS ACTION PLAN November 5 - November 12 Peace Bus Project - "This Friday, at 9am, we plan to visit the Makassed Hospital of the Red Cross in East Jerusal Red Rag weekly column: the face of a Chosen People Gideon Spiro - The attempt on the life of Yehuda Glick by a Palestinian assailant who was identified within a few Red Rag weekly column: Haneen Zoabi, Azmi Bishara and Hani Zubida Gideon Spiro - The pilot, the airplane and the missile are all products of the scientific era, everything is di Red Rag weekly column: Netanyahu the propagandist; ISIS Gideon Spiro - The Israeli Prime Minister’s speech at the UN (29 September 2014) was typical propaganda. Any pr Abbas UN Speech To Include Bid For Ending Occupation IMEMC & Agencies - IMEMC "He said his speech would outline a “vision" the Palestinian leadership will be ta Red Rag weekly column: Greetings from Berlin Gideon Spiro - When I stand before monuments in memory of the Red Army, I cannot avoid choking up, because I cann Red Rag weekly column: superfluous death Gideon Spiro - Daniel Tragerman was given a state funeral that moved all whose heart is not made of stone. Now le Red Rag weekly column: Letter to the IDF Chief of Staff Gideon Spiro - Operation “Solid Cliff” will be remembered to our eternal shame for massacres of a civilian popula Emergency call from Gaza Martin Lejeune - Gaza City, 31st July - The nerves are constantly on the edge after three and a half weeks of con "The front line is none of your business" Martin Lejeune - Gaza City, 1st August - “During such attacks from Israel, the population decides to stand toget Red Rag weekly column: Comrade Parabellum has the floor Gideon Spiro - This war has served the Israeli government very well so far. Everyone is talking about the unity o Red Rag weekly column: The Hour of the Right Gideon Spiro - The power of the racist incitement against the Arabs has reached nearly 10 on the Incitement Scale Red Rag weekly column: kidnapping and solidarity Gideon Spiro - Some will say: kidnapping that the army does under the rubric of the arrest of suspects is not ter Pride and predicament Adam Keller - Crazy Country - Prime Minister Netanyahu has already found the culprit: "Abu Mazen is responsible f Red Rag weekly column: Holocaust Memorial Day - Eichmannite mentality - Netanyahu: peace-refuser - Independence Day Gideon Spiro - The Prime Minister of Israel is a peace refuser who is an expert in the Peace Process, an endless Red Rag weekly column: Barkat: Occupation Mayor - Bedouin death-march - Pete Seeger RIP Gideon Spiro - Nir Barkat, Mayor of the Occupation - water apartheid - death-march in Sinai, 1972 - Adam Verete a What Shulamit Aloni missed Assaf Ronel - Haaretz - Shulamit Aloni `believed that the Israeli original sin was the occupation of the West Ban Open Letter to Scarlett Johansson Beate Zilversmidt: Your controversy ultimately may help draw worldwide attention to the facts of the occupation Imprisonment of Conscientious Objector Mahmood Saad New Profile - "Mahmood Saad, 20 years old from Shfaamer, a village in the Galil, was arrested on 6.12.2013 a Red Rag weekly column: In memory of Mandela Gideon Spiro - Netanyahu and Peres did well to stay away from Nelson Mandela`s memorial service in South Africa - Red Rag weekly column: Arik Einstein, 1939-2013 - Idolatrous dayanim - The cycle of violence Gideon Spiro - In my humble opinion, Arik Einstein`s great gift, in addition to his musical talent, was his abili Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Black November: the anniversaries of Krystallnacht and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin - the as Palestinian Lands Uprooted Near Al-Khader IMEMC & Agencies - "[Thursday November 21, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Baten Al-Ma’sy Mount UNDER THE FORESTS - A satiric piece full of wishful thinking Rafi Shtendel Chairperson, New KKL -JNF November 2013 "The title refers to AB Yehoshua’s novella, “Facing th Red Rag column: Germany against Germans - Letter to Ismail Haniyeh Gideon Spiro - In his book Germans against Germans Professor Moshe Zimmermann casts light on an aspect of Red Rag: folly of the parents, the Liar, the Preacher, From Russia, with Love Gideon Spiro - How does Netanyahu know that Rouhani is a liar? From personal experience. For generations now all Red Rag column: Forty years since the Yom Kippur War Gideon Spiro - What will not be said in the mainstream media I will say here: the Yom Kippur War was unnecessary. Red Rag column: Great, another war! Gideon Spiro - Things are developing much to the satisfaction of the government of Israel. The Israeli and conser Red Rag Weekly Column: Letters to Judges Gideon Spiro - Over 30 years ago I began the “letters to judges” project, in which I rebuke, criticize and condem Zionism and torn papers Adam Keller - Crazy Country - Why did Jewish Knesset Members from Meretz and Labor and even Shas mobilize again Yiddish classic--our village is burning-- adapted to the Palestinian situation Annie Robbins--video dn Strategic assets and a threatening toilet Adam Keller - Crazy Country - And Secretary of State John Kerry? Well, we are patiently waiting for the announc Red Rag column: the death-mongers Gideon Spiro - The death-mongers - murder in Beersheba - Muhammad al-Dura Solidarity shifts in Sheikh Jarrah: 17 to 20 May Sheikh Jarrah Protest - "The Shamashne family has decided to erect a protest tent outside of their house, an Never a dull moment in this crazy country (week review) Adam Keller - Crazy Country - The Shamasnah family in the Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood of East Jerusalem is far Red Rag column: The secret plan Gideon Spiro - The secret plan - Racism in the Knesset, the religion, Orit Struk and Shai Dromi - Purity of the Video:Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a house and a building in al-Tur village– Jerusalem Video - Silwanic Net ca Red Rag Column: The death-cult Gideon Spiro - The Week of the Dead in Israel - 65 years of independence - Brainwashing Israeli children - The l “Ich bin ein Bil’iner!” Uri Avnery - THIS DOES not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her coun `You`re not allowed to use public transportation at all` Ofra Yeshua-Lyth - First-hand report of "bus apartheid": Palestinian workers returning home are forced to leave a `Equal burden` - a disaster for the IDF Uri Avnery - Translation of Haaretz Hebrew for OM - There is a simple solution to the problem of "equal burden": Winds of war Adam Keller - From the polling stations to the long waiting lines at the gas mask distribution stations (...) aft Red Rag column: letters to judges and politicians Gideon Spiro - "In short, Mr. dishonourable Minister: take off your shoes when you stand before Mordechai Vanunu, A story of a Palestinian village without basic infrastructure #2 Blog - Wordpress "Why Do They Want Wipe an Entire Palestinian Village from the Map, and Not for the First Tim Red Rag Weekly Column: Naftali Bennett, Haneen Zoabi, Moshe Feiglin Gideon Spiro - On refusal - Haneen Zoabi - Moshe Feiglin, the new "Benefactor" - the fiction of "Area A" The Israeli Green Party and Gideon Spiro: a correspondence Gideon Spiro - How can an "Israeli Green Party" that ignores the issue of radioactive waste be relevant? Red Rag: A toothless condemnation Gideon Spiro - Toothless condemnation - corrupt politician - in praise of fear - heroism - "No miracle happened h The colonization instinct has not been tamed Dimitry Shumsky - Haaretz - It isn`t just Gush Emunim and the fanatics in Hebron who want to colonize the West Ba Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Gaza held out - Israel and North America against the world - New face of the Likud - Barak`s depar Red Rag: can Germans criticize Israel? Gideon Spiro - Is a German allowed to criticize Israel? Reflections on the history of the dehumanization of the O The new expropriation regime in the West Bank - Week 2362 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - Israel’s takeover of West Bank lands for settlement construction has p Red Rag weekly column: polishing swords; value of a Palestinian woman`s life Gideon Spiro - polishing swords - price of a Palestinian life - hardship of life in Israel - brainwashing Jewish Week 2357 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - The cleansing of the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills Red Rag weekly column: terrorist ping-pong Gideon Spiro - terrorist ping-pong - chemical weapons - cycle of history - letter to Judge Daphne Barak-Erez Silwan: Conflicting Narratives in East Jerusalem Brian Britt - Jerusalem’s ancient past is changing quickly. Since 1967 when Israel captured the eastern part of Week 2356 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - To appreciate the almost sadistic callousness of Mitt Romney’s infamous July 30 comments in Jeru Red Rag column: Moshe Silman; propaganda film; Olmert`s acquittal; the Levy Report; ugly Israel Gideon Spiro - Moshe Silman; Propaganda about Dimona; Olmert`s acquittal; military service for Haredim; the Occup No Accreditation for Expropriation Reuven Kaminer - Email "The Israeli Council for Higher Education has protested the usurpation of its authori URGENT: TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE DEMOLITION OF SUSIYA! Email: Moriel Rothman "Take facebook action! Take a picture of yourself inside or outside of your house– whi An immigrant in his own country Sami Michael - If we don’t find a solution besides the machine-gun and the tank, which we have already seen are h Beating & abuse B"Tselem - "Testimonies taken by B’Tselem indicates that during April 2012, soldiers arrested Muhammad a-Zir Susiya Forever - Stop the Demolition Susiya Forever - "On Friday, June 22 we will stand side by side with the residents of Palestinian Susya in a p URGENT: Act now for Mahmoud Sarsak on 88th day of hunger strike; Palestinian soccer star at risk of death SAMIDOUN - Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network "As European soccer stars compete in the European Champi The 45th birthday of the Occupation Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Speech given at Gan Meir in Tel Aviv, 9 June 2012 - This year the apartheid regime of the S Living the occupation, 45 years Adam Keller - Would Israel put an end to the occupation, before the occupation puts an end to Israel? Red Rag weekly column: `One leader, one nation, one kingdom` Gideon Spiro - One leader, one nation, one kingdom - Ahinoam Nini - file closed on Samouni family massacre - Nakb Choose Your Theatre: London or Ariel Vardit Shalfy - Haaretz - Did the theaters really have no choice but to surrender to the dictate of Culture Minis To talk about ourselves Nir Baram - Haokets - Today it was reported that after Nir Baram’s speech at the Writers’ Festival two years ago, Police besiege, arrest activists planning to commemorate Nakba in Tel Aviv Haggai Matar - +972 Some 15 activists from the organization Zochrot were besieged by police on Wednesday night Life in prison, on both sides of the walls Ilana Hammerman - An Israeli peace activist takes Palestinian women and children on recreational expeditions in I Israel mobilizes special forces to deport ‘flytilla’ activists Allison Deger - Mondoweiss "The AirFlofilla2 is an expensive direct action. Activists from around the world w Deal reached to free Hana Shalabi Ma`an News Agency - "The officials say Shalabi will be sent to Gaza for three years in exchange for giving u Red Rag column: Israel as Auschwitz? Pavlov`s dog - Hillary Clinton is right Gideon Spiro - Israel as Auschwitz? - "Pavlov`s dog" syndrome in Gaza - Retirement of Israeli Supreme Court Presi Open Letter to Beit Berl College Open letter in protest against the anti-democratic exclusion of MK Haneen Zoabi from the annual conference in mem Civil Disobedience Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Israelis must refuse to obey unjust laws just as South Africans did. Red Rag - non-violent victory - kosher sperm - fascist? - bogus equality By: Gideon Spiro - Khadr Adnan`s non-violent victory - kosher IDF sperm - who`s a fascist? Bogus "equality" at th New extreme right plan: How to `Annex all of Judea and Samaria` and maintain Jewish supremacy KM Uri Ariel of the National Union party today presented a new plan: The entire West Bank to be annexed to Israel The guilt of the judges Ofra Ben Artzi - They give a judicial seal of approval, without which the Occupation would have ended long ago.. Red Rag: Divine Terror Gideon Spiro - Divine terror - All quiet on the Gaza Front - The Great Inventor - another right-wing innovation - UN report: Smuggling tunnels help alleviate Gaza`s economic woes Amira Hass - Haaretz "The smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border are the primary cause of the improvem Dissolving the Palestinian National Authority or considering a new strategic direction Sameer Abu Eisheh - Bitterlemons "The facts on the ground, especially the accomplishments in building insti Better an Iranian A-Bomb in the Basement than missiles on the roofs of Tel Aviv Shraga Elam - cafe.themarker.com translated from Hebrew by George Malent Israeli leftists demonstrate for PA statehood in TA Ben Hartman - Jerusalem Post "Dozens of Israeli artists and academics on Thursday proclaimed their support fo The Shabab Vs.The Jesh at Qalandia Checkpoint 21-9-2011.wmv You Tube "During a violent five-hour clash between Palestinian youths and Israeli special forces at the Qaland Jenin’s Freedom Theater raided by the Israeli army Joseph Dana - 972 magazine "Overnight, roughly 50 Israeli Special Forces troops raided the Jenin Freedom Thea The other Jerusalem march Haaretz - Editorial "The Friday march is meant to be a joint demonstration by the peace-seekers of both Israe A Palestinian woman’s response to Israel’s Naomi Chazan on BDS (recommended reading) Although she presented herself as a veteran Israeli peace activist, Chazan’s mission here in Australia was oste Pyrrhus in Piraeus Adam Keller - One could have thought that Israel was facing a major invasion by a mighty fleet of dreadnaughts. < Israel 2011 - it depends what you are boycotting Adam Keller - If this law is passed, Israeli consumers would be allowed to call for a boycott of products sold at Israeli geography 101: song David Rovics - For a long time now, every time I hear an Israeli patriot or apologist complaining that such-and-s On the hunting of Palestinian children and re-education at the Ofer prison Ofra Ben Artzi - On 15 November 2010 the IDF spokesman issued the following news flash: “During the night IDF for Covering for a war criminal from the Kafr Qasim massacre Shraga Elam - Gabriel Dahan lives in a European capital, where he is a manager for Israel Bonds. He is the only o Greenstein and Fine: debate on BDS and Zionism Professors Greenstein and Fine - Is Israel being held to an unfairly high standard by the West? On the academic boycott (again) - plus exchange of letters Article on boycott of Israel by Prof. Ran Greenstein, followed by an extended exchange of letters with Prof. Robe Dr. Avineri and Mr. Lieberman Ran Greenstein - Occupation Magazine - A discussion of the liberal Zionist apologetics for an exclusionary Jewish Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Judges of the Deportation Service - Dr. Strangelove - Another step towards fascism Video 5 minute-- A Week in Gaza Helping traumatized children Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy (part 2) Ran Greenstein - In the previous section I made a distinction between historical apartheid (unique to South Afric Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy: critics, apologists and strategic lessons (part 1) Ran Greenstein - University of the Witwatersrand - Is the Israeli system of political and military control over t Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) releases a Statistical Statistical Report 2009 - PCBS "Available data indicate that the number of settlers in the West Bank reache Week 2252 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - When talks are bad for peace - The prison diet improves - Wave of West Ban Is Israel singled out - and why? Adam Keller - "The State of Israel has been vociferously criticized for planting settlers in the occupied territo Jerusalem/al-Quds Multi-Day Tour The Jerusalem/Al Quds Multi-day tour is a unique experience that allows you to get to know the city and its many Sleepless in Gaza A video diary about life in the Occupied Palestinian Territories The unbearable nonviolence of Bil`in Adam Keller - The army`s escalation shows the increasing brutalization since the Gaza War, inherited and expanded Articles by Victoria Buch The editors of Occupation Magazine are mourning the recent loss of our friend and co-editor, Professor Victoria B Our friend and co-editor, Victoria Buch, has passed away The Occupation Magazine Team	26/01/2015 Today in Palestine for January 23, 2015 Today in Palestine--A compilation of reports and commentaries on current events in the oPt. dn 80 Cartoon Artists Push Israel Boycott Measure JTA--Dozens of comics artists signed a letter calling for a boycott against any Israeli entity that does not “promote freedom and justice for Palestinians.” The open letter, cosigned by more than 80 individuals involved in producing comics, was sent out Wednesday to the organizers of an international festival for comics artists scheduled to open next week in France, and which is cosponsored by the Israeli company Sodastream. dn One family, three dead, three maimed: `Black Friday` in Gaza Elior Levy--The al-Namlah family fled the intense fighting that followed Hamas` truce violation and abduction of an IDF soldier during the summer war, but they did not get far enough. dn Health Condition of Palestinian Detainees in Israeli Prison Severally Deteriorating WAFA--RAMALLAH, January 24, 2015 (WAFA) – Several Palestinian detainees in the Israeli prison of Nafha have been recently evacuated to Israeli hospitals after their health condition deteriorated due to deliberate medical negligence by the prison administration, said Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Committee. dn Soldiers traumatized by Gaza war forced to cope on their own Naomi Darom and Tal Laor--Only after they came home from last summer`s operation in Gaza did reservists in an infantry battalion realize they were suffering psychological problems. But the army did little to answer their pleas for help. dn Israel ignoring deaths of Thai workers on farms, Human Rights Watch says Mark Anderson--Pressure group calls on Israel to enforce labour laws after Thai workers tell of 17-hour days and being treated ‘like slaves’ dn Just how antisemitic is Britain? David Conn--Alarmist suggestions that Jewish experience in Britain today echoes the 1930s seem unreal dn What the Media Left Out If Americans Knew--Dear Friends, We`ve produced a response to the slanted media coverage on the recent Tel Aviv stabbings that contains statistics and facts that we think you may wish to share with others. Click here to read the article on our website, which also includes charts illustrating the disparity in deaths and injuries between Israelis and Palestinians. dn Netanyahu accused of putting US-Israeli relationship at risk Ben Lynfield--Low point comes as Israel is hoping for US support to fight off Palestinian efforts to prosecute Israelis for alleged war crimes. dn Red Rag column: religious fanaticism in Paris and elsewhere Gideon Spiro - The government of Israel has jumped onto the bandwagon of struggle against terror, but that is a pretence. The State of Israel is a terror state. The 47 years of the Occupation have been 47 years of cruel terror. Terror is the official policy of the government of Israel. The Israeli army of Occupation, the Israel Security Agency and the ideological nucleus of fascist settlers are producers of the terror among the fruits of which is the counter-terror of the occupied, which itself is often horrific. For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections Recommended articles Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for January 23, 2015 Physicians for Human Rights:Gaza Health Attack : No Safe Place Slavoj Zizek:How Fragile the Belief of an Islamist Must Be Mairav Zonszein:Palestinians in East Jerusalem go 10 months without water Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for January 16, 2015 The Jewish Daily Forward:Why Charlie Hebdo Must Be Free to Offend All — Even Us Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for January 9, 2015 Gideon Levy: I Love Israel - And I Apologize : Apologizing would not solve anything or atone for anything, but it could signal a genuine intention to turn a new leaf.