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`Unprecedented` violence stalks anti-war demos across IsraelOmer Raz - +972 - "While the end of the bloodshed still seems far from sight, there is a different, violent confrontation being held inside Israel – one that targets Arab citizens and left-wing activists on the internet, and uses physical violence against anti-war demonstrators." - id 30/7/2014
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The Peace Bus, Jerusalem to Gaza Border - third ride, Fri. Aug. 1 29/7/2014
Pepper Sprayed & Pursued in North Tel AvivMoriel Rothman-Zecher - The Leftern Wall - It happened after the demonstration - the biggest in Tel Aviv against the war yet, estimates of over 6,000 demonstrators- had mostly dispersed. The now-familiar group of right-wing demonstrators had worked themselves up into a frenzy throughout the speeches by left-wing Knesset Members and bereaved parents and chants to end the war, end the siege, end the occupation, end the violence. They were screaming: “Traitors!” “Death to Arabs and Leftists!” “You all get fucked in the ass!” The usual. The two demonstrations had been tightly cordoned off by the police, though. And then, after. ak29/7/2014
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Join the mass AVAAZ divestment petition 29/7/2014
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1,547,207 signatures on the Avaaz divestment petitionAvaaz - "Our governments have failed - while they have talked peace and passed UN resolutions, they and our companies have continued to aid, trade and invest in the violence. The only way to stop the hellish cycle is to make the economic cost of this conflict too high to bear. This may not feel like a direct way to stop the current killing, but history tells us that raising the financial cost of oppression can pave a path to peace". As of Tuesday afternoon, 1,547,207 people worldwide had signed the Avaaz onlinr petition calling for divestment from companies involved in the Israeli occupation, and the orgainzers` target of 2,000,000 signatures seems well within reach. ak 29/7/2014
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WATCH: Israeli teen refuses to serve in army, likely to face jail timeMoriel Rothman-Zecher and Yuval Orr - +972 - About 75 people – Jews and Palestinians – gathered in Haifa to stand with Udi. Among the crowd were Ruty and Yael Ferera, the mother and sister of Uriel Ferera, an Orthodox Jewish refusenik who has been in and out of military prison since April for refusing; Omar Saad, a young Druze refusenik who was recently released after over six months in prison; and a number of other past refusers and current signatories on the 2014 letter of conscientious objection. [bz]29/7/2014
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Israel-Gaza conflict: More than a million people around the world take to the streets to protest at the horrific carnage unfolding in Gaza Rachael Pells , Serina Sandhu , Kitty Knowles - The Independent - Tens of thousands of demonstrators in London marched from the Israeli embassy in Kensington to Downing Street. Others protested in dozens of cities around the UK, including Birmingham, Cardiff and Edinburgh, as Palestinian officials announced the death toll had passed 1,000 [ry]28/7/2014
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We refuse to be enemies - Vision Camp in Israel-PalestineVision Camp - In this turbulence, peace workers from Israel, Palestine and other countries are begining a five-day vision camp in the West Bank. In the middle of the war they hold a peace vigil and create a frequency of calmness in which mutual perception, sharing, deep listening, clear thinking and vision building is possible. They say, "We refuse to be enemies." And, "Together we can give a clear sign to end the war." ak27/7/2014
CODEPINK: Call on President Obama and Congress to push for a Gaza ceasefire 26/7/2014
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"They are also our children" - declaration on Gaza signed by 46 Right Livelihood LaureatesPress release - Right Livelihood - (...) The responsibility for such deaths lies not only with the joint and manifold accountabilities of Israel’s soldiers, Hamas’ fighters and their governments. Other governments are responsible either directly or indirectly through the transfer of weapons, military advice and silence. Such countries and the United Nations seem not to have learned from the past. 26/7/2014
GET OUT! Stop the War Demo – Saturday July 26, 8pm, Tel Aviv, Rabin SquareStop the War - On Saturday, the peace camp takes a stand at Rabin Square The war is taking a heavy toll in lives and injuries on both sides, in destruction and horror, in bombings and rockets. We answer this by taking a stand and making a demand: end the war now! ak26/7/2014
GET OUT! Stop the War Demo – Saturday July 26, 8pm, Tel Aviv, Rabin Square 26/7/2014
No to the Gaza War, Yes to a Political Solution - weekend demonstrations in Israel**Fri: Karmiel / Military Prison-6 / Peace Bus from J`lem to Gaza Border **Sat. Tel Aviv 31/7/2014
Following wave of protests, Israel arrests scores of Arab activists, minorsHagar Sheizaf - +972 - "More than 410 Arab citizens of Israel have been arrested on various grounds related to their participation in demonstrations since July 5." - id23/7/2014
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Photo Gallery_Protests erupt worldwide in solidarity with GazaMultimedia--photos of protests20/7/2014
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Emergency Action: Artists Against the War - rally at Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, Tue. July 22,2014Artists Against the War - We will stand together against the blinding hatred, the murderous mood, the joy of war, the despising racism, the oppression of democratic dissent, and the general atmosphere of obeying the government. We will stand together facing the silence of the sane majority and invite them to join us in calling "Stop the War!” "Long Live Peace!" The program includes a lineup of artists presenting statements and artworks: performance, music, image, text, theatre, dance, politics. ak 22/7/2014
Ten Israeli Human Rights Organizations: serious violations of International Humanitarian Law Steven Beck - ACRI - More than 400 people have been killed and thousands injured, the vast majority of which are Palestinians. More than 80 of the dead Palestinians are children, and civilian casualties constitute 70% of the deaths. In Shujaya the dead include at least 17 children and 14 women. Serious concern is raised concerning the legality of the operation - in particular the potential violation of the principle of distinguishing between combatants and civilians. ak 22/7/2014
Israeli citizens call upon government to consider Hamas proposed ceasefire terms Atzuma website - 1200 Israeli citizens already signed the petition calling upon the Government of Israel and the international community to take regard of the terms of ceasefire proposed by Hamas. " We, the undersigned, differ in our agreement with all demands. Yet we are united in the view that they serve a necessary ground for negotiations, which we demand begin without further delay". (To see the full text, note that it appears in Hebrew, Arabic and Russian before the English). ak 22/7/2014
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Appeal from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society:PMRS - The war Israel is waging on Gaza right now is not about self-defense, it is not even about destroying Hamas. It is a war about complete control over a territory and a people and it is being conducted with complete disregard for human life. It is a war aimed at destroying the resilience of an entire people – and if we don’t act immediately, if we don’t change the current narrative and reestablish the truth, it might very well succeed this time.-rh 16/7/2014
The night it became dangerous to demonstrate in Tel AvivHaggai Matar - +972 Magazine - The fascists attacked. Police didn’t respond in time and ran away when the sirens wailed. We were lucky to get away with only three injured, one in the hospital and many traumatized. ak 15/7/2014
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An open Letter to Israeli academicsDear Friends, These are desperately bad times. The government of Israel, having provoked the firing of rockets by its rampage through the West Bank, is now using that response as the pretext for an aerial assault on Gaza which has already cost scores of lives. An atmosphere of hysteria is being deliberately provoked in Israel, and whole communities are being subject to collective punishment, a war crime. People are dying, and for what? To prevent a unity government of Fatah and Hamas?14/7/2014
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When The Cannons Roar - We Are Not Silent! Note: time and place ofprotest has changedAn eye for an eye until all of us are blind, Stop The Killing, Stop The Bereavement, The Occupation Must End 8/7/2014
Demo: No to revenge, no to occupation 3/7/2014
Fourth prison term for conscientious objector Uriel Ferera. Full details and calls for action and support below.New Profile - Uriel Ferer a, 18 years old from Be’er Sheva, reported to Tal Hashomer military induction base, accompanied by a demonstration of support for his refusal to serve in the military. Uriel declared his refusal to serve for reasons of conscience due to his opposition to the occupation of the Palestinian people and discrimination against Palestinians inside Israel. on 29/6/2014 Uriel was sentenced to 20 days in military prison no. 6 near Atlit.-rh 2/7/2014
Palestinians in Israel find consensus against army enlistmentSawsan Khalife’- The Electronic Intifada - "The mother of conscientious objector Omar Saad spoke about her son’s recent 150-day imprisonment for refusing to serve in the military. Poet and activist Alaa Muhanna presented his poem against militarization that he wrote especially for the young Druze youth." - id 2/7/2014
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Demonstration: Stop the killing and destruction! Cease the fire, lift the siege, move towards peace! 17/7/2014
In spite of everything, it won’t end until we talk - J`lem anti-war rally 17/7/2014
The Peace Bus, Jerusalem to the Gaza border 17/7/2014
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Stop shooting! No more revenge, no more violence, hatred, missiles and bombing! Thursday, 8:30 pm, we shall rally in Tsahal Square, where East Jerusalem joins West Jerusalem10/7/2014
We Must Face the Root Cause of this Crisis Sign the Jewish Voice for Peace petition10/7/2014
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300 Israelis-Palestinians protest in Tira against escalation of tensions with GazaHassan Shaalan - Ynet - Some 300 Palestinians and Israelis started protesting at the southern entrance to the city of Tira against both rockets being fired from Gaza and Israeli airstrikes in response. The protesters are holding signs that saying, "Arab and Jews refuse to be enemies", "No to occupation and racism", and "Yes for peace and justice". [bz]12/7/2014
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Decrying "Brutal Operation Taking Place in Our Name," Israeli Military Reservists Refuse to ServeYael Even Or - Democracy Now - Regarding where I am after 10, 11 years after refusing, I feel that it’s like the situation that you feel that you are walking on a path, and slowly everyone else, or almost everyone else, are disappearing far, far to the right of you. Today we are a minority of a minority of activists in Israel. Of course there are more and more people, but we are still a very, very small minority. We have people that are going to jail. I have a friend who is going to jail on Monday for refusing to enlist with the army. There are now a few people in jail.-rh30/7/2014
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Clashes Continue Across West Bank and East JerusalemChris Carlson - IMEMC - "Local youth were protesting in the Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem when police began firing stun grenades, tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets in an attempt to disperse a demonstration there. Eight were injured with rubber bullets, while many suffered from tear gas inhalation." - id 30/7/2014
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Palestinians and Israelis push for dialogue on Facebook in response to killingsRay Hanania- The Arab Daily News - "You can join this dialogue and send a message about peace, non-violence, two-states, security for Israel and security for Palestine and whatever else moves you on the Middle East conflict." - id 9/7/2014
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17 EU members take action against corporate complicity with Israeli crimesRafeef Ziadah - BDS - "European governments published online guidance warning their citizens and businesses about risks involved in trade and other economic links with illegal Israeli settlements on Thursday and Friday." - id9/7/2014
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