Activism
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Activists Announce 15th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week | | The 15th Annual Israeli Apartheid Week will take place between March
18th and April 8th 2019 under the theme “Stop Arming Colonialism” | 28/2/2019 |
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Soldier uses stun grenade on school children at Salaymeh | | Al-Khalil team -
International Solidarity Movement -
"Infamous illegal settler Ofer Yohana (òåôø àåçðä) arrived around 7.20am, greeting the soldiers warmly and began conversing in Hebrew while looking in the direction of the activists. He then began to film and harass activists, insinuating that they were pedophiles for greeting the students on their way to school." - id | 28/2/2019 |
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Netanyahu and the Kahanists: A moral compromise that may ruin his legacy : Few politicians will put moral concerns above political ones unless they fear public shame. The Otzma Yehudit deal may exact a higher cost than the PM realizes | | HAVIV RETTIG GUR - The Times of Israel - for all his influence and
accomplishments, Netanyahu does not feel powerful. Often mocked as
paranoid, he has been well-served by his penchant for seeing enemies
at every turn. Likud under his leadership has repeatedly jettisoned
its most popular politicians when their popularity came to be seen as
threatening Netanyahu’s control of the party. He warned ominously (and
to many ears, ludicrously) in the run-up to the party’s primary on
February 5 that rival Gideon Sa’ar had conspired with President Reuven
Rivlin to take the party from him after the election, and openly
worked to suppress voting for Sa’ar, whose no. 5 showing on the final
slate suggests he was only partly successful. It is easy to mock this
conduct, but hard to argue with the results: his opponents have all
fallen by the wayside, while Netanyahu remains firmly ensconced at the
top.-rh | 26/2/2019 |
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Workers reject Spanish firm’s bid for Israeli settlement project | | Adri Nieuwhof - Electronic Intifada - Media reports in recent weeks stated that CAF itself had refused to take part in the project, but this is not the case.
The company “has not refused to participate in the tender of the Jerusalem tram,” CAF spokesperson Iñaki Escrig informed The Electronic Intifada by email.
Rather, it is the workers council – the legally mandated framework for labor representation – which has rejected participation.
If the company wins the tender, it could be a prelude to action by the trade unions.
[bz] | 26/2/2019 |
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15 Israelis and one Vietnamese Zen teacher meet with Palestinians | | Yehuda Stolov - Interfaith Encounter Association - About 15 Israelis
from all over Israel and one Vietnamese Zen teacher gathered to come
and hear from the people living on the other side of the fence, in
the Occupied Territories. We met two young men who lived in a small,
quiet village in the heart of the mountains and heard about their
lives, how much they loved life, cared about the earth and about
humanity. Despite difficulties in their lives, their hearts are not
bitter and full of hatred. They just want to continue living well.
In another village, we had lunch and heard the life story of an
older man. He experienced in his life few demolitions. As a child he
suffered greatly from repeated uprooting and episodes of violence in
all its forms. The hardships he described led many of us to tears
and feelings of suffocation.[ak]
| 19/2/2019 |
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The Palestinian activists protecting Hebron from settler violence | | Steven Davidson - +972 - A group of Palestinian volunteers is trying to fill the monitoring gap left behind by the recent departures of the two international observer organizations. The new group, Kifah, or “struggle,” is the brainchild of Tel Rumeida community leader Issa Amro. This week, Palestinian volunteers in blue vests, identifying themselves as “human rights observers" made their way toward the Israeli army’s Checkpoint 56 on Shuhada Street in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron early last week. They were escorting children on their way to the Qurtuba school 100 meters away, enduring harassment and kicking by settlers as they let the schoolchildren pass. [bz] | 19/2/2019 |
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TV presenter comes under fire for dubbing IDF soldiers `beasts` | | Jerusalem Post - After airing story about Netzah Yehuda soldiers
charged with abusing Palestinian detainees, veteran TV anchor
journalist Oshrat Kotler remarked "We send kids to the army, to the
territories, and we get them back as beasts. This is the result of
the occupation". The comments aroused an angry storm of right-wing
reactions, mostly concentrated on accusing Kotler of "insulting our
soldiers" - starting with PM Netanyahu saying he was "proud of IDF
soldiers and loves them very much" and that "Oshrat Kotler`s
comments should be condemned" and going on to Netanyahu`s tame
newspaper "Israel Today" publishing a commentary comparing Kotler
with the WWII pro-Nazi propagandist "Lord Haw Haw" who was hanged
for treason in 1945. Altogether, some 2000 complaints were made to
the Channel 13 TV network, demanding that Kotler be fired and some
adding that she should be prosecuted for "defaming the soldiers".
However, Channel 13 responded that Kotler has clear opinions which
she is free to occasionally voice on the air, and that since
numerous threats were made on her life the Channel will provide her
with bodyguards. ""You don`t want a reality of occupation and
violence? Then it is this reality which needs to be changed" said
Tamar Zandberg, leader of the left-wing Meretz Party. A surprising
expression of support came from Er`el Segal, a radio and TV
commentator known for his radical nationalist views, who declared
both his "complete opposition to Kotler`s views" and his "full,
unreserved support for her right to express these views". [ak] | 19/2/2019 |
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Hebron Report | | ISM -
International Solidarity Movement -
"On the morning of February 14th ISM activists were notified that a
closed military zone had been declared for the day of February 14th.
Prior to this, Anat Cohen, an infamously violent settler, assaulted
an ISM activist. This was the fifth time in the past week that ISM
activists have been assaulted by settlers. Leaving the Qurtuba area,
activists joined others who were monitoring the Qeitun checkpoint." -
id
| 17/2/2019 |
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Forget about dialogue groups, it`s time to switch to co-resistance | | Renad Uri and Omri Evron -
+972
"As the dispossession of Palestine enters its eighth decade and
Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian people its sixth, it is time
to finally change the conversation." ca | 16/2/2019 |
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In Hebron, Palestinians patrol in place of foreign monitors | | Associated Press -
"By expelling the international monitors, the Israeli government
wanted to hide the Israeli settlers` and soldiers` violations, but
we will not let them get away with that," Issa Amro, an activist
leader, told The Associated Press. "We will document any attack by
photos and words, and we will circulate it all over the world." ca | 16/2/2019 |
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The Knesset Candidate Who Says Zionism Encourages anti-Semitism and Calls Netanyahu `Arch-murderer` | | Ravit Hecht -
Haaretz
"Clinging to Communist past, Hadash party hopes to reunite Israeli
Arabs behind it." ca | 16/2/2019 |
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Jenin Freedom Theatre holds premiere of the “The Little Lantern` | | The Freedom Theatre - On the same day of the above military raid the
Freedom Theatre, based at the Jenin Refugee Camp, held the premiere
of the “The Little Lantern", a play for children based on a story by
Ghassan Kanafani, a well-known Palestinian writer who was
assassinated by Israeli commandos in his Beirut home. “The
Little Lantern" is a story about following your dreams, having
courage and breaking down seemingly insurmountable barriers. [ak] | 12/2/2019 |
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Palestinians pay condolence visit to family of slain teen Ori Ansbacher | | Times of Israel - “We believe that the violent path brings nothing
but violence,” said Ziyad Sabatin, of the southern West Bank town of
Husan, outside the home of the Ansbacher family in the settlement of
Tekoa. Asked by the radio interviewer what prompted him to carry out
the condolence visit, Sabatin noted that Israeli friends had
accompanied him on a condolence visit in Ramallah to the family of
Aisha Rabi, a Palestinian mother of eight killed in a rock-throwing
attack in the West Bank in October by a suspected Jewish terrorist.
“We went there to pay condolences together with Israeli friends, and
we came to console here today,” he said. He was among a group of
roughly a dozen Palestinian peace activists who wished to console
the Ansbacher family, he said. Asked why Israelis don’t often hear
about Palestinians who care about Israeli dead, he blamed the media.
“The interest of journalists is to find where there’s violence,”
Sabatin said. “Whenever there’s blood, you see them running there
straightaway and making a fuss. Where there’s peace you don’t see
that. That’s a problem with journalists. We do a lot for peace,
gatherings with people, a ton of activities for peace, coexistence,
a shared life.” The group also included Israeli activists from Tag
Meir, an anti-racism activism group.[ak]
| 12/2/2019 |
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JVP just declared itself anti-Zionist and it`s already shifting the conversation | | Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man -
+972
"Jewish Voice for Peace’s announcement that it opposes Zionism,
published quietly on its website earlier this month, has thus far
come and gone without much fanfare or public attention. It simply
wasn’t surprising for many." ca | 9/2/2019 |
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In wake of human rights observers expulsion, other rights groups in Hebron fear escalation in violence | | Yumna Patel -
Mondoweiss
"Netanyahu wants to satisfy the settlers, and under Trump, they can
get away with anything, including the expulsion of a mandated
international presence,” C. continued. “The Israelis have always
acted with impunity, but this is a whole other level.” ca | 9/2/2019 |
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Netanyahu’s new anti-indictment weapon: his own TV channel | | Ben Caspit -
Al-Monitor
"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a Facebook
television channel in a bid to fortify his constituency ahead of the
critical decision by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit regarding
his possible indictment. Not that Netanyahu lacks media outlets
under his control. He has a freebie newspaper with a circulation in
the hundreds of thousands (Israel Hayom), a TV station wholly
dedicated to right-wing propaganda and Netanyahu support (Channel
20), and he has a loyal cadre of so-called “journalists” — some
wholly lacking in skills or experience — in major media outlets. All
ensure that his messages resonate clearly on all available
platforms...On Feb. 2, Netanyahu’s Likud party launched its own
online television channel from its historic Metzudat Ze’ev
headquarters in Tel Aviv. BB-TV, as it has come to be known..." ca
| 9/2/2019 |
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Dublin National Union of Journalists to Support Eurovision Boycott | | IMEMC -
"The Irish Campaign to Boycott the 2019 Eurovision, in Israel, welcomes the motion passed by the Dublin Broadcasting Branch of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) on January 29th ,whereby it states it “will support any member, working in RTÉ or elsewhere, who chooses to exercise a conscientious objection towards involvement in coverage of the song contest.” The motion was passed by a large majority and represents a recognition that the Eurovision contest in Israel presents serious ethical issues for anyone who cares about human rights." - id | 7/2/2019 |
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How to turn human rights activists into `traitors` in a few easy steps | | Orly Noy -
+972 -
"The Israeli right’s years-long effort to portray Breaking the Silence as traitors fell flat on its face this last week. Will the media or the politicians who incited against them apologize?" - id | 7/2/2019 |
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CAF rejects tender for Jerusalem`s railway as it traverses `67 border | | Ma’an News Agency - "Representatives of the company`s workers who objected
to the company`s participation in the construction of the section explained that
the problem lies in the fact that the railway will pass through Palestinian lands to
serve illegal settlements in East Jerusalem" [ry] | 4/2/2019 |
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UPDATE: On 45th Friday of Great March of Return and Breaking Siege, Israeli Forces Wound 98 Civilians, including 15 Children, 4 Women; 2 of them Paramedics, and 1 Journalist | | PCHR - IMEMCnews - "On Friday afternoon, 01 February, 2019, in use of
excessive force against peaceful protesters on the 45th Friday of the Great
March of Return in the eastern Gaza Strip, Israeli forces wounded 98
civilians, including 15 children, 4 women; 2 of them are paramedics, and a
journalist. The injury of 7 of those wounded were reported serious, including
a 17-year-old girl who was shot with a bullet to the chest in eastern Khan
Younis" [ry] | 4/2/2019 |
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Israel releases report on links between BDS and militants | | AP - Yahoo! News - “The BDS movement has grown in popularity overseas in
recent years, in large part because of its nonviolent message. It declined to
comment on the allegations in the Israeli report” [ry] | 4/2/2019 |
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