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Occupation magazine - Activism Home page  back Print  Send To friend Press conference at PM’s Residence - protests at legalized land robbery A press conference will be held today, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2016, at 12:00, in front of the Prime Minister`s Residence (corner of Aza and Balfour, Jerusalem). An ongoing vigil had been held on this location since last Thursday, (every day from 10.00 to 16.00, also in the cold and rainy days of the past week – under a big improvised tent...). This is the beginning of the struggle of the mainstream of Israeli society against the legalized theft of Palestinian property and against the impending annexation of the Occupied Territories. The ongoing vigil gained momentu, participants holding Israeli national flags and signs reading `No to the Theft Law” and We`ll stop the Annexation! ` (And no partisan or organizational signs). Hundreds of citizens, deeply concerned for Israel’s democracy and secure future, attended the ongoing vigil, and had an intensive dialogue with thousands of passers-by, young and old. The press conference will also feature the testimonies of our fellows who were present at the session of the Special Knesset Committee set up to exapdiate the bill (some of them also got to speak there). Among participants in the ongoing vigil were people from the mainstream of Isralei society, involved in varies fields of activity and endeavor: Israel Prize Laureates: Yehoshua Kolodny - Earth science; Yona Rosenfeld - social work; Uzi Baram, former Uzi Baram, Rabin government minister; Poets and writers: Amos Oz ; Yehudit Kafri and Gadi Meiri; Fawaz Hussein; Mariana bar; and poet Ethan Kalinski; Senior academics: Professor Dan Jacobson - Organizational Behavior; Professor Eli Horowitz - History; Dr. Nava Dekel - Educational Counseling; Dr. Rena Shimoni - Education; Shula Druckman – Chemistry; Irit Kenan – historian and researcher of the Israeli society; Dr. Yachin Shimoni - Biology; Physicians: Prof. Yaacov Bar-Tana; Dr. Yosef Fassberg of “Physicians for Human Rights” Board members of the religious movement `Oz Leshalom - Netivot Shalom` (Courage for Peace): Einat Melnik, Leah Shakdiel and Gideon Admanit; `Social Workers for Peace`: Dr. Baruch Ovadya; Dov Bernstein; Baruch Shalev; Nurit Lautner; Psychologists: Prof. Gershon Ben-Shahar; political psychologist Dr. Olek Netzer; educational psychologist Naomi Raz; psychologist Amram Dolev; Rimon Levy, an Occupational Therapist; Educators: Naftali Raz (center shift); Naomi Taltash; Yossi Levy; Hagit Bek; Nina retirement Nava Dekel; Dana Avidar; SHATIL (Support and consulting service to NGO’s): Shmulik David - political consultant; Abigail Korms - grants; Lawyers: Shai Shohami of the Better Government Association; David Sandovski; Former Military personnel: Brigadier General (ret.) Saul Givoli; stalks, retired Brigadier General (ret.) Yoram Agmon of the Israeli Air Force; Colonel (ret.). Omer Bar-Lev, former commanding officer of the Sayeret Matkal elite commandos and present Labor Party Knesset Member. General: Shlomit Canaan sociologist and director of the the Social Entrepreneurship Foundation; Gita Dror - nurse; Sheila Shalev - scientific editor; Galit Raz-Dror coordinator of projects; Shuka Rawak of the Nature Protection Society; Occupational Therapist Sue Lowenstein; Peace activist Eyal Raz; Shai Dror - gardener; Tuvia Metzer, bank director; Dr. Laura Wharton, Opposition Leader in the Jerusalem Municipality; Karin Magen, photographer; Ilai Paran, carpenter; Mira Gat, travel agent; Aviva Pel’i forme director of the Youth Probation Service. Contact: Naftali Raz, +972-54-5494172 Links to the latest articles in this section BDS Movement Welcomes Proposed New U.S. Congress Resolution Affirming Right to Boycott Hundreds to Cycle Through London and Manchester In Support of Palestine Sunita`s Harp Tour in Israel and Palestine, Oct.-Nov. 2019