photo gallery An unusual demonstration of 15 “Gush Shalom” activists took place today (Sunday, 6.6.04) inthe corridor of the Tel-Aviv District Court, just before the judges sentenced Fatah leaderMarwan Barghouti to life imprisonment. The demonstrators raised poster saying “Barghouti – Talk peace with him, don’t imprisonhim!” Gush Shalom spokesman, Adam Keller, declared: “This is a … Read more
photo gallery An emotional meeting between to rivers of demonstrators, one Israeli and one Palestinian,took place Saturday noon in the center of a-Ram. The two rivers came from different directionsand united into one big demonstration against the monstrous wall that is about to cut off a-Ramfrom Jerusalem and from its environment. The drum band of … Read more
photo gallery Some 850 demonstrators, who came from all over the country in 15 full buses and a fleet ofprivate cars, demonstrated Friday near the Gaza Strip and tried to march on Rafah. They werestopped by the Border Police and a number of violent confrontations ensued. Fivedemonstrators were arrested. The demonstration was called by “Gush … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of Gush Shalom met today (Saturday, 10.04.04) with the Chairman of thePalestinian authority, Yasser Arafat, in order to protest against Ariel Sharon’sdeclarations about his intention to kill him. ”We appreciate not only your place in history as the leader of the Palestinian NationalMovement, but also recognize you as the only Palestinian … Read more
photo gallery “The wall around the Gaza Strip works!” I hear people say. “But do you know how many thousandsdied in Gaza in the past years, and that the army needs a whole division there? Do you want to makeof the West Bank a bigger Gaza, imprisoning two million people behind walls and barbed wire,leaving … Read more
photo gallery On the day the International Court in The Hague started itshearing on the Separation Wall, the “Israeli Coalitionagainst the Wall” raised an “Israeli Voice against theWall”. About 700 activists of Gush Shalom, Ta’ayush, Yesh Gvul,the Women’s Coalition for Peace and others, took part inthe demonstration near thePrime Minsiter’s residence, onlysome 200 meters from … Read more
photo gallery More than 3000 Israelis and Palestinians participatet in the largest demonstrationagainst the Wall in Abu Dis near Jerusalem. This is the largest demonstration against the wall up to no now.The demonstration was held under the slogan:”Don’t Say: We Did Not Know!”. As members of the “Israeli Coalition Against the Wall”,Gush Shalom activists took … Read more
Speech of Uri Avnery, on behalf of Gush Shalom, at joint Israeli-Palestinian mass demonstration against the Wall, Abu Dis photo gallery (Translated from Hebrew) We stand here, in the shadow of the monster, and call to the Israeli public: Don’t say: We did not know! Don’t say: We did not see! Don’t say: We did … Read more
A weekend of demonstrations after the shooting of a peace activist. Direct action against the fence in Mas’ha, Qalqilya and Tel Aviv photo gallery Dan Shohat about the events that led to shooting of Gil Na’amati. “In the early afternoon today, in the middle of a direct,non-violent action against the Apartheid system of walls and … Read more
photo gallery More than 500 Israeli demonstrators joined today (Saturday 13.12.03)two thousand Palestinians at A-Ram, just north of Jerusalem,in order to protest against the monstrous Wall that’s going to be built there.The action was organized by Gush Shalom, Ta’ayush and Yesh Gvul,and was the biggest joined Israeli-Palestinian demonstration for a long time.A-Ram municipality and schoolchildren … Read more