2023 Conference on the Question of Jerusalem “The impact of Israeli settlement policies on the Palestinian population in Jerusalem” Convened by the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation 20 July 2023 STARTING SOON 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 p.m. (New York … Read more
Emergency demonstrations tonight (Thursday June 22, 2023) across Israel: the settler government is setting the country on fire!* 📍Tel Aviv 18:00 – Kaplan Street corner of Vinci 📍 Jerusalem 19:00 – Old Mashbir Square 📍 Haifa 18:30 – Paris Square https://omdi.me/3peBhOd Following the pogroms, the attacks and the violence of the last few days: organizing … Read more
Zoom discussion with UN Rapporteur on Occupied TerritoryToday, Monday, January 9, 2023, at 20:00 Israel/Palestine time (1 pm Eastern time) Academia for Equality will hold a zoom discussion with Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. The discussion will focus on her recent report that … Read more
Banish the Darkness! There is no democracy with occupation! Rally confronting Israel’s bad new government Yesterday was a very hectic day. The new Israeli government was inaugurated, in which an outright racist was given charge of the Israeli police and a settler leader was given the power to regulate settlement construction on the West Bank … Read more
Ahead of imprisonment, four conscientious objectors share their reasons for refusing conscription and their hopes of inspiring opposition to apartheid.By Oren ZivSeptember 2, 2022+972 Magazinehttps://www.972mag.com/four-conscientious-objectors-israel-army/ On Sept. 4, four Israeli teenagers arrived at the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer in central Israel to announce their refusal to enlist in the army in protest of … Read more
Join us Today, Wednesday, July 27 1pm ET / 10am PT / 8pm Jerusalem Challenging Militarism A feminist approach to combating the occupationRegisterhttps://tinyurl.com/3s5xk55t Featuring activist leaders, Nivine Sandouka and Keren Assaf.Please note that the discussion will be recorded and shared with all registrants following the event. Beth SchumanAmerican Friends of Combatants for Peace48 Wall StreetSuite … Read more
How a ‘Routine’ Knesset Vote Could Spell Trouble for West Bank Settlers – and for the Government The Israeli parliament is set for a tense vote on extending the application of Israeli law to settlers. Will chaos break out in the West Bank, and will it engulf the coalition? Haaretz explains Jun. 6, 2022https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2022-06-06/ty-article/.premium/how-a-routine-knesset-vote-could-spell-trouble-for-israeli-settlers-and-the-government/00000181-382b-dc60-a7cb-7d2bb9400000 Israeli … Read more
Israelis in solidarity with Russian opposition to Ukraine War Open letter of solidarity to the Russian peace movement,opposing the Ukraine War Dear friends,We are writing to you as citizens of Israel who oppose the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, and are committed to the struggle against Jewish supremacy and … Read more
This week – January 23-29, 2022 – in the Occupied Territories The occupation forces demolished a dwelling in the A-Tour neighborhood of EastJerusalem on Wednesday, leaving two Palestinian families homeless in the snow;terrorist-colonists from ‘Yitzhar’ celebrated the release from prison of theirfriend by holding a pogrom in Huwwara, wounding three Palestinians, among them a3-year-old child; … Read more
According to data provided by the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a staggering 90% of permit applications for travel outside of Gaza for medical treatment have not been assigned a clear reason for their rejection. This figure is taken from a report compiled by the Knesset Research and Information Center (RIC) at … Read more