Tommorow (Wed., Dec. 4) at 8.00 AM, the 18-year old musician Omar Sa`ad, fromAl Mughar Village in the Galilee, will show up at the Tiberias recruitment center and willdeclare his refusal to join the IDF. He expects to be sent to military prison. Activists of New Profile movement will will hold a solidarity vigil outside. … Read more
Despite considerable violence and harassment by the extreme right, the Minds of Peace campaign continues – with the idea of holding in the Jerusalem public space grassroots negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians who are not professional diplomats, so as to promote and boost the faltering official negotiations. Immediate ReleaseMedia Inquires – Sari CicurelSari m productions248-766-0945 … Read more
Call for Volunteers: Rabbis for Human Rights is very much in need of volunteers tohelp with the olive harvest in the West Bank. Groups go out most days and willcontinue through the month. Please contact the offices at 02-6482757 or emailinfo@rhr.israel.net if are interested. Your presence makes a huge difference!
Gush Shalom congratulates .Adv. Raji Sourani, veteran Gaza Human Rights activist, now Laureate of the Alternative Nobel Prize Gush Shalom warmly congratulates Adv. Raji Sourani of Gaza for winning the Right Livelihood Award (better known as “The Alternative Nobel Prize”). It is by all criteria a most worthy choice. Gush Shalom, an Israeli movement active … Read more
Urgent Message – tomorrow’s action (25.9) at Khirbet Makhoul canceled Following an appeal lodged by the attorney acting for inhabitants of Khirbet Makhoul, a temporary judicial injunction allowing villagers to return to their village and re-build their homes.We have no details of the injunction and what conditions are set in it, when we get such … Read more
Gush Shalom: Israeli soldiers resorted to violence against diplomats from France and other European countries on their way to give humanitarian aid to inhabitants of a village destroyed by the IDF. Quite embarassing, just a few days after the government made a desperate plea to the European Union to relax its new guidelines , excluding … Read more
With the winds of war blowing in our region, Housing Minister Uri Ariel pours more oil on the flames by establishing the new “Leshem” settlement on the West Bank. In the inflammatory speech which he delivered on that occasion he shows himself a dangerous extreme right provocateur. This is far from an unexpected development. Ariel’s … Read more
Solidarity with el-Hakawati Theatre (East Jerusalem), closed by the Israeli government ahead of a… puppet theatre show for kids Artists, actors, musicians, activists and members of parliament invite you to an evening of solidarity with the el-Hakawati theatre, attended by its director, Mr. Muhamad Halika. Place: Mahsan 2, JaffaTime: Saturday 20/7, 21:00 Background : http://972mag.com/sesame-street-puppeteers-launch-campaign-for-e-jerusalem-theater/74890/
On Sunday, June 23, Gush Shalom is among the Israeli peace groups which will embark on a multi-city Peace Roundtable campaign, setting up more than 70 discussion tables at public places throughout the country. The aim is to foster public support for a peace initiative, against the backdrop of the efforts made by US Secretary … Read more
State to the Supreme Court: Boycott Law poses constitutional problems, but…Gush Shalom: this law might undermine Israel’s export economy In a statement presented to the Supreme Court in reply to appeals lodged by Uri Avnery and Gush Shalom, followed by other appeals, against the legality of the Boycott Law, the State Attorney’s Bureau admitted that … Read more