photo gallery A delegation of five Gush Shalom activists took part Wednesday (13.08) in the funeral of the Palestinian national poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in Ramallah. Altogether, some 20 Israelis attended the funeral. Participation was organized by the Alternative Information Center in Jerusalem. “Mahmoud Darwish is the poet of anger, longing, hope and peace’” Uri Avnery, … Read more
photo gallery “Ehud Barak, Minister of Defense, How many children have you murdered until now?” This cry echoed Wednesday (30.7) under the windows of Barak’s apartment, high up in the Akirov Towers in Tel Aviv. 24 hours after a soldier had killed with live ammunition from a short distance the 10 year old boy Ahmad … Read more
photo gallery As a part of the blockade on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Navy prevents the Gaza fisherman from working for their livelihood and from providing food to the population. On Monday (16.6.08), 10 fishing boats went out to sea to protest, using their last fuel. Gush Shalom and dozens of activists from other … Read more
photo gallery Contrary to some expectations, the visit of the two controversial American professors was a great success. John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, whose book “The Israel Lobby” has caused an uproar in the United States and was boycotted there by the Jewish establishment, were cordially received in Israel and aroused a lively debate. The … Read more
photo gallery The military authorities controlling the vital lifeline of the Gaza Strip’s million and half inhabitants have decided to celebrate Israel’s sixtieth anniversary by holding up vital medical supplies urgently needed within the Strip. Sunday May 4, Gush Shalom activists accompanied a relief truck, carrying medical supplies worth 60,000 Dollars, purchased through donations collected … Read more
Israelis and Palestinians invited to sign / Others: sign the support petition The escalation in and around the Gaza Strip is causing terrible suffering to people – to men, women, elderly and children, Palestinian as well as Israeli civilians. The military offensive conducted by the Israeli armed forces has so far caused hundreds of Palestinian … Read more
photo gallery For four days, since the beginning of the Israeli operation in the Gaza Strip, the situation has deteriorated and become intolerable. More than a hundred Palestinians have been killed, most of them children, women and other civilians, while an Israeli civilian and two soldiers also lost their lives. Hundreds of wounded are filling … Read more
photo gallery The gates of Gaza opened – and seven tons of essential supplies have entered the Gaza Strip. It was the climax of a 2-weeks fight, in the course of which the Israeli peace organizations threatened to go to the Supreme Court, while supporters from all over the world followed the struggle closely. The … Read more
photo gallery Click here for video (sorry, Hebrew only). The initiative for the large action that took place today (26.1.08) started when the well-know psychiatrist, Dr. Eyad al-Sarraj, the human-rights activist from Gaza, met in the Gush Shalom office with a small group of Israeli peace activists, in order to tell them about the desperate … Read more
photo gallery A shocking first-hand report about living conditions in the Gaza Strip was delivered Thursday (Dec. 13, 2007) to a group of Israeli peace activists. They met in the Gush Shalom office in Tel-Aviv to listen to the testimony of Dr. Eyad Sarraj, one of the few people who still succeed in getting out … Read more