President Herzog: “Comparing the State of Israel To South African apartheid Is not legitimate criticism. It is a blood libel! Antisemitism!” New-Old Prime Minister Netanyahu: “We are not occupiers In Judea and Samaria. It is the Land of our Fathers. A people cannot be an occupier In its own country!”. A small sample of the … 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
Two boys were killed Within less than 12 hours. Ahmed Shahada, Sixteen years old, Was killed by the bullets Of Israeli soldiers who Invaded Nablus. Aryeh Schupak, Fifteen years old, Was killed by a bomb, Planted by a Palestinian, In West Jerusalem. Knesset Member Ofer Kasif Said on the Knesset floor That both boys are … Read more
This week, Israel Goes to the polls. The election campaign In the past months Was conducted on Two separate floors. On the brightly lit Upper floor The Israeli public is Split and polarized between Two evenly-matched camps, Headed for a decision By a hair’s breadth majority. One bloc seeks toReturn NetanyahuTo power, Along with his … Read more
The State of Israel is going To general elections But in the election campaigns There is virtually no mention Of the main, existential problem Facing all who live in this country. The West Bank is on fire, As are the neighborhoods Of East Jerusalem. This is not “a wave of terrorism”. This is an uprising … Read more
A little more than a year ago Bennet and Lapid established The “Government of Change” And instituted a firm policy: Not to deal with The Palestinian issue, Not to negotiate And of course not to come To any agreement. And so it was, indeed. During the whole time Of the government’s existence There were no … 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
Israel was The first Middle East country To obtain Nuclear arms. The Israeli Nuclear program Started a few years After the foundation Of the state And was Eminently successful. After accumulating A considerable Nuclear arsenal Israeli defined A firm policy: Not to allow Any other country In the region To obtain Nuclear weapons. The Israeli … Read more
Towards the November elections, It was important to Yair Lapid, Interim Prime Minister, To prove his military capabilities. Some of Lapid’s predecessors Bombed Gaza For months And killed Thousands. Lapid was content with Just three days And the killing of Only 35 Palestinians. A five-year-old girl Was killed by The bombs of the Israeli Air … Read more