+972 Magazine » Social TV http://972mag.com Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 WATCH: Supporters stage prison vigil for conscientious objector Natan Blanc http://972mag.com/watch-support-vigil-for-imprisoned-conscientious-objector-natan-blanc/71748/ http://972mag.com/watch-support-vigil-for-imprisoned-conscientious-objector-natan-blanc/71748/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 10:29:54 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=71748 Israeli teenager Natan Blanc was sentenced to a tenth prison term of 28 days for refusing to serve in the Israeli army last week. With the latest sentencing, he has been sent to prison more times than any previous conscientious objector in Israel. Earlier this year, supporters and activists held one of many regular support vigils on a hilltop overlooking the IDF’s Prison 6, where he is currently being held.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-support-vigil-for-imprisoned-conscientious-objector-natan-blanc/71748/feed/ 4 WATCH: Are Israelis free to choose whom to marry? http://972mag.com/watch-are-israelis-free-to-choose-whom-to-marry/70754/ http://972mag.com/watch-are-israelis-free-to-choose-whom-to-marry/70754/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 09:55:45 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=70754 In contemporary Israeli society, civil marriage, gay marriage, mixed couples and same-sex parenting appear to exist out in the open. But we live under the illusion that we have the freedom to choose whom and how to marry. In reality, we can’t marry someone from a different religion – even the type of wedding is dictated to us. These decrees harm freedom of religion and they don’t only affect Jews. In Arab society, the situation is even more challenging. A discussion about the topic took place in Haifa recently.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-are-israelis-free-to-choose-whom-to-marry/70754/feed/ 0 WATCH: Mainstream media ignores alternative memorial ceremonies http://972mag.com/watch-mainstream-media-ignores-alternative-memorial-ceremonies/70328/ http://972mag.com/watch-mainstream-media-ignores-alternative-memorial-ceremonies/70328/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 12:24:51 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=70328 Last month, Israel commemorated Memorial Day. While the mainstream media extensively covered official Memorial Day ceremonies, alternative ceremonies were ignored. Also in the roundup: NGO Zochrot publishes a new map showing hundreds of Arab villages that were destroyed between 1948 and 1967, including a tour to Deir Yassin and a “march of return.”

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-mainstream-media-ignores-alternative-memorial-ceremonies/70328/feed/ 2 WATCH: A new look at the massacre of Deir Yassin http://972mag.com/watch-new-look-at-the-massacre-of-deir-yassin/69967/ http://972mag.com/watch-new-look-at-the-massacre-of-deir-yassin/69967/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:40:13 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=69967 On the night of April 9, 1948, over 100 men, women, children and elderly Palestinians were killed in Deir Yassin during an operation by Israeli underground militias. In contrast to the Palestinian narrative, which claims that the massacre was motivated by hatred and vengeance, the Isralei narrative describes another of the necessary battles of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. But recent, other voices in Israel are coming out — voices that raise many questions about the historical truth behind the story of Deir Yassin. Recently, ‘Zochrot’ organized a tour to the village that included meetings with village residents and relatives of the Israeli combatants.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-new-look-at-the-massacre-of-deir-yassin/69967/feed/ 40 WATCH: Israeli gun laws seek to curb deadly domestic violence http://972mag.com/watch-israeli-gun-laws-seek-to-curb-deadly-domestic-violence/69335/ http://972mag.com/watch-israeli-gun-laws-seek-to-curb-deadly-domestic-violence/69335/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:44:51 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=69335 In 2008 Israeli security guards were banned from carrying their weapons when they are not working. The prohibition is sweeping but a clause allows the employer to give authorize guards to carry firearms after working hours. In doing so, are they risking the lives of thousands as a results of the weapons finding their way into homes?

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-israeli-gun-laws-seek-to-curb-deadly-domestic-violence/69335/feed/ 3 WATCH: What is behind Israeli apathy toward massacres in Syria? http://972mag.com/watch-whats-behind-israeli-apathy-toward-massacres-in-syria/68888/ http://972mag.com/watch-whats-behind-israeli-apathy-toward-massacres-in-syria/68888/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:04:08 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=68888 The civil war in Syria has been raging for over two years, with President Bashar Assad on one side and the rebels on the other. Tens of thousands of innocent people have been killed in the fighting.

Although information about what is actually occurring in Syria is only a click away, Israeli society, it seems, chooses to stay away and ignore the atrocities taking place on the other side of the border.

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

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‘Why don’t you write about Syria?’
30 Palestinians killed last week in Syria

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-whats-behind-israeli-apathy-toward-massacres-in-syria/68888/feed/ 5 WATCH: Hebron’s Shuhada Street: Authorized entry only http://972mag.com/watch-hebron-shuhada-street-authorized-entry-only/68568/ http://972mag.com/watch-hebron-shuhada-street-authorized-entry-only/68568/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 11:45:29 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=68568 How would you feel if you were suddenly forbidden from walking down the main street of your city? This theoretical scenario, inconceivable to most, is reality for the Palestinian residents of Hebron. Shuhada Street was a pivotal and vibrant main street in Hebron but since 2000, entry has been blocked for Palestinians – even those who live on it. The closure of Shuhada Street is just another example of Israel’s undeclared racial segregation policies

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-hebron-shuhada-street-authorized-entry-only/68568/feed/ 2 WATCH: Attempts to redefine Jewish-Arab refugees http://972mag.com/watch-attempts-to-redefine-jewish-arab-refugees/68258/ http://972mag.com/watch-attempts-to-redefine-jewish-arab-refugees/68258/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:11:52 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=68258 For several months now, the Israeli Foreign Ministry has been promoting an initiative calling for the recognition of Jews from Arab countries as refugees. Is this historical justice, or just another attempt to achieve a political goal through the cynical use of immigrants from Arab countries?

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-attempts-to-redefine-jewish-arab-refugees/68258/feed/ 3 WATCH: Samer Issawi – the stomach as a weapon http://972mag.com/watch-samer-issawi-the-stomach-as-a-weapon/67801/ http://972mag.com/watch-samer-issawi-the-stomach-as-a-weapon/67801/#comments Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:14:38 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=67801 Samer Issawi, 33 years old, from the village of Issawiya on the outskirts of Jerusalem, was released from Israeli prison as part of Shalit deal, but was arrested a few months ago on suspicion of violating the terms of his release. Samer is being held in administrative detention, without trial, and indefinitely, while the army seeks to re-sentence him to the remainder of the 30-year sentence from his previous conviction. Ina protest of his illegal arrest, Issawi started a hunger strike, that has gone on for over 200 days. His life is in danger.

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

Related:
Hunger-striker Samer Issawi is another statistic in an unjust legal system
As Palestinian hunger strikes come to a head, world begins to take notice

 

]]> http://972mag.com/watch-samer-issawi-the-stomach-as-a-weapon/67801/feed/ 4 WATCH: Immigrants from former USSR struggle to survive in retirement http://972mag.com/watch-immigrants-from-former-ussr-struggle-to-survive-in-retirement/67495/ http://972mag.com/watch-immigrants-from-former-ussr-struggle-to-survive-in-retirement/67495/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:51:15 +0000 Social TV http://972mag.com/?p=67495 Due to bureaucratic failures, many immigrants from the former Soviet Union are not getting the pensions they accrued while working in their home countries, and thus are forced to continue working and saving in order to grow old with dignity. A significant percentage of immigrant pensioners live below the poverty line. When forced to choose between buying food or medicine, life becomes a day-to-day struggle for survival.

Israel Social TV is an independent media NGO working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and equality, and to mobilize its viewers towards activism.

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