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Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
I write to Israelis who believe they have no place in their hearts for Gaza, to understand how we got to this terrible war — and how we must get out of it.
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Haggai Matar
April 18, 2024
For this Hebron activist, every protest could end in a trial
Israel's conviction of Palestinian activist Issa Amro shows that there can never be justice when the judge and prosecutor wear the same army uniform.
By
Oren Ziv
February 11, 2021
Why the Israeli left’s obsession with nonviolence reinforces the occupation
By promoting a narrow view of legitimate resistance, the left is unwittingly justifying Israel's repression of Palestinian protests.
By
Dan Owen
January 22, 2020
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Why I Refuse: On God/love, nonviolence and the occupation
‘The Occupation is anti-God, anti-Love and staggeringly, constantly violent.’ Why I refuse to serve in the IDF. My name is Moriel Zachariah Rothman. I am 23 years old and live in Jerusalem. I lived for most of my life in the United States, but I was born in Jerusalem (and am Jewish) and have thus…
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An open letter of solidarity to Israel’s nonviolent activists
A statement of support for two Israeli anti-occupation activists, who continue in their courageous struggle for democracy and justice in the face of growing hostility and violence By Ben Elkind and Simone Zimerman On Friday, September 30, 2011, a violent mob attacked Assaf Sharon and Sara Beninga in the Anatot settlement outside of Jerusalem. Reportedly,…
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President Abbas calls for a Palestinian spring in September
By Dr. Marc Gopin and Aziz Abu Sarah In his speech to the Central Council of the PLO in Ramallah, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced his strategy to end the occupation. The President stressed in his speech that he will not retreat from seeking recognition of the Palestinian state from the United Nations. Abbas had…
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Origins and Responses to the Arab Awakening
When the Arab awakening started, no one would have predicted that Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak would be behind bars and asked to give account for abusing his power. It is a new Middle East, and despite chaos and confusion at the moment, it is clear that the age of unchallenged dictators is over. Liberal democracy…
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August 8, 2011
After banning international activists from West Bank, Israel tries to do same with Israelis
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aww8Pd1pUEs&feature=youtu.be[/youtube] One day after the “air flotilla” landed in Tel Aviv, Palestinian and Israeli activists held a demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh just west of Ramallah. The village’s agricultural spring was taken over by Jewish settlers in the nearby settlement of Halamish over two years ago. Every Friday since, villagers and…
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July 10, 2011
Rhetoric, reality and Twitter in the West Bank
Twitter is changing the nature of breaking news from West Bank demonstrations. It is exposing Israel’s heavy handed crowd control methods which often break the army’s own internal codes of conduct. Naturally, some so called ‘supporters of Israel’ are having a hard time rationalizing Israel’s behaviour, therefore attacking Twitter users as biased, misinformed or even…
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June 6, 2011
Ahead of Nakba Day, Palestinians inspired by Arab Spring
Right from the beginning of the Arab Spring, Palestinians have felt excited about what has being going on in the region. There were celebrations in the street when Tunisia’s Ben Ali fell; and even more when Egypt’s Mubarak was toppled because people here see him as such a good friend to Israel. At the same…
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Aziz Abu Sarah
May 12, 2011
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