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Victoria Buch In memory of our dear old friend Activism It`s time for the UN Security Council to recognize Palestine! We – Israeli and Palestinian citizens, and those of the rest of the world – call upon you Stand with Issa Amro Codepink petition I need your immediate help to continue my life`s work Olive Harvest 2016 Please contact palreports@gmail.com for further information. Features & translations Red Rag column: the robbed occupier; force-feeding; Women`s Boat to Gaza Gideon Spiro - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s manipulative use of the loaded term “ethnic cleansing” while d Red Rag column: Syria and Israel; Holocaust denial and Nakba denial; Uzi Baram Gideon Spiro - In recent days we have been hearing about populations being starved due to siege, which brings to Red Rag column: new school year and ongoing conflict Gideon Spiro - Over 30 years ago, when my spouse and I accompanied our children to grade 1, I was troubled by anx Red Rag column: Gratuitous hate; toxic Judaism; the Munich Olympics murders Gideon Spiro - The 11 who perished at Munich in 1972 could be with us today, if Prime Minister Golda Meir had not Red Rag column: on boycott of Israel Gideon Spiro - since the author is an Israeli who supports BDS, he is preparing for the day when the Israeli gove Red Rag column: Storm over Mahmoud Darwish Gideon Spiro - Occupaton Magazine "Seventy-one years since the dropping of the atom bomb on Hiroshima. Re Red Rag column: Storm over Mahmoud Darwish Gideon Spiro - Palestinian national poet Mahmoud Darwish is also the poet of uprooted and expelled refugees from Israel has won - really? Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - It is strange, to put it mildly, how Amira Hass instructs the Palestinian leaders Red Rag column: Rabbinical homophobia; terror in Nice and Israel; letter to Judge Shmuel Herbst Gideon Spiro - Whoever wants to know what Israel is likely to look like a few years from now should cast a glance Israel`s Great Divide Al Jazeera--Are Jews of Middle Eastern, North African and Spanish descent discriminated against in Israel? dn Red Rag column, June 29 Gideon Spiro - "Brexit; letter to Supreme Court judges; "Consensus" at Ben-Gurion University." ca Red Rag column: Brexit; letter to Supreme Court judges; "Consensus" at Ben-Gurion University Gideon Spiro - The word “justice” is castrated when children and old people are made homeless under its aegis. Th Red Rag column: Muhammad Ali, RIP. Occupation-refuser Giora Neumann. Gideon Spiro - Muhammad Ali embodied the victory of the human and humane spirit of one man in the face of an oppr Red Rag column: two pieces from the archive Gideon Spiro - Boycott of Israel, and "Jerusalem Day": essays from 2003 and 2004, relevant to the current situati Red Rag column: Defence Minister Lieberman; Yair Golan; Vanunu Gideon Spiro - The appointment of Avigdor Lieberman as Defence Minister provoked fear among many in Israel, who a Red Rag column: Gideon Spiro` book; Remembrance Day; the Trek to Poland Gideon Spiro - The Red Rag column went on vacation for a while because I was busy with the publication of my fi Where are the lives of Jews safest? (Is Israel the safest place for Jews?) Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Those who claim that only in Israel are Jews safe need at least to remember tha Red Rag column: What is a terrorist organization? Letter to Alshaikh and Yaalon. Donald Trump. US citizens: there is still time to extricate this malignant tumour. Here in Israel we waited too long, metasta On the good Zionists who did not bother to read Herzl Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - It is regrettable that even Amos Schocken, in his excellent and courageous arti Red Rag column: On silence; Balad MKs; Dov Yermiya, RIP; letter to the Attorney-General Gideon Spiro - The anti-Occupation organization Breaking the Silence is being subjected to a campaign of incite Israelis and Palestinians demonstrate against West Bank land expropriation Red Rag column: Ezra Nawi`s arrest; Tair Kaminer; Natali Cohen Vaksberg Gideon Spiro - Ezra Nawi is a friend of mine, and I am not in the habit of throwing friends to the dogs just be Red Rag column: False flag in Paris? Uprising of the knives - Israel police rape culture - Yossi Sarid, RIP Gideon Spiro - The Israel Police rape culture is a mirror in which the pathology of the whole country is reflec Israel’s ambassador taunts the White House (again) with holiday gift of settlement goods Philip Weiss - Mondoweiss "Yesterday Israeli Ambassador Ron Dermer announced that his holiday gift packag Red Rag column: Netanyahu and the Mufti - Palestinian Grynszpans? - One-State solution Gideon Spiro - Imagine a declaration to the effect that we should look at Eichmann in a new light. He was not a Red Rag column: the slave revolt Gideon Spiro - What has been happening here in recent weeks is not a “wave of terror” but a spontaneous slave r Red Rag column: No to Roni Alsheikh for Israel Police Commissioner! Gideon Spiro - Roni Alsheikh; Children of the Stones in Jerusalem; Let Mordechai Vanunu join his wife in Oslo Red Rag column: On turning 80 Gideon Spiro - To all my well-wishers, thanks from the bottom of my heart. A few words about old age. At age 20 Red Rag column: new police commissioner; US youth volunteer for the Occupation army; observations on Meretz Gideon Spiro - This week 160 young Jews arrived in Israel from the United States in order to volunteer to serve Red Rag column: Krystallnacht Judaism; the Iran agreement; letter to Judge Esther Chayut Gideon Spiro - The murder of the baby Ali Dawabshe in the village of Douma, and the danger of death that threat Red Rag column: Reflections on the 1980s Gideon Spiro - Memories from the 1980s, and one lesson. One year since the crime of "Protective Edge". Thank yo Red Rag: Settlers speak - Correspondence with Amos Oz - Dr. Ilana Dayan, queen of Galei Tzahal Gideon Spiro to Amos Oz in 1986: `An inextricable part of the corruption I spoke of above is the new language t Red Rag column: Israeli antisemitism; Vanunu`s wedding; Moshe Levinger; Ethiopian protests Gideon Spiro - Not only is Mordechai Vanunu not broken, but he is looking to the future with optimism. This wee `I Love Jerusalem. I Hate Racism!` Beate Zilversmidt - On the bus from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem with a school class of greatly misbehaving teenagers. Don`t be afraid to talk about Zionism Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Is practical Zionism really over? On the contrary, it looks like it is alive an Red Rag column: not democratic and not legitimate Gideon Spiro - I will begin by asserting that the latest elections were not democratic. The elected government, Red Rag column: Time to decide Gideon Spiro - I am faced with three choices: a blank ballot, as the Pirate Party suggests, Meretz, or the Join Red Rag column: Holocaust-denial, settler style Gideon Spiro - If Israeli human-rights organizations enjoy the support of Der Stürmer as the settlers cl Meet the Israeli lawyer fighting the occupation in court Video by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org - "For Palestinians in the West Bank, Ofer Military Court has come to be Israel-US: an alliance of shared values Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Is there not a danger or chance (depends on who’s looking) that an independent Red Rag column: terrorist judges; lynching in Jerusalem Gideon Spiro - I am writing this letter on International Holocaust Remembrance Day and I am reminded of the wor Another election: expect no peace breakthrough Shmuel Amir - Hagada Hasmalit - Among all the contending parties is there one party – just one – that truly asp My Israel Ralph Benmergui--The first video of a 4-part series of My Israel, in which Ralph Benmergui sets out to find ans Red Rag column: Elections in Israel; political Supreme Court; Noam Kaminer, RIP Gideon Spiro - The Netanyahu government has dissolved itself and the public is feeling fed up with Netanyahu. T Red Rag weekly column: Atrocity in Jerusalem; PM Bennett: 3 scenarios Gideon Spiro - After Baruch Goldstein murdered 29 Muslim worshippers in a mosque in Hebron, the Rabin governmen Red Rag weekly column: Haneen Zoabi, Azmi Bishara and Hani Zubida Gideon Spiro - The pilot, the airplane and the missile are all products of the scientific era, everything is di Red Rag weekly column: Netanyahu the propagandist; ISIS Gideon Spiro - The Israeli Prime Minister’s speech at the UN (29 September 2014) was typical propaganda. Any pr Abbas UN Speech To Include Bid For Ending Occupation IMEMC & Agencies - IMEMC "He said his speech would outline a “vision" the Palestinian leadership will be ta Red Rag weekly column: The Hour of the Right Gideon Spiro - The power of the racist incitement against the Arabs has reached nearly 10 on the Incitement Scale Pride and predicament Adam Keller - Crazy Country - Prime Minister Netanyahu has already found the culprit: "Abu Mazen is responsible f Open Letter to Scarlett Johansson Beate Zilversmidt: Your controversy ultimately may help draw worldwide attention to the facts of the occupation Imprisonment of Conscientious Objector Mahmood Saad New Profile - "Mahmood Saad, 20 years old from Shfaamer, a village in the Galil, was arrested on 6.12.2013 a Red Rag weekly column: In memory of Mandela Gideon Spiro - Netanyahu and Peres did well to stay away from Nelson Mandela`s memorial service in South Africa - Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Black November: the anniversaries of Krystallnacht and the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin - the as Palestinian Lands Uprooted Near Al-Khader IMEMC & Agencies - "[Thursday November 21, 2013] Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Baten Al-Ma’sy Mount UNDER THE FORESTS - A satiric piece full of wishful thinking Rafi Shtendel Chairperson, New KKL -JNF November 2013 "The title refers to AB Yehoshua’s novella, “Facing th Red Rag column: Great, another war! Gideon Spiro - Things are developing much to the satisfaction of the government of Israel. The Israeli and conser Zionism and torn papers Adam Keller - Crazy Country - Why did Jewish Knesset Members from Meretz and Labor and even Shas mobilize again Yiddish classic--our village is burning-- adapted to the Palestinian situation Annie Robbins--video dn Strategic assets and a threatening toilet Adam Keller - Crazy Country - And Secretary of State John Kerry? Well, we are patiently waiting for the announc Solidarity shifts in Sheikh Jarrah: 17 to 20 May Sheikh Jarrah Protest - "The Shamashne family has decided to erect a protest tent outside of their house, an Never a dull moment in this crazy country (week review) Adam Keller - Crazy Country - The Shamasnah family in the Sheikh Jarrah Neighborhood of East Jerusalem is far Video:Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a house and a building in al-Tur village– Jerusalem Video - Silwanic Net ca Winds of war Adam Keller - From the polling stations to the long waiting lines at the gas mask distribution stations (...) aft A story of a Palestinian village without basic infrastructure #2 Blog - Wordpress "Why Do They Want Wipe an Entire Palestinian Village from the Map, and Not for the First Tim The Israeli Green Party and Gideon Spiro: a correspondence Gideon Spiro - How can an "Israeli Green Party" that ignores the issue of radioactive waste be relevant? Red Rag: can Germans criticize Israel? Gideon Spiro - Is a German allowed to criticize Israel? Reflections on the history of the dehumanization of the O Red Rag weekly column: polishing swords; value of a Palestinian woman`s life Gideon Spiro - polishing swords - price of a Palestinian life - hardship of life in Israel - brainwashing Jewish Week 2357 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - The cleansing of the Jordan Valley and South Hebron Hills Red Rag column: Moshe Silman; propaganda film; Olmert`s acquittal; the Levy Report; ugly Israel Gideon Spiro - Moshe Silman; Propaganda about Dimona; Olmert`s acquittal; military service for Haredim; the Occup No Accreditation for Expropriation Reuven Kaminer - Email "The Israeli Council for Higher Education has protested the usurpation of its authori An immigrant in his own country Sami Michael - If we don’t find a solution besides the machine-gun and the tank, which we have already seen are h Beating & abuse B"Tselem - "Testimonies taken by B’Tselem indicates that during April 2012, soldiers arrested Muhammad a-Zir Susiya Forever - Stop the Demolition Susiya Forever - "On Friday, June 22 we will stand side by side with the residents of Palestinian Susya in a p URGENT: Act now for Mahmoud Sarsak on 88th day of hunger strike; Palestinian soccer star at risk of death SAMIDOUN - Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network "As European soccer stars compete in the European Champi Red Rag weekly column: `One leader, one nation, one kingdom` Gideon Spiro - One leader, one nation, one kingdom - Ahinoam Nini - file closed on Samouni family massacre - Nakb Choose Your Theatre: London or Ariel Vardit Shalfy - Haaretz - Did the theaters really have no choice but to surrender to the dictate of Culture Minis To talk about ourselves Nir Baram - Haokets - Today it was reported that after Nir Baram’s speech at the Writers’ Festival two years ago, Police besiege, arrest activists planning to commemorate Nakba in Tel Aviv Haggai Matar - +972 Some 15 activists from the organization Zochrot were besieged by police on Wednesday night Israel mobilizes special forces to deport ‘flytilla’ activists Allison Deger - Mondoweiss "The AirFlofilla2 is an expensive direct action. Activists from around the world w Deal reached to free Hana Shalabi Ma`an News Agency - "The officials say Shalabi will be sent to Gaza for three years in exchange for giving u Civil Disobedience Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Israelis must refuse to obey unjust laws just as South Africans did. New extreme right plan: How to `Annex all of Judea and Samaria` and maintain Jewish supremacy KM Uri Ariel of the National Union party today presented a new plan: The entire West Bank to be annexed to Israel Red Rag: Divine Terror Gideon Spiro - Divine terror - All quiet on the Gaza Front - The Great Inventor - another right-wing innovation - UN report: Smuggling tunnels help alleviate Gaza`s economic woes Amira Hass - Haaretz "The smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border are the primary cause of the improvem Dissolving the Palestinian National Authority or considering a new strategic direction Sameer Abu Eisheh - Bitterlemons "The facts on the ground, especially the accomplishments in building insti Israeli leftists demonstrate for PA statehood in TA Ben Hartman - Jerusalem Post "Dozens of Israeli artists and academics on Thursday proclaimed their support fo The Shabab Vs.The Jesh at Qalandia Checkpoint 21-9-2011.wmv You Tube "During a violent five-hour clash between Palestinian youths and Israeli special forces at the Qaland Jenin’s Freedom Theater raided by the Israeli army Joseph Dana - 972 magazine "Overnight, roughly 50 Israeli Special Forces troops raided the Jenin Freedom Thea The other Jerusalem march Haaretz - Editorial "The Friday march is meant to be a joint demonstration by the peace-seekers of both Israe Pyrrhus in Piraeus Adam Keller - One could have thought that Israel was facing a major invasion by a mighty fleet of dreadnaughts. < Israel 2011 - it depends what you are boycotting Adam Keller - If this law is passed, Israeli consumers would be allowed to call for a boycott of products sold at Israeli geography 101: song David Rovics - For a long time now, every time I hear an Israeli patriot or apologist complaining that such-and-s On the academic boycott (again) - plus exchange of letters Article on boycott of Israel by Prof. Ran Greenstein, followed by an extended exchange of letters with Prof. Robe Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Judges of the Deportation Service - Dr. Strangelove - Another step towards fascism Video 5 minute-- A Week in Gaza Helping traumatized children Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy (part 2) Ran Greenstein - In the previous section I made a distinction between historical apartheid (unique to South Afric Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) releases a Statistical Statistical Report 2009 - PCBS "Available data indicate that the number of settlers in the West Bank reache Week 2252 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - When talks are bad for peace - The prison diet improves - Wave of West Ban Is Israel singled out - and why? Adam Keller - "The State of Israel has been vociferously criticized for planting settlers in the occupied territo Jerusalem/al-Quds Multi-Day Tour The Jerusalem/Al Quds Multi-day tour is a unique experience that allows you to get to know the city and its many Sleepless in Gaza A video diary about life in the Occupied Palestinian Territories Articles by Victoria Buch The editors of Occupation Magazine are mourning the recent loss of our friend and co-editor, Professor Victoria B Our friend and co-editor, Victoria Buch, has passed away The Occupation Magazine Team	25/09/2016 Accept Palestine or face ‘sea of hatred,’ Jordanian king warns Israel Gabriel Samuels - Independent - `Peace is a conscious decision. Israel has to embrace peace or eventually be engulfed in a sea of hatred in a region of turmoil`. [bz] Jewish National Fund Gives $530K From American Donors to West Bank Settlement Josh Nathan-Kazis - Forward - “People who are putting their dollar bills in a JNF (box), or writing a check to buy a tree, might want to know that instead of buying a tree in Israel … that their money might be going to developments in the settlements which block peace,” said Rabbi Jill Jacobs, T’ruah’s executive director. T’ruah also noted that JNF reported giving $33,000 to a U.S.-based group called Friends of Ir David, which funds the Israeli organization Elad, which is engaged in settlement activity in East Jerusalem. [bz] Mideast Quartet warns that Israeli settlements eroding two-state solution Reuters - Ynet - France`s Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said that while the path to peace was narrowing, it still existed... [bz] Bil’in’s Weekly Nonviolent Protest Celebrates Victory Of Hunger Striking Detainees IMEMC News - "The procession started from the center of the village, and headed towards the Israeli Annexation Wall, while chanting against the illegal Israeli occupation, ongoing violations and also celebrating the victory of Mohammad Balboul, his brother Mahmoud, and Malek Qadi." ca 15 Families to be Homeless in Lieu of Israeli Military Drill IMEMC News & Agencies - "Local anti-settlement activist Motaz Bisharat told the Palestine News Net Work (PNN) that the Israeli Civil Administration served evacuation notifications to 15 Palestinian families, in preparation for army drills." ca Zaytouna-Oliva Leaves Corsica for Italy before Sailing to Gaza IMEMC - "The Women’s Boat to Gaza (Zaytouna-Oliva) left the port of Ajaccio at 09:30, this morning. It is due to arrive later this week in Messina, Sicily, Italy, where it will dock for the last time, prior to sailing to challenge the illegal blockade of Gaza." CA Mahmoud Abbas: Out to Push Palestinian Cause Back to Top of Agenda Peter Baker - NYT "Mr. Abbas hopes to put Mr. Netanyahu on the spot in the most prominent venue available to a not-quite head of state." ca Women gain ground in Jordan election despite yawning gender gap Olivia Cuthbert - The Guardian "Women claim 20 parliamentary seats as move to proportional representation reaps dividends for record number of female candidates." ca Israel`s `50 most influential women` — not a single Arab Samah Salaime - +972 "So, dear editors of Lady Globes, next time before you include MK Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) in your list of Israel’s most influential women — despite the fact that most of the struggles she has spearheaded have not really succeeded — perhaps you should pick up the phone and call MK Aida Touma-Sliman (Joint List), the first Arab woman to head the Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality, and who has a positive influence on many aspects of women’s lives here, be they Arab or Jewish." ca Why I am on the Women’s Boat to Gaza LISAGAY HAMILTON - CounterPunch - "I’m here because some 1.8 million Gazans are trapped in what is often described as a giant open-air prison." - id For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections Recommended articles IMEMC:Zaytouna-Oliva Leaves Corsica for Italy before Sailing to Gaza Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for September 16, 2016 Gideon Spiro: Red Rag column: the robbed occupier; force-feeding; Women`s Boat to Gaza PNN/Bethlehem:UN welcome agreement reached by Israeli and PA to resolve the issue of the outstanding electricity debts Shahar Chai:Daily planner for school kids encourages return to Gush Katif Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for September 9, 2016 Gideon Spiro: Red Rag column: Syria and Israel; Holocaust denial and Nakba denial; Uzi Baram Gideon Spiro: Red Rag column: new school year and ongoing conflict