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Victoria Buch In memory of our dear old friend Activism ACT! Support imprisoned CO Omar Saad I refuse ... because of national and moral reasons. I hate oppression, and I reject occupation. Support Australian professors, threatened becauase they supported BDS Features & translations Red Rag weekly column: Arik Einstein, 1939-2013 - Idolatrous dayanim - The cycle of violence Gideon Spiro - In my humble opinion, Arik Einstein`s great gift, in addition to his musical talent, was his abili 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: Germany against Germans - Letter to Ismail Haniyeh Gideon Spiro - In his book Germans against Germans Professor Moshe Zimmermann casts light on an aspect of Red Rag: folly of the parents, the Liar, the Preacher, From Russia, with Love Gideon Spiro - How does Netanyahu know that Rouhani is a liar? From personal experience. For generations now all Red Rag column: Forty years since the Yom Kippur War Gideon Spiro - What will not be said in the mainstream media I will say here: the Yom Kippur War was unnecessary. Red Rag column: Great, another war! Gideon Spiro - Things are developing much to the satisfaction of the government of Israel. The Israeli and conser Red Rag Weekly Column: Letters to Judges Gideon Spiro - Over 30 years ago I began the “letters to judges” project, in which I rebuke, criticize and condem Red Rag weekly column: Egypt: coup or revolution? Gideon Spiro - President Morsi was democratically elected, but was his government a democratic one? Could a milit 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 Red Rag column: the death-mongers Gideon Spiro - The death-mongers - murder in Beersheba - Muhammad al-Dura 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 Red Rag column: The secret plan Gideon Spiro - The secret plan - Racism in the Knesset, the religion, Orit Struk and Shai Dromi - Purity of the Video:Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished a house and a building in al-Tur village– Jerusalem Video - Silwanic Net ca Red Rag Column: The death-cult Gideon Spiro - The Week of the Dead in Israel - 65 years of independence - Brainwashing Israeli children - The l “Ich bin ein Bil’iner!” Uri Avnery - THIS DOES not happen every day: a Minister of Culture publicly rejoices because a film from her coun `You`re not allowed to use public transportation at all` Ofra Yeshua-Lyth - First-hand report of "bus apartheid": Palestinian workers returning home are forced to leave a `Equal burden` - a disaster for the IDF Uri Avnery - Translation of Haaretz Hebrew for OM - There is a simple solution to the problem of "equal burden": General Staff terrorism (1992) Gideon Spiro - A meeting of the IDF General Staff, as imagined by Gideon Spiro in 1992. Winds of war Adam Keller - From the polling stations to the long waiting lines at the gas mask distribution stations (...) aft Red Rag column: letters to judges and politicians Gideon Spiro - "In short, Mr. dishonourable Minister: take off your shoes when you stand before Mordechai Vanunu, 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 Red Rag Weekly Column: Naftali Bennett, Haneen Zoabi, Moshe Feiglin Gideon Spiro - On refusal - Haneen Zoabi - Moshe Feiglin, the new "Benefactor" - the fiction of "Area A" 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: A toothless condemnation Gideon Spiro - Toothless condemnation - corrupt politician - in praise of fear - heroism - "No miracle happened h The colonization instinct has not been tamed Dimitry Shumsky - Haaretz - It isn`t just Gush Emunim and the fanatics in Hebron who want to colonize the West Ba Red Rag Weekly Column Gideon Spiro - Gaza held out - Israel and North America against the world - New face of the Likud - Barak`s depar Red Rag - Gideon Spiro`s weekly column *Elections 2013 *`Mood` parties *In memory of Senator George McGovern *Letter to Judge Hadad *Occupation refuser 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 The new expropriation regime in the West Bank - Week 2362 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - Israel’s takeover of West Bank lands for settlement construction has p 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 weekly column: terrorist ping-pong Gideon Spiro - terrorist ping-pong - chemical weapons - cycle of history - letter to Judge Daphne Barak-Erez Silwan: Conflicting Narratives in East Jerusalem Brian Britt - Jerusalem’s ancient past is changing quickly. Since 1967 when Israel captured the eastern part of Week 2356 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - To appreciate the almost sadistic callousness of Mitt Romney’s infamous July 30 comments in Jeru 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 URGENT: TAKE ACTION TO STOP THE DEMOLITION OF SUSIYA! Email: Moriel Rothman "Take facebook action! Take a picture of yourself inside or outside of your house– whi 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 The 45th birthday of the Occupation Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Speech given at Gan Meir in Tel Aviv, 9 June 2012 - This year the apartheid regime of the S Living the occupation, 45 years Adam Keller - Would Israel put an end to the occupation, before the occupation puts an end to Israel? 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 Life in prison, on both sides of the walls Ilana Hammerman - An Israeli peace activist takes Palestinian women and children on recreational expeditions in I 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 Red Rag column: Israel as Auschwitz? Pavlov`s dog - Hillary Clinton is right Gideon Spiro - Israel as Auschwitz? - "Pavlov`s dog" syndrome in Gaza - Retirement of Israeli Supreme Court Presi Open Letter to Beit Berl College Open letter in protest against the anti-democratic exclusion of MK Haneen Zoabi from the annual conference in mem Civil Disobedience Nurit Peled-Elhanan - Israelis must refuse to obey unjust laws just as South Africans did. Red Rag - non-violent victory - kosher sperm - fascist? - bogus equality By: Gideon Spiro - Khadr Adnan`s non-violent victory - kosher IDF sperm - who`s a fascist? Bogus "equality" at th 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 The guilt of the judges Ofra Ben Artzi - They give a judicial seal of approval, without which the Occupation would have ended long ago.. 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 Better an Iranian A-Bomb in the Basement than missiles on the roofs of Tel Aviv Shraga Elam - cafe.themarker.com translated from Hebrew by George Malent 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 A Palestinian woman’s response to Israel’s Naomi Chazan on BDS (recommended reading) Although she presented herself as a veteran Israeli peace activist, Chazan’s mission here in Australia was oste 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 hunting of Palestinian children and re-education at the Ofer prison Ofra Ben Artzi - On 15 November 2010 the IDF spokesman issued the following news flash: “During the night IDF for Covering for a war criminal from the Kafr Qasim massacre Shraga Elam - Gabriel Dahan lives in a European capital, where he is a manager for Israel Bonds. He is the only o Greenstein and Fine: debate on BDS and Zionism Professors Greenstein and Fine - Is Israel being held to an unfairly high standard by the West? 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 Dr. Avineri and Mr. Lieberman Ran Greenstein - Occupation Magazine - A discussion of the liberal Zionist apologetics for an exclusionary Jewish 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 Israel/Palestine and the apartheid analogy: critics, apologists and strategic lessons (part 1) Ran Greenstein - University of the Witwatersrand - Is the Israeli system of political and military control over t 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 The unbearable nonviolence of Bil`in Adam Keller - The army`s escalation shows the increasing brutalization since the Gaza War, inherited and expanded 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	19/12/2013 Palestinians honour Gaza psychiatric pioneer: Dr Eyad El-Sarraj, a Palestinian psychiatrist and human rights defender, dies after long battle with cancer. Jillian Kestler-D`Amours - Aljazeera - El-Sarraj was a staunch critic of both Israeli policies towards Palestinians, and the Palestinian leadership, and was arrested and allegedly tortured by Palestinian authorities in 1996 for condemning rights abuses.He was imprisoned by the Palestinian Authority (PA) three times.Despite this, he continued his work in Gaza and earned widespread international recognition.-rh Winter Storm Situation Report (as of 14 December 2013, 2100 hrs) OCHA oPT - The storm is exacerbating the already poor humanitarian situation for large segments of the Palestinian population,particularly in the Gaza Strip, which is already dealing with an acute fuel and energy crisis, and in herding communities located across Area C of the West Bank.-rh „h An asylum policy that borders on inhumanity Elana Nemittoff- The Times of Israel - As the daughter of a rabbi, and now a rabbinical student myself, one of the most essential precepts ingrained in my Jewish education has always been: “You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.”-rh Once Again: A New Law to Limit Foreign Donations to Non-Profit Organizations ACRI - Knesset Update - This bill is the most recent incarnation of an ongoing campaign in recent years to limit international funding to various causes disliked by the government. Similar bills that have been initiated by Members of Knesset in recent years have been unsuccessful.-rh 20 Years Since Oslo: Palestinian Perspectives Heinrich Boell Stiftung - More than twenty years have passed since the historic handshake between Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Israel’s Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin in Washington D.C. Originally this was supposed to be the beginning of a five-year-process leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state. However, 20 years later, there is no such Palestinian state.-rh The ‘Peace Process’ Delusion is Worse than Apartheid Lev Grinberg - Tikkun - Israel has managed to effectively divide the Palestinians into five different discrimination regimes: the Arab citizens of Israel; the residents of East Jerusalem; the inhabitants of the West Bank; the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip; and the Palestinian refugees who are outside Israel’s control. Each of these groups is controlled in a different manner, so that its political struggle has taken a different shape. The Palestinians are thus unable to unite, and it is eminently clear that without massive international support, they can never break free from Israel’s iron grip.-rh Winter storm causes humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza Rasha Abou Jalal - Al Monitor - “I woke up to the screams of my children, who almost drowned in the water that flooded our house. The waters nearly pulled them toward the sewage basin. I rushed to save them and was surprised to see that the water level had risen to about 150 cm [nearly 6 feet],” he told Al-Monitor.-rh Israel: Drop Detention Policy in Disguise : Officials Detain Sudanese, Eritreans in Defiance of High Court Order Human Rights Watch - “The Israeli authorities seem hell-bent on finding new ways to detain these people,” said Gerry Simpson, senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch. “Officials should drop this charade of pretending that these extensive restrictions are not detention, and genuinely release the asylum seekers, in line with the High Court ruling.”-rh Attack on Hanan Ashrawi unfair Daoud Kuttab - Al-Monitor - Instead of joining the worn out Israeli hasbara (spin) against Ashrawi, Eldar should spend more time looking in the mirror and addressing the decadeslong Israeli occupation and colonization to find who is responsible for the current situation.-rh BDS Turns the Corner Scott McConnell - The American Conservativ - The American Studies Association landslide vote in favor of boycotting Israeli institutions is a milestone, a landmark event. As one commenter put it, succinctly, “history is being made before our eyes.” The vote put the BDS movement, growing in Europe and heretofore well known only to Americans who follow Israel and Palestine closely, on the American political map.-rh For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections Recommended articles Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for December 13, 2013 Shlomi Eldar: Abu Zaida calls on Abu Mazen to hold elections Gideon Spiro: Red Rag weekly column: Arik Einstein, 1939-2013 - Idolatrous dayanim - The cycle of violence Alex Renton:Fishing under fire off the Gaza coast Today in Palestine:Today in Palestine for December 6, 2013 Sydney Levy :Jewish Voice for Peace Responds to ASA`s Resolution on Academic Boycotts Alma Biblash :Beaten, arrested, threatened: A personal account from the anti-Prawer protest Miko Peled :Wake up John Kerry, a global intifada is erupting