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17/05/2022
| | Activists protest Tel Aviv arms exhibition: `Arms trade is death trade`
Human rights activists demonstrated today at the entrance to the ISDEF
weapons and security export exhibition in Tel Aviv.
This year`s exhibition included official delegations from, among other,
the Philippines, Morocco, Uganda, Bahrain, and Belarus, which recently
took part in the Russian invasion to Ukraine.
The activists demanded an end to the Israeli arms trade and the profit-
making of Israeli arms and cyber companies on the expense of lives and
the freedom of civilians, journalists and human rights activists in
Palestine and around the world. | | | Blocade
Gush Shalom -
A naval blockade? What a villainy! i
The Russian navy
Has imposed
A naval blockade
On Ukraine,
Preventing all ships
From arriving.
In Israel
The media
Pointed to
The naval blockade
As one more
Deplorable manifestation
Of Russian aggression.
The residents of
The Gaza Strip
Should be glad
To know that,
Albeit very late,
Israelis are beginning
To oppose
Naval blockades.
Gush Shalom statement, March 17, 2022 | | | Ambitious Mike Pence meets with Miriam Adelson and anti-Christian Israelis
Alison Weir If Amercians Knew - Hungry for campaign money, former VP
Mike Pence went to Israel to pay tribute to billionaire Miriam Adelson,
and met with Israeli extremists who endorse violence against non-Jews,
are hostile to “accursed Christianity,’ and have been connected to a
movement banned as a terror organization… Adelson (an Israeli dual
citizen) & husband Sheldon gave more than half a billion dollars to
Republican campaigns, party organs, and interest groups during the past
five U.S. election cycles... | | | Israelis support Russian opposition to the Ukraine War
We are writing to you as citizens of Israel who oppose the Israeli
occupation of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip, and are
committed to the struggle against Jewish supremacy and for the rights of
the Palestinian people. Many of us have experience in resisting the
occupation through actions such as refusal to serve in the military,
public testimony regarding its crimes, street protests and public
pressure; and within left-wing, feminist, anti-militarist and other
organizations. Like you, over the last few days we have watched with
dismay and disgust as the Russian army launched its criminal invasion of
Ukraine, but besides the firm resistance of the Ukrainian people, the
striking activity of the anti-war movement in Russia has also been a
great light in the darkness. Without comparing our situation to yours -
and the differences are many - we take inspiration from your resistance.
The courage with which you are acting proves that the Putin regime has
not been able to break the spirit of Russian society, which continues to
harbor real hope for an immediate homecoming of the troops, a return to
the negotiation table and a peaceful solution. We wish you success and
promise to do all we can to amplify your voice in the public sphere in
Israel and abroad. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if we can be
of any assistance to you.
In solidarity, | | | An unsatisfactory answer
Adam Keller - Gush Shalom - An unsatisfactory answer
The Prime Minister
Takes pride
In the fact that
His government
Will not negotiate
With the Palestinians
Under any circumstances,
And certainly not
Make an agreement
With them.
The Foreign Minister
Made it crystal clear
That when he
Becomes Prime Minister,
That policy will
Remain unchanged
Any Palestinian,
Anywhere and at any time,
Can fall victim to
Arbitrary, sometimes fatal,
Abuse by Israeli soldiers.
Even an 80 year-old grandfather
Is not safe.
The settlers are not satisfied
With the army`s violence
And add a full measure
Of their own violence.
As far as the government
Is concerned,
This state of affairs
Can and should
Continue indefinitely.
When accused of
Imposing a policy
Of apartheid,
The Prime Minister
And the Foreign Minister
Shriek: "Antisemitism! Antisemitism!"
But, truth to tell,
That response
Just rings hollow. [ak] | | | Palestinians in the snow: thrown from home into the snow, throw snowballs and get arrested
Ta`ayush -
The occupation forces demolished a dwelling in the A-Tour neighborhood
of East Jerusalem on Wednesday, leaving two Palestinian families
homeless in the snow; terrorist-colonists from ‘Yitzhar’ celebrated the
release from prison of their friend by holding a pogrom in Huwwara,
wounding three Palestinians, among them a 3-year-old child; Minister
Isawi Freij came to tour the South Hebron Hills escorted by army and GSS
forces, but was chased out of the area by a drone flown by settlers from
a nearby outpost; The outpost terrorists continue to attack and threaten
Palestinian shepherds, and invade tended Palestinian fields with their
flocks in the Palestinian Jordan Valley and West Bank Hill Range; At
least 45 Palestinians were arrested in East Jerusalem while celebrating
the snow with Palestine flags and throwing snowballs at the occupation
forces. | | | All to Burin this Friday! Stand with the Palestinians against settler violence!
Dani Brodsky - Rabbis for Human Rights - Tomorrow, Fri. Feb 4, we are
heading to Burin, to go tree planting activity in support of Palestinian
farmers and to take a stand against Jewish terror and settler violence.
In the previous activity in Burin, volunteers experienced severe
violence from
settlers. Most activities take place safely without any violence or
danger, but
there is always a risk of violence during activities in the Occupied
Territory.
It is important for you to know that the activity is coordinated with
the police
and the army, and we always recommend not going anywhere alone. The
commitment
of so many people to stand side by side in the face of settler violence
is our
strength and shield. The activity will be led by very experienced
activists who
are committed to maintaining your safety.
The activity will not take place in the form of a demonstration,
following the
request of the residents of Burin and due to the fear that after the
volunteers leave, the settlers will use violence in retaliation against
the Palestinian residents of Burin, without anyone protecting them or
standing by them. The focus will be on completing the tree planting and
making a clear and determined statement against the ongoing violence.
[AK] | | | Weekly report of Settler violence, army and police repression
Taayush - This week, November 28 to December 4, 2021, in the Occupied
Territories: A settler tried to invade Tawane – activists staying in the
village were accused by police of assaulting him and kept two days in
custody, while army forces raided Tawane and confiscated computers,
cameras and a car, all without a warrant; In Touba, settlers invaded
village fields with their cattle causing severe damage, but the Israeli
army distanced the Palestinian villagers and arrested one of them;
Jerusalem police, equipped with a search warrant signed by judge Elad
Lang, raided twice in a week an apartment inhabited by leftist activists
suspected of spraying pro-Palestinian graffiti in town; Settler-thugs
vandalized property in Saroura in the South Hebron Hills and in the
village of Makhmas near Ramallah; The occupation forces went on another
demolition rampage this week, both in the South Hebron Hills and in East
Jerusalem; Celebrating Hannukah, settlers rioted in Sheikh Jarrah backed
up by the police, placing a Hannukah lamp at the door of the Al Kurd
family who are threatened with expulsion; | | | The US and nuclear programs in the Middle East
Gush Shalom - Now Israel is horrified at the possibility that the US will
treat Iran`s nuclear program in the same manner that it has treated
Israel`s own program. | | | The burial of ashes - an emotionally loaded day
Adam Keller - The burial of the ashes of Hava Keller (my mother) and
Beate Keller (my wife) will take place tomorrow, Monday, December 6,
2021, at 3:00 PM in the community of Ma`ale Tzvia in the Gallilee, where
my sister Yael Keller-Shoshani and her family live.
All who are interested in paying homage to one or both of them, and
consider it important enough to travel to the Galilee for the purpose,
are most welcome. | | | For previous articles since 2004 go to respective sections | |
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