Activism
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| Title | | Description | Date |
| More Than 60 LGBTQ+ Groups Call for Boycott of Song Contest in Israel | | IMEMC -
"The signatories condemn Israel’s “shameful” use of Eurovision, which has a strong following among LGBTQIA communities, to “distract attention from its war crimes against Palestinians” and “forward its pinkwashing agenda, the cynical use of gay rights to distract from and normalize Israel’s occupation, settler colonialism and apartheid.”" - id | 31/1/2019 |
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| Demonstrate at exhibition of stolen Palestinian archaeological artifacts, West Jerusalem | | | 30/1/2019 |
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| The Tuts turned down representing UK in Eurovision as it’s being hosted in Israel | | Louise Griffin - Metro -
"So, we got asked to enter EUROVISION 2019 to represent the UK but it’s being held in ISRAEL so that’s a NO from us!" - [bz]
| 29/1/2019 |
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| Angela Davis Won an Award. It Was Revoked. Now It’s Been Reinstated. | | Niraj Chokshi - The New York Times - Last fall the Birmingham Civil
Rights Institute announced that Professor Angela Davis would receive
its annual award. However, the award was rescinded on January 4,
following a campaign launched by Larry Brook of the "Southern Jewish
Life" magazine, claiming that Davis` support for the BDS
movement constituted "antisemitism". The Institute justified
its decision in a (since-deleted) statement asserting that
"Professor Davis does not meet all of the criteria on which the
award is based.” This brought on the Institute a storm of protests
from the opposite direction. Angela Davis herself reaffirmed both
her support of the Palestinians and her strong opposition to
Antisemitism, and was going to travel to Birmingham anyway and get
an alternate award initiated by various other groups. The final
stage (as of now): the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute reversed
itself again and declared that “Dr. Angela Davis, a daughter of
Birmingham, is highly regarded throughout the world as a human-
rights activist”, that “her credentials in championing human rights
are noteworthy” and that she would indeed get the award as
originally planned. [ak]
| 29/1/2019 |
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| Israeli-Palestinian Public Negotiating Congress - Tel Aviv, February 1 | | Minds of Peace - 100 Israelis & Palestinians from different parts of
the opposing populations will discuss, debate and negotiate a
strategic plan to stop the violence and promote solution to the
conflict. The delegations include people from all walks of life,
representing various political and social spectrums, such as:
settlers, ex-Palestinian prisoners, devout people from different
religions, top ex-military officials, businessmen and individuals
who have lost their loved ones in the conflict. The negotiations, to
be held at The Goethe-Institut in Tel Aviv, will be open to the
public and held in the presence of international observers. [ak] | 29/1/2019 |
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| March against settler evictions in Sheikh Jarrah | | | 29/1/2019 |
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| Conscientious objector released from military prison after 104 days | | +972 Magazine - Adam Rafaelov refused to serve in the IDF due to his
opposition to Israel’s policies in the occupied territories. ‘My struggle for
exemption is over, but the struggle for freedom and equality for all people
between the river and the sea continues’ [ry] | 28/1/2019 |
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| Irish parliament passes bill to ban Israeli settlement goods | | Ali Abunimah - EI - "A bill to outlaw trade in goods from Israeli settlements has
been passed by the lower house of Ireland’s parliament, a major step on its
journey into law" [ry] | 28/1/2019 |
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| If anyone can open hearts, children can - the new US Congress meeting Palestine | | Invite Senators and Congresspersons to the Briefing and to a trip, to
go see for themselves
| 22/1/2019 |
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| If anyone can open hearts, children can - inviting members of the new US Congress to meet Palestine | | Donna Baranski-Walker - Rebuilding Alliance - Palestinian youth are coming to brief the new Congress on Feb 5th! A Senior Senator is sponsoring the briefing because if anyone can open hearts, children can.
[bz] | 22/1/2019 |
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| Israeli activist who slapped Ahed Tamimi`s prosecutor wants a political trial | | Oren Ziv -
+972 -
"Yifat Doron says she slapped the IDF prosecutor to defend her friend. ‘We are not punished the same way the Palestinians are for the same actions.’" - id
| 17/1/2019 |
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| The Freedom Theatre presents: `Us Too... Women of Palestine` | | The Freedom Theatre - An original production and urgent protest inspired by Aeschylus’s play “The Suppliant Women” and performed by women from across Palestine involved with Interpeace’s programme in Palestine, and hoping to pursue theatre school. Taking refuge in a holy place, asking God and the citizens of the city to grant them asylum, these women are running not from war, or famine or occupation, but from
men. Directed by Zoe Delemere Lafferty and Ahmed Tobasi with an all-
female cast, this production is a juxtaposition of the original
text, as well as powerful personal stories of harassment, fights to
be educated, a choice in marriage, and dreams of determining their
own futures.[ak] | 15/1/2019 |
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| Don`t say we didn`t know. The book | | Amos Gvirtz - Why don`t people want to know about their own country`s crimes? Why do Human Rights and Peace movements` activities evoke such strong opposition? [You can buy the book from Amazon. Also available to read it for free--bz] | 15/1/2019 |
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| The Palestinian struggle is shifting to a civil rights movement, and Gaza is leading the way | | Rami Younis - +972 - The Great Return March signals a shift for the Palestinian
people, says scholar Tareq Baconi. Palestinians are no longer fighting for a
state, and are increasingly demanding their full rights — primarily the right of
return [ry]
| 14/1/2019 |
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| Child Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered Last Friday in Gaza | | IMEMC News - "Abdul-Rauf Ismael Salha, 14, was shot with a live round in the
head during the Great Return March procession, east of Jabalia, in the northern
part of the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip" [ry] | 14/1/2019 |
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| Birmingham honors Angela Davis after Israel lobby sabotages award | | Ali Abunimah - EI - “Davis said that the trip to Birmingham to receive the BCRI
award was to be the ‘highlight of my year,’ but despite its cancellation she would
still travel there next month ‘for an alternative event organized by those who
believe that the movement for civil rights in this moment must include a robust
discussion of all of the injustices that surround us’” [ry] | 14/1/2019 |
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| Arab, Jewish groups denounce law to stifle American freedoms | | Ray Hanania -
The Arab Daily News -
"Here are releases from some of the organizations that have voiced opposition to the bill introduced to the U.S. Senate by Marco Rubio of Florida." - id
| 10/1/2019 |
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| Youth Interfaith Encounter group increasingly active in Bar Ilan University | | In March of 2018, two students in the Bar Ilan University BA
Program, Ms. Sariba Feinstein and Ms. Fatima Amer, launched a
monthly dialogue between students of all faiths on Bar Ilan Campus
with the vision of changing perceptions, building bridges and
creating friendships. Structure of the dialogue followed Gordon W.
Allport’s
Contact Hypothesis: Equal status between members, ongoing/intimate
contact, cooperative goals, institutional support, and finding
commonalities with the other. The
dialogue was developed according to the model of the Interfaith
Encounter Association, encouraging discussion related to religious
beliefs, traditions and observances, where it has determined the
most common ground can be found. [ak] | 8/1/2019 |
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| Oppose Senate bill S.1! – which gives Israel $38 billion, `combats` BDS,etc. | | | 8/1/2019 |
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| Israel`s Nation-State Law also discriminates against Mizrahi Jews | | Orly Noy - +972 - Over 50 prominent Israeli Jews of Mizrahi origin filed a petition to the High Court of Justice demanding it strike down the Jewish Nation-State Law, saying it discriminates against both Palestinian citizens and Jewish Mizrahi citizens of Israel. They criticize not only the demotion of the Arabic language but also a clause in the law that establishes Jewish settlement “as a national value”, as every time Israel takes it upon itself to demographically “re-engineer” the land, it harms Mizrahim. This process hinders their access to highly-valued land through admissions committees, which allow communities across the country to reject housing applicants based on their “social suitability”, pushing Mizrachim into the country’s underserved geographical periphery [bz] | 8/1/2019 |
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| Gaza march leader to conscientious objectors: `Turn your words into weapons` | | Edo Konrad -
+972 -
"The leader of Gaza’s Great Return March holds a rare conversation with Israelis who refuse to serve in the army because of the occupation." - id | 3/1/2019 |
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| Hot debate | | ILTV - Watch: activists Adam Keller and Yotam Ya`akoba debate with
right-wingers Martin Sherman and Ariel Burstein on Syria, Iran, the
Palestinians, Trump and Netanyahu - many issues covered in an intensive
half hour. [ak] | 1/1/2019 |
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