On the third Saturday of the war, while the Israeli cabinet was in session, discussing the cease-fire proposal, 3000 Israeli citizens marched from Tel-Aviv to Jaffa in protest against the war. The demonstrators marched from the Etzel Museum on the Tel-Aviv seashore to the center of Jaffa. A drizzle, the sound of drums and a … Read more
photo gallery Join us in mass protest Sat., Jan. 17, in Tel Aviv- Jaffa, meeting at Charles Clore park 18:30; we`ll march and stand in memory of all killed in this war. Mourning and Protest, in Jaffa 17.1, CHANGED LOCATION to the Rabita Center, 73 Yefet St. – with Shulamit Aloni, Ramzi Suleiman, refusenik pilot … Read more
ad in Ha’aretz This war is inhuman, unnecessary and harmful. Nothing good for Israel will come out of it! The killing of hundreds of Palestinians and the destruction of the infrastructure of life in the Gaza Strip are abominable acts. Those who hope to reap electoral profits from them are greatly mistaken. A ground invasion … Read more
photo gallery Here they were again – the “first nighters, those who are ready to get out and demonstrate against a new war in its first hours, when war propaganda pours out of all the media and all the parties, from the extreme Right to Meretz, support the war. No organization called for the demonstration … Read more
Reaching the age of 85, a still vigorous and energetic activist and columnist, Uri Avnery declined the offer of the Gush Shalom friends to hold for him a conventional birthday party. Rather, he opted for marking the occasion with a public debate, tackling the major issues facing Israel, and in particular the peace movement. Two … Read more
The cancellation of the racist provocation in Umm el Fahm is a victory for common sense and for solidarity between Jews and Arabs in Israel.. The municipality of Umm el Fahm and the leaders of the Arab public in Israel deserve praise for their response to the planned Kahanist “procession” : the immediate issuing of … Read more
“No, we will absolutely not move aside. We have been demonstrating on this sidewalk, opposite the Defence Ministry gates, for more than twenty years – since the time of the First Lebanon War, You are not going to change the rules suddenly!” said activists of various peace groups in an angry exchange of words with … Read more
photo gallery Either the purpose is to undermine the two-state solution and any form of peace with the Palestinians, or the Israeli government policy towards Gaza makes no sense. Not through blockade and invasion will Gil’ad Shalit ever come free, but through agreement and mutual release of Prisoners of War. PUT ON THE LIGHT! CUT … Read more
“I have come to Tel Aviv from my home at Moshav Ein Habshor, which is in Qassam missile range from the Gaza Strip, in order to take part in this protest outside the Defense Ministry and demand a resumption of the truce” said Naomi Ben Nasat, an inhabitant of the Gaza border area, to a … Read more
photo gallery A delegation of five Gush Shalom activists took part Wednesday (13.08) in the funeral of the Palestinian national poet, Mahmoud Darwish, in Ramallah. Altogether, some 20 Israelis attended the funeral. Participation was organized by the Alternative Information Center in Jerusalem. “Mahmoud Darwish is the poet of anger, longing, hope and peace’” Uri Avnery, … Read more