In the Bedouin land case, the state’s expert witness, Prof. Ruth Kark, sees no need to examine the situation on the ground or meet with the Bedouin inhabitants before giving an expert opinion In this week’s session of the Bedouin Land Case, held before Justice Sarah Dovrat of the Be’er Sheba District Court, Att. Michael … Read more
To MK Moshe Kahalon, Minister of Communications, Ministry of Communications, JerusalemRe: establishing a regional radio for the supporters of a peaceful solution to the conflictOn behalf of my client, Gush Shalom, I would like to state: On 06.06.07 it was confirmed that your predecessor, Minister Ariel Atias published a tender for the establishment of a … Read more
The detained Bedouin human rights activist Nuri el Okbi will be brought to the Be’er Sheba Magistrate’s Court (Shalom Court) tomorrow (Mon. March 1) at 12.00 noon. El Okbi is well known for his prolonged fight for the rights of his family to its land. He has lived on the disputed land for many years … Read more
.(including video).Hundreds of activists from 42 countries in confrontation with Egyptian police in the center of Cairo Hundreds of peace activists from all over the world are engaged in a prolonged confrontation with the Egyptian police at Tahrir Square that in the heart Cairo, protest the government of Egypt’s decision to prevent them from entering … Read more
Towards the EU ministers’ meeting in Brussels, Gush Shalom calls upon them to proclaim Jerusalem as the capital of two states Towards the meeting of the European foreign ministers, scheduled for tomorrow in Brussels, the Gush Shalom movement sent to the 27 foreign ministries and to the 27 embassies in Israel the text of the … Read more
Almost everybody agrees that peace between the State of Israel and the State of Palestine is the only solution. All the relevant governments say so, including the government of Israel. Why, then, does it not happen? Why does it often look hopeless? For the simple reason that the government of Israel does not really want … Read more
President Obama does not yet deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. That he was himself the first to say so does not make it less true. On the Israeli-Palestinian track President Obama has on several occasions declared his consideration of the ending of the occupation and the creation of a Palestinian state as an American and … Read more
photo gallery Hundreds of Negev residents, Jews and Arabs, as well as friends and supporters from all over the country, gathered Saturday afternoon in the lands of el-Malichi el-Arakib, near the Lehavim-Rahat junction in the Negev. They have gathered to support the struggle of el-Turi, el-Ukbi, el-Talalka and other Bedouin tribes – with the support … Read more
The severe conclusions of the Goldstone Commission are part of the high and continuing price which the state of Israel must pay for the decision to conduct a brutal and unnecessary war in Gaza. The communications media in Israel imposed censorship on themselves and prevented the citizens of Israel from seeing the scenes of widespread … Read more
The Gush Shalom movement found out that West Bank settlers intend to “create a fait accompli on the airwaves, and start operating a broadcasting station which, under cover of “a regional radio station”, will reach to all parts of Israel, except to Eilat. It is to broadcast extreme right propaganda in the style of the … Read more