Friday, July 26, 2019
Amnesty International yesterday slammed Israeli authorities for the mass
demolition of Palestinian homes in Sur Baher, and urged the
international community to take action.
Israeli forces carried out a longstanding military-issued demolition
order yesterday morning, targeting a number of buildings in the
community that lies in both the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Dozens of residential apartments were destroyed
Friday, July 19, 2019
Theater, cinema and artistic creation often shape our social
consciousness and influence public discourse. The national traumas, even
those in dispute, usually take on a stage in culture and art. But it
seems that the affair of the abduction of the children from the East,
Balkan, Yemen has not yet received a proper place in mainstream culture.
One of the only plays that focuses on this affair is "May God Comfort
You" (Winner of the Music Prize at the Acco Festival 2018) by Maya
Buenos.
On 16 June 2019, ‘Imad Abu Shamsiyeh – a resident of the Palestinian
neighborhood of Tel Rumeidah in Hebron – suffered a sunstroke. In the
middle of the night, his wife called an ambulance for him but the
Israeli military would not allow it into the neighborhood. After a
lengthy delay, the EMT staff decided to evacuate Abu Shamsiyeh on foot, a
task accomplished only after further argument with the soldiers. This
case demonstrates contempt for the health of a patient in need of urgent
medical care and clearly illustrates the extent to which Israel
controls all aspects of Palestinians’ lives in Hebron. It shows how, for
Palestinians, even the most commonplace tasks involve difficulties and
uncertainty and, above all, no control over the situation.
Barbur - Jerusalem's non-profit art gallery has been operating in
Nahlaot for 15 years. The gallery promotes quality art, together with a
unique contribution to the diverse community in Nahlaot, the city center
and the city of Jerusalem in general. The gallery operates a community
garden, and a variety of activities for children and pensioners, and
sometimes serves neighborhood residents for community activities such as
birthdays. The gallery conducts social activities with people with
special needs and with mental needs
As you may have noticed, Israel is currently engulfed in a wave of
protests by Black Jews of Ethiopian descent, outraged at state-sponsored
racism, and especially by police brutality, against their community.
I’ve extensively reported on these complaints… [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEfxI...
] … and while it’s important to identify these injustices, any
authentic anti-racist position must be intersectional, and speak out
against all the forms of discrimination in this country. These include
not only white supremacy, but also Jewish supremacy… [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9h1x...
] … And one of the ways the struggle against white supremacy in Israel
is neutered is by convincing Black Jews that although they occupy the
bottom rung of Israel’s pigmentocracy, at least they’re treated better
than non-Jews. And this is how they get told. H/T to Daat Emet [ Hebrew
subtitles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRore... ] for finding the original video [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Het70... ]
Friday, July 12, 2019
About 100 women and men demonstrated on Monday (24.6) in front of the entrance at the entrance to #Bazan
(ORL) in Haifa and called for their immediate closure and for the
transition to renewable energies. The demonstrators referred to the
State Comptroller's report, which pointed to severe failures in
maintaining the health of the residents and failure to achieve targets
for reducing air pollution. The demonstration was attended by the "#Extinction_Rebellion"
movement, a worldwide movement that swept millions around the world,
activists from the "Green Course" movement, residents of Haifa and the
Krayot - children and adults, as well as former Knesset Member Miki
Haimovitz '. The operation included installation of coffins and blocking
the road at the entrance to the factories.
Friday, July 5, 2019
Hundreds of children of foreign workers' families, who were born in
Israel and live there, received deportation orders from the country.
Some of the Mothers were even arrested themselves. As far as the Israeli
government is concerned, they must be deported and replaced by other
women without children, in order to meet the needs of the Israeli
economy. This week (24/6), Habimah Square in Tel Aviv was filled with
over 1,000 Israeli children parents and teachers who expressed
solidarity with the families of foreign workers and called on the
government to let them stay in Israel.
An unprecedented three-way meeting of security advisers from Israel, the
US and Russia about Syria’s future was held in Jerusalem this week.
The conference came amid escalating tensions between Washington and
Tehran, following US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of
the Iran nuclear deal last year and enforce a series of economic
sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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