Webinar on Refusing Militarism: Perspectives from Israel, Palestine and South Africa

Today, Monday April 8, will be held the webinar “Refusing Militarism: Perspectives from Israel Palestine and South Africa”. According Mesarvot Network, “We are honored to host South African activist Zackie Achmat for a conversation with current refuseniks Tal Mitnick and Sofia Orr. Together, they will discuss their struggles for peace and justice in their homes.”…

Car Rams Protesters Injuring Five, as 100,000 in Tel Aviv Demand Elections Now

Opponents of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, April 7, issued harsh condemnations of his failure to immediately address an incident the previous evening in which a car rammed into anti-government protesters in Tel Aviv. “Cease fire now!” and “Israel-Palestine, two states for two peoples,” Hadash demonstrators at Kaplan Street in Tel-Aviv, Saturday evening,…

Urgent Appeal from the Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem

Settlers attempt to seize Armenian properties under the protection of Israeli authorities in the Armenian Quarter in occupied East Jerusalem. Tensions have mounted in the past month after an Australian-Israeli developer leased 25% of the Armenian Quarter, which is home to about 2,000 Armenian Christians, from the Armenian patriarch against the community’s will. A coveted…

More Casualties in a Series of Israeli Attacks Across Gaza – 33,037 Palestinian Victims

Israeli occupation forces continued their airstrikes and artillery shelling across the Gaza Strip on Friday, April 5, resulting in numerous casualties among Palestinian its 182nd day in a row. In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7 of last year has resulted in 33,037 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly children and…

Knesset Passes Law Aimed at Silencing Al Jazeera

The Knesset approved on Monday evening, April 1, the so-called Al Jazeera law, giving the government temporary powers to prevent foreign news networks from operating in Israel if they are “deemed by the security services to be harming national security.” The law passed 71 to 10 in its second and third readings in the Knesset…

Day 2 of Jerusalem Massive Protests Against Far-Right Gov’t

The second day on Monday, March 1, of a planned four-day demonstration outside the Israeli parliament saw thousands of people once again gather on Jerusalem’s Kaplan Street, just below the Knesset and other government buildings to demand the resignation of far-right Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, as well as the return of Israeli…