Activists from “Looking the Occupation in the Eye” and Partnership for Peace demonstrated Friday morning, November 28, in front of the US army base in Kiryat Gat, demanding immediate action against the de-facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories and calling to stop the wave of Israeli violence and terror raging in Gaza, Jerusalem East, and the West Bank.
“Not a day passes without violence: settlers uproot orchards, burn mosques, and vandalize property; soldiers abuse and shoot Palestinians to death. Law-enforcement authorities ignore the incidents and do not investigate them, and government ministers back the violence and encourage the bloodshed. These are not isolated incidents: this is a deliberate and systematic policy of the Israeli government. The international community, led by the United States, must recognize that the situation in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza is fragile and could escalate at any moment. Only international pressure can stop the bloodshed and advance a political solution for both peoples,” they said.
Protestors in front of the US army base in Kiryat Gat, demanding immediate action against the de-facto annexation of the occupied Palestinian territories and calling to stop the wave of Israeli violence and terror raging in Gaza, Jerusalem East, and the West Bank, Friday, November 28, 2025 (Photo: Tzipi Menashe / Looking the Occupation in the Eye)
On Friday afternoon, two protests were held by Hadash and Communist Party of Israel activists in Jaffa and Kafr Yasif in Western Galilee. The protestors in Jaffa demanded action over the rocketing murder rate in the Arab community. Many of the protesters, among them Hadash MK Ofer Cassif, held up photographs of members of the community who have been killed. The protesters raised photos of murder victims and are demanding to eradicate the rampant crime. Cassif told the crowd, “Crime in Arab society is the result of a deliberate policy, designed to divert attention from political and national issues and focus it on personal security.”
Another demonstration was held in front of the Israeli police station in Kafr Yasif, condemning the spread of violence and crime after the murder of Nabil Ashraf Safia, 15-year-old boy who was shot on Wednesday in the town, an innocent victim not involved in any criminal conflict. The death toll in Israel’s Arab-Palestinian community has risen to 236 since the beginning of this year and to 20 since the start of this month. Data indicates that more than 191 people were shot dead, while 117 of the victims were under the age of 30, including six boys and children under 18, and 21 women. Additionally, 13 killings were carried out by Israeli police.
Also on Friday, cops arrested anti-government activist Dr. Yolanda Yavor, a Tel Aviv University lecturer from Or Akiva, for social media posts against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the far-right government. “The only choice is to be — that is, to fight the traitor, the mouthpieces, the damned collaborators and his bargain-bin Freikorps militias with all the strength and all means — or not to be,” she wrote on Facebook. “Make the right choice, my brothers and sisters,” she said. “There won’t be another round.” “We said ‘Democracy or rebellion,’ remember?” she added, referencing a popular chant at massive protests, “So rebellion it is. But a real one.”
At Haifa, police raided an event organized by the Jewish-Arab Standing Together movement on Thursday night and again on Friday morning at the Congress Center. According to activists from the organization who were present, the police said they were there “to ensure that their messages are legal.” as an attempt to monitor and censor their political messaging. Police contacted a commander after spotting a sign reading “Get Out of Gaza,” allegedly instructing organizers to remove it. Hadash published a communique in solidarity with Standing Together. In addition, Hadash MK Ayman Odeh said “We will stand firm together against fascism, and fight for democracy, for equality and for peace.”
