Israeli volunteers during the olive harvest in the occupied West Bank (Photo: Rabbis for Human Rights)

The Palestinian olive harvest is on its way

Within less than a month the olive harvest will begin. Every year at this time Palestinian farmers from a number of villages across the occupied West Bank receive threats to their safety, are denied access to their land or have their olives stolen, their trees poisoned, or even cut down altogether. The olive harvest is one of the most important annual economic events in the West Bank. The actions of those who aim to prevent farmers from taking…

Israeli activists and African refugees protest in the center of Tel Aviv against the forced deportation of Sudanese asylum-seekers. February 28, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Israeli human rights organizations against the deportation of asylum-seekers

In response to reports of an agreement to deport asylum-seekers from Israel to Uganda, Israeli human rights organizations said they doubted the likelihood that the agreement will materialize. In a joint statement the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), Hotline for Migrant Workers, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel, A.S.A.F., Amnesty International Israel and Kav…

Theater solidarity event with Paletinian El-Hakawati in Jaffa

Hundreds participated at Mahsan 2 at Jaffa Port on Saturday night, with dozens of attendees standing in the side and rear wings of the theater, for a night of entertainment in solidarity with the Palestinian National Theater El-Hakawati and its executive director Mohammad Halayka. Artists, actors, musicians, human rights activists and MKs will take part…

Nazareth protest for Palestinian prisoners

Hundreds of Arab activists, community leaders, and locals attended a protest in Nazareth Saturday held to show solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners’ hunger striking in Israeli detention. Saturday’s march was attended by prominent Arab MKs, among them Hadash leading members. The MKs, who belonging to different parties, linked arms in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners despite…

The African asylum seekers protest in Tel-Aviv, June 10, 2012

Protest in Tel-Aviv: “Refugees Are Not Cancer”

Hundreds of African asylum seekers held a protest march against government policy and violence directed against them by Tel Aviv residents on Sunday. The protesters marched from Tel Aviv’s Levinsky Park to the UN mission in Ha’hashmonaim Street carrying signs which read “Don’t forget history. Being a refugee is not a choice” “A refugee is…