Combatants for Peace’s joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration against the occupation of the West Bank, May 2014 (Photo: Combatants for Peace)

Tomorrow Israelis Will Say “Yes” to a Palestinian State

According to the organization, Combatants for Peace, tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, Israelis will say “Yes” to a Palestinian State “because independence for the Palestinians means true independence for Israelis.” The organizers are urging the public to “Join us, a large group of Israelis and Palestinians, in a demonstration of popular democracy, solidarity, and hope.” The…

8200 Unit (Photo: IDF)

Israeli intelligence officers refuse to spy on Palestinians

A group of active and former members of an elite Israeli intelligence unit have announced their refusal to spy on Palestinians in the occupied territories, citing excessive harm done to innocent civilians. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) threatened disciplinary action against 43 veterans and active reservists from Unit 8200, an elite corps responsible for collecting…

Hadash and Communist Party activists during the rally held on Saturday night in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Al Ittihad)

10,000 people rallied in Tel-Aviv against deadly Gaza war

More than10,000 people arrived Saturday night at Rabin Square to rally for a political solution to the occupation of the Palestinian territories under the slogan, “Changing direction: toward peace, away from war.” Many carried signs proclaiming, “Whoever doesn’t want peace is making excuses” and “Yes to democracy, no to fascism.” At the rally speeches were…

Hundreds gathered in Tel Aviv to protest Israel’s Operation Protective Edge, despite a police decision to revoke the demonstration’s permit, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, July 9, 2014 (Photo: Activestills)

Tel Aviv anti-war rally held despite police order

Ignoring police orders to call off the large-scale protest due to the continuing rocket fire in the south, hundreds of left-wing activists gathered in Rabin Square on Saturday demanding an end to Israel’s military actions in Gaza. Roughly 800 peace and Left activists flooded Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square in defiance of the ban, which was…

MK Dov Khenin speaks at an anti-war in Gaza demonstration in Jerusalem (Photo: Al Ittihad)

MK Dov Khenin blames Netanyahu for Gaza war

“I know it’s a terrible thing to say, but not a single drop of blood spilled in Gaza really brought us any closer to something better,” says Knesset member Dov Khenin from the Hadash Front (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) in summarizing Israel’s Operation Protective Edge. Though a majority of Israelis…

Thousands protest the Gaza war in Tel Aviv, July 26, 2014. (Photo: Activestills)

Thousands of Israelis protest the Gaza war in Tel-Aviv

Some 7,000 Israelis on Saturday evening protested the war in Gaza under the banner: “No more deaths – Israeli-Palestinian peace, now.” The protest took place in Rabin Square in central Tel Aviv. Slogans chanted by the protesters included “Stop the war,” “Bring the soldiers back home” and “Jews and Arabs refuse to be enemies.” Speakers included…

Get Out! Stop the War Demo

Tonight in Tel-Aviv: Get Out! Stop the War Demo

Tonight, Saturday July 26 at 8 p.m. in Rabin Square in Tel-Aviv, well be held “Get Out! Stop the War Demo”. According to organizers: “On Saturday, the peace camp takes a stand at Rabin Square. The war is taking a heavy toll in lives and injuries on both sides, in destruction and horror, in bombings…