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Full Breaking the Silence Report in PDF
For those who have not read the whole report from Breaking the Silence. See what all the news is about.
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Video From Weekly Protests in Bil’in and Sheikh Jarrah
about 3 months ago - No comments
Video from Bil’in by Yisrael Puternam Video from Shiekh Jarrah by Yisrael Puternam Video and report from Nil’in and Nabi Salih will be posted in next days as I am editing the footage now.
David Shulman on Sheikh Jarrah, Gaza and in the Israeli Peace Movement in the NYRB
about 6 months ago - 2 comments
Writing in the New York Review of Books Blog: The legal situation in Sheikh Jarrah is ambiguous: Israeli courts have recently ruled that Jewish claims to ownership of land and houses in the neighborhood, from long before 1948, are valid and constitute a basis for evicting the Palestinian residents, all of whom received these lands
Gaza Protest March in Tel Aviv
about 6 months ago - No comments
A large portion of the Israeli left marked the Gaza war with a protest in the heart of Tel Aviv last night. The march began in Rabin Square and ended across the street from the Defense Ministry. Here is Phil Weiss’s take on the march.
Israeli Activists Mark Gaza One Year On
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
Video from yesterday’s attempt to enter Gaza in solidarity by Israeli peace activists.
A Busy Weekend
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
A busy weekend in Israel for Ta’ayush and the Israeli direct action left. Above is clear video from last Friday’s Sheikh Jarrah protest. Quoted in the Israeli daily Yediot Ahronot, Meretz Chairman Chaim Oron said “It’s unthinkable that every week left-wing protestors are prevented from expressing legitimate protest, while right-wing protestors, who violently and blatantly
Gaza in Conflict- Antony Loewenstein Reports
about 11 months ago - No comments
Long hot day in the West Bank today with Ta’ayush in the village of Umm-El Hir. Working on a small video and write up to post tomorrow morning. In the meantime, Antony Loewenstein has a piece in The Nation today about his recent trip to Gaza. It is a must read. “Gaza is unlike anywhere
Gaza Reflections from Antony Loewenstein
about 12 months ago - No comments
Antony Loewenstein just returned from a reporting trip in Gaza. Yesterday we sat and edited some of his video footage that he captured with a personal camera. They are small snippets of life from a place that many of us associate with death. Below his video is a small write up about his experience. The
Coexistence that the Western Media is not Willing to Cover
about 1 year ago - 5 comments
Saturday was a burning hot day in the West Bank. Combatants for Peace, a group made up of Israeli ex-combat soldiers and Palestinian ex-fighters, planned a protest at an illegal outpost adjacent to Shufa, a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank that is very close to the Green Line. The illegal outpost was built
Antony Loewenstein reports from Gaza
about 1 year ago - No comments
Antony Loewenstein has been traveling and reporting from Gaza over the last week. This is his latest from the ground published by Mondoweiss. While the devastation, desperation and anger permeates every level of existence here and the siege is the topic of every second conversation, hope lives. Although many have said they would love to
Gaza from the ground
about 1 year ago - No comments
Antony Loewenstein has succeeded where most independent journalists have failed. He is Gaza. From the emails I have gotten from him, it sounds like a world far away. Despite being busy crisscrossing the Gaza Strip and doing interviews with everyone from tunnel smugglers to senior Hamas political leaders he is uploading photos to his Flickr
about 1 year ago
Dear Ibn:
Thank you very much for having posted this very important report.
Keep up the good work.
Best regards,
Alberto Melo