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Ta’ayush has a new website
Please have a look and bookmark the new site
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A Blast from the Past: Clip about Ta’ayush and Ezra Nawi from 2004
about 1 week ago - 2 comments
The Land of the Settlers is a five part documentary series created by Chaim Yavin, who was described by the Arab News as “the Israeli version of America’s Walter Cronkite”. With a handheld camera, Yavin traveled throughout his homeland of Israel and interviewed a range of Palestinians and Israelis in order to document the Israeli-Palestinian
“we want to be”…settlers, activists and soldiers do a dance in the south Hebron hills
about 1 month ago - 3 comments
Video from a last Saturday’s action in the South Hebron Hills. There are no English subtitles but the situation is quite clear. Soldiers remove shepherds from their farmlands, activists try to stop them and settlers attack Palestinians. The dance continues every day, every week.
Is the Direct Action Left in Israel Growing?
about 3 months ago - No comments
Middle of April 2010 Ta’ayush is getting bigger. This time last year, we would meet at our regular place early on Saturday morning. It felt more like a group of friends going out for a day of hiking in the hills then an established political organization. We barely fit in one transit at this time.
Ta’ayush Activists Arrested in South Hebron Hills 10 April 2010
about 3 months ago - No comments
10.4.10 South Hebron Hills Report from a Ta’ayush Activist As in every week of the year, we woke up at 07:00 on a Saturday morning to oppose injustice. We is a group of about 15 Israeli Ta’ayush activists. The South of Hebron Hills is one of the most difficult regions in the West Bank. Much
New Laws Show that Israel Prefers Occupation to Democracy
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Israel is about to implement a new set of laws of deportation for Palestinians and foreign nationals in the West Bank. This ruling has major implication for the popular protest movement and the work of groups like Ta’ayush. For more details on the ruling please see Amira Hass’s article in today’s Haaretz as well as
Al-Tal’a, Um Zaituna
about 5 months ago - 4 comments
A report from David Shulman about the South Hebron Hills: January 30, 2010 Al-Tal’a, Um Zaituna “The most desperate fights are often the most hopeful,” Istvan says to me as we stand on the hill looking down at the shepherds and their sheep. You can always rely on Istvan for the surprising Hungarian perspective on
Ta’ayush Report-Shabbat 3 October 2009
about 9 months ago - No comments
The following is a report on a Ta’ayush action from 3 October 2009: שבת 03.10.09 בבוקר יום שבת יצאנו לפעילות יחד עם תושבי טוואה שבדרום הר-חברון. מתנחלי מעון פלשו לתוך שטח הואדי המפריד בין טוואנה למעון ושתלו שם גפנים, למרות שזוהי אדמת העיר טוואנה. המנהל האזרחי קבע (לאחר שתילת הגפנים), שהשטח של מעון הוא עד
Combatants for Peace in the West Bank
about 1 year ago - No comments
Ta’ayush joined Combatants for Peace near Tul Karem to build a protest structure next to an illegal outpost. They are working on getting television coverage of the event which means the main footage will not go out until tomorrow. Below is a sneak peak of my footage of the day.
Antony Loewenstein Accompanies Ta’ayush for a Day
about 1 year ago - No comments
Antony Loewenstein joined Ta’ayush last Saturday for our picnic at an illegal outpost. He filled a lovely report at Mondoweiss today about the day: Dining at a hamburger joint on the weekend in Jerusalem with a few members of Israeli peace group Ta’ayush,including Joseph Dana, we were struck by the people eating around us. They
Picnic at an Illegal Outpost
about 1 year ago - 6 comments
Yesterday, members of Ta’ayush set out to have a picnic at an illegal outpost built on Palestinian land next to the settlement of Susya in the southern West Bank. Susya is divided into three places; Palestinian Susya, Jewish settlement Susya and archeological site Susya. Often, the first construction of an illegal outpost is a synagogue