Activism News

Israeli activists fly kites over military prison in support of Israeli conscientious objectors



Israeli activists from the Forum in Support of Conscientious Objectors flew kites over Military Prison #6 in support of Israeli conscientious objectors imprisoned for refusing to serve in the army. This Forum press release describes the events on 28 September 2002. 

Prominent Dutch citizens: 'End the occupation'



‘Israel must unconditionally withdraw from the territories it occupied since 1967 and implement all relevant UN resolutions’. This petition has been signed by two hundred prominent Dutch citizens, including politicians, writers, and artists and will be published in an advertisement in the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant. EI’s Arjan El Fassed reports. 

Spat upon, threatened, we stood for Palestine

“ ‘Arafat is filthy swine, there is no Palestine,’ and ‘Thank you for killing my cousins in Israel,’ were some of the more polite slogans shouted at Al-Awda activist Benjamin Doherty and me as we protested silently at the annual “Walk With Israel” on Chicago’s lakefront,” writes Ali Abunimah after a not so pleasant walk in Chicago’s beautiful lakefront park. 

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