Israeli Jews and Arabs Join Togther to Fight Law Criminalizing Boycotts, Divesments and Sanctions and more news from the Israeli left

July 26, 2011 by Paul

While many in the US strangely equate criticism of Israel akin to treason, aided and abetted by the media, in Israel itself there is a vibrant peace and justice movement that refuses to accept the lie that criticism of Israel equals anti-semitism.

Meanwhile, these articles from +972 (+972 is a blog-based web magazine that is jointly owned by a group of Israeli journalists and bloggers. The writers’ goal is to provide fresh, original, on-the-ground reporting and analysis of events in Israel and the Palestinian territories.) The name of the magazine is derived from the telephone area code that is shared by Israel and the Palestinian territories)

1 43 arrested in Tel Aviv rally, banned from protest site

IDF’s reply confirms collective punishment of Palestinian village

Israeli society mounts resistance to assault on democracy (updated)

WATCH: Violent dispersal of unarmed demonstration

Here is another israeli group unafraid of the state and its attempts to silence opposition to the Occupation:

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Palestinian farmers prevented from harvesting their land, Saffa (27/06/09)

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Requiem for the Fence

29/06/2011

bilin 28 june 2011

Marking the beginning of the end of the fence in Bil'in

This week, after a nonchalant four year delay since the Supreme Court
deemed it illegal, the state began to dismantle the fence in Bil'in. Next
week, we are promised, we will have the privilege of demonstrating in
front of the new wall, which also annexes much of the village's
agricultural and other land, against the decision of the International
Court of Justice in The Hague – only this time with a seal of approval
from the judges in Jerusalem.

Their tower is down

23/06/2011

After nearly 7 years of demonstrations in Bilin and after more than four years since the high court decision to do so the Israeli army has finally began to dismantle the fence in Bilin. On June 22nd it dismantled the camera tower which was used to spy on the village and demonstrators.

tower down june 22 2011- activestills

Freedom Theater in Bilin

19/06/2011

bilin 17 june 2011

We fight for freedom & dignity Basem Tamimi's court statement

19/06/2011

This is a statement made by Basem tamimi to the soldier-judge who is deciding his case in Ofer Military court. As Joseph Dana reports the judge did not even allow him to finish his statement. Tamimi is one of the organizers of the popular resistance at his village of Nabi Saleh.

Basem Tamimi Ofer Military Court

Beit Umar Saturday demonstration report

11/06/2011

The weekly peaceful demonstration in Beit-Ummar set off as almost every week in the last few weeks outside the village on the walkway up to the agriculture zone near the settlement Carmei-Zur.In the march took part approx 15 Palestinians,

Biddu Farmers demand access to their lands

10/06/2011

The people of Biddu demonstrated against the army's prevention of farmers access to the land. The demonstration was joined by Israelis and internationals. This demonstration is one is a series of demonstrations started after the last Gaza war when the army toughened its policy and created further bureaucratic hurdles preventing farmers from accessing their lands.