Israeli activists staged a “die-in” at the main railway station in Tel Aviv to protest the expulsion of African Asylum seekers to a “third country.” Recently, such expulsions have resulted in the killing of asylum seekers in Sudan, Libya and elsewhere. The activists are demanding to grant asylum seekers status and allow them to remain…
Jaffa-based activists welcome Samer al-‘Issawi, the former political prisoner and hunger striker, recently released from Israeli prison. ‘Issawi was received at the city’s historic clock tower square, where activists staged daily vigils calling for his release over an extended period of time. Update: during the summertime Israeli assault on Gaza, Samer Issawi was rearrested and…
The popular struggle coordination committee organized a series of actions stressing the fundamental right of Palestinians to worship in al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem. A group of Palestinian activists climbed the apartheid wall in the vicinity of Qalandiyah checkpoint, and using makeshift bridges traversed to the other side as a symbolic gesture, marking their protest…
Israeli activists staged a vigil in front of the US embassy in Tel Aviv, protesting American complicity in Israeli war crimes and the massacre in Gaza. Activists accused the US government of turning a blind eye to Israeli aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza strip, its silent acquiescence to the ongoing siege of Gaza and…
15 Israeli activists protested against the massacre in Gaza outside Hazor Air Force Base. The Base is where planes depart to bomb Gaza. More than 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza so far, the majority of whom civilians, including more than 200 children. The activists said: “Military violence, and the killing of Palestinian civilians,…
English subtitles can be found on the CC bottom on the video’s toolbar. 26/7/14 Activists of Jews Against Genocide (JAG) gathered in front of the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem for a memorial service for the increasing number of children killed during Israel ‘s current attack on the besieged people of Gaza. For more images…
Activists identified as “Jews against Genocide” staged another performance protest against the ongoing massacre in the Gaza strip. The activists chose the site of the Israeli Supreme Court, which is supposed to be the arbiter of justice. This act targets the Supreme Court as a site of injustice, or selective justice, for Jews only. So…
Following up on their action at Yad Vashem a few days ago, activists who identify as Jews_against_Genocide staged two more performance acts in Jerusalem, in front of the Kenesset (the Israeli parliament) and Hakirya military base in Tel Aviv, where the Israeli Defense ministry is located. In both locations activists poured ash on top on…
Activists staged a performative protest against the ongoing massacre in Gaza, perpetrated by Israel. So far, over 160 people are confirmed dead, most of whom are women, children and the elderly. This performative act of protest was staged at Yad Vashem, which is Israel’s site of commemoration for victims of the Nazi Holocaust. …
Days before the annual commemoration of Land Day, Jaffa-based activists left a graffiti on wall surrounding one of the city’s most notable buildings, known as the ‘green house.’ The graffiti reminds passers by that this used to be the home of Shaykh Ali before the Nakba (the catastrophe of 1948, when most Palestinians were forced…
