2014: A year in photos

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…

Action against the Massacre in Gaza

Israeli activists staged another performative protest in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tel Aviv, burning “blood-stained” dolls, symbolizing the ongoing massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. The Egyptian military regime, headed by al-Sisi, is complicit in the ongoing siege and killing of Gazans by colluding with Israel’s Netanyahu and by insisting on keeping the Rafah…

Action against the Massacre in Gaza

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…

Demonstration against the ongoing Massacre in Gaza

Jaffa-based activists, Palestinian and Jews alike, staged a protest in the city’s “Gazan Park” to commemorate the Palestinians who were killed in Gaza by the IDF and protest the ongoing massacre. Holding torches, protesters chanted against the occupation of Palestine and the massacre.                        …

Jaffa Rally against the ongoing Massacre in Gaza

Palestinian residents of Jaffa, led by the Islamic movement, staged a rally in the city’s “Gazan Park” to commemorate the hundreds of Palestinians who were killed in the past two weeks in the Gaza strip by Israel. Demonstrators held a prayer service, and protested the high death toll, in particular of children and women. Elsewhere…

Direct Actions against the massacre in Gaza

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…