Friday, May 8 2009Action in al-BuweraOur group of close to 40 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals arrived at the al-Buwera neighborhood in the outskirts of Palestinian Hebron, where settlers have recently built a new illegal outpost. Our goal was to build a shack of our own on the premise as a youth peace center. When we arrived, in addition to the settlers there were also approximately 40 people that were taking part in a tour organized by the Mount Hebron Council. The settlers and tour group tried repeatedly to prevent us from erecting our structure while ...
The lives & livelihood of 3.5 million Palestinians in occupied Palestine are subordinated to Israeli interests for more than 40 years.
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Through concrete non-violent actions of solidarity and resistance,
Ta'ayush is there with them to stand up for their rights, end the
occupation and achieve full civil equality for all.
PRESSING ISSUES Help us in our struggle against the take-over by settlers of Palestinian houses in Sheikh Jarrah!For several months Ta’ayush is involved, together with other organisations, in the struggle against the take-over by settlers of Palestinian houses in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah and other areas of Eastern Jerusalem.
Our activities in the neighbourhood take two main forms:
1. Weekly demonstrations which have been taking place for several weeks and help to bring to the Israeli, Palestinian and international media the disgraceful happenings in Sheikh Jarrah.
The Israeli police, it appears, is not especially concerned with the Palestinians’ right of protest and is inclined not to allow the transfer ...more...Support Neve Gordon!On August 20 2009, Neve Gordon, the chair of the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University (BGU) and a long-time Ta’ayush activist, published an op-ed piece in the LA Times. In his piece, Gordon has called Israel an Apartheid state and voiced his support for the BDS campaign as the only means of saving Israel from itself. The response was a firestorm. BGU’s president, Prof. Rivka Carmi, personally led the attack against Neve: she threatened to fire him, said he is “welcome to consider another professional and personal ...more...
