Final Declaration: The Second Right of Return and Just Peace Conference in Nazareth

Ilan Pappe
16-18 Dec. 2005

Hundreds of Palestinians and Jewish activists gathered in Nazareth for a three days conference on the Palestinian Right of Return. The first day, overshadowed by Israeli authorities' refusal to allow Qasim Qasim, a representative of the refugees network in Europe, to enter the country and participate in the conference. Participants could listen to Qasim's speech through a phone call. Other participants came from the occupied territories and the exilic communities around the world. Discussions on the second day produced the following declaration. The third day is dedicated to visits to the destroyed villages of Palestine.

Israeli Action Committee for the Palestinian Prisoners and Detainees
31 Aug. 2005

To change routine denial of parole to long-serving Palestinian 'security prisoners,' commutie the sentences of long-serving prisoners including those holding Israeli citizenship, equate the conditions of incarceration of those classified as 'security prisoners,' equating them to those of other prisoners.

action:
Recreating the Children's Theatre of Jenin Refugee Camp

“Arna Free Theatre” association
24 Aug. 2005

Press Release: Friends and colleagues of Arna, community leaders in Jenin Refugee Camp, and the local staff of a child rehabilitation centre are recreating Arna’s children theatre in Jenin in order to educate, encourage, and empower the children; that is: to provide them with a “real” childhood, with creative means of expressing themselves, with some light and hope.

solidarity:
International Campaign to Free Tali Fahima

The Committee for the immediate release of Tali Fahima
Alternative Information Center
24 Jun. 2005

On Sunday, July 17th, Tali Fahima's trial sessions will be continued. On this occasion, we are calling on all solidarity movements around the world to join us and let the people of the world and the State of Israel know that the persecution and unjust incarceration of the woman who represents hope for a future of friendship and commonality between Palestinians and Israelis will not pass unnoted

special coverage: Interview with Tali Fahima, Letter: Camp Residents Send Love, Support Petition, Daphna Baram: Why Rebels Must Be Middle Class, Lin Dovrat: Who Is Afraid of Tali Fahima?

Third Batch of High-School Refuseniks Ask for Your Help
High-School Refuseniks
18 Mar. 2005

A week ago, on Monday the 13th of March, more than 250 Israeli high-school students sent a letter to the Prime-minister, the Minister of Defense, the Minister of Education and the Military Chief of Staff, declaring that they will refuse to take part in the occupation of the Palestinian people and territories.

also in: Spanish

document:
Interview  with Tali Fahima

Rona Segal, Ha'Ir Magazine
English: oznik.com
6 Oct. 2004

In September 2003 a young Israeli woman visited Jenin refugee camp and met with Zakariye Zbeide, leader of Fateh militants in the camp. Another visit to Jenin, and the dangerous words she spoke have landed her, almost a year later, in an Israeli prison, under administrative arrest (read: without a trial). In the following interview, published in Ha'Ir magazine in February 2004, Fahima narrates her experience.

censoreship:
Michelin Guides Try to Outlaw Israel-Critical Spoof

Shimon Tzabar
Updated 19 Oct. 2004

Satirical pamphlet titled "Much Better than the Official Michelin Guide to Isreli Prisons, Jails, Concentration Camps and Toture Chambers," is taken to court. We bring you an excerpt from the guide, and the letter of defense submitted to the British High Court in London.

El-Nakba never stops
David Shulman
15 May. Nakba Day 2004

As the governmet was working on creating a new wave of (2nd and 3rd time) refugees in Gaza, some activists visited a West Bank site of earlier, as well as ongoing destruction of indigenous life. Report, and useful links

Vanunu Free at Last
Rachel Leah Jones
21 Apr. 2004

Proud of having exposed Israel's nuclear arsenal, of having withstood 18 years of prison (of them 12 years in solitary confinement), Mordechai Vaanunu walked out today, and called for complete nuclear disarmament of the middle east . Fillmmaker Rachel Jones reports from outside the prison gates

Microsoft Sponsors
Israeli Military Radio
Oz Shelach
26 March, 2004

A letter to Microsoft executives, asking them to terminate company sponsorship of the IDF's radio station.

Call for Action:
Living in the Shadow of Death, Gays Between Fundamentalism and Occupation
Neve Gordon
27 Nov 2003, Jerusalem

The police officer shoved the Palestinian into the patrol car. “This time,” he said, “we are going to take care of you; I will personally make sure that you are sent back to where you came from.” For Fuad Moussa, a 27-year-old gay man who grew up in Ramallah, these words amounted to a death sentence.

Document: "Some of us have lived through 1939", email exchange between the American Physical Society, and Dr. Daniel Amit
posted 12 May 2003

Israeli Chief of Staff Ye'elon Blames Palestinians for Peace Worker Killings by the Army
16 Apr. 2003
Transcript from interview to Israeli Military Radio (Galey Tzahal)

South Hebron Mountains: For Trying to Plow Their Land
3 Feb. 2003
Neve Gordon and Catherine Rottenberg   

The Return of the Gas Mask: Training Civilians for War on Iraq
1 Feb. 2003
oznik-news  

International Solidarity:Canadian Human Rights Activist Kidnapped by Undercover Israeli Forces in West Jerusalem
8 Jan. 2003, West Jerusalem
Neta Golan

action report: Christmas Eve In Bethlehem
27 Dec. 2002
Neve Gordon

Haaretz's Double Standard: ommissions from the Egnlish edition
oznik-news
12 Dec. 2002

Student Walk-Out NYC: Traffic Blocked, Union Sq. Overflow
20 Nov. 2002
oznik-news

Not In Our Name: Thousands On Central Park's East Meadow
6 Oct. 2002
oznik-news

Shministim Letter to Sharon: 215 Israeli Youths Pledge to Refuse the Occupation
17 Sep. 2002
oznik-news