Die Friedrich Eberst Stiftung (Israel-Büro) hat den neuen Medienspiegel „Schlaglicht Israel“ veröffentlicht. Darin werden Schwerpunktthemen israelischer Politik in israelischen Tageszeitungen präsentiert. In der aktuellen Ausgabe für die Zeit vom 16. bis 31. Oktober 2021 geht es unter anderem um die Entscheidung Minister Gantz', sechs palästinensische NGO zu 'Terrororganisationen' zu erklären.
Kategorie: Innenpolitik Israel
Gemeinsame Erklärung von 24 israelischen Organisationen
Joint Statement: Draconian measure against human rights
Adalah |
Akevot Institute for Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Research |
B’Tselem |
Bimkom – Planners for Planning rights |
Breaking the Silence Combatants for Peace |
Emek Shaveh |
Gisha |
Hamoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual |
Haqel – In Defense of Human Rights |
Human Rights Defenders Fund |
Ir Amim |
Kav Laoved – Worker’s Hotline |
Kerem Navot |
Machsom Watch |
Mothers Against Violence |
Parents Against Child Detention |
Peace Now |
Physicians for Human Rights Israel |
Rabbis for Human Rights |
Standing together |
The Association for Civil Rights in Israel |
The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel |
Yesh Din |
Zazim – Community Action |
„The Minister of Defense’s designation of prominent Palestinian civil society organizations, among them our colleagues in the Palestinian human rights community, as terrorist organizations, is a draconian measure that criminalizes critical human rights work. Documentation, advocacy, and legal aid are fundamental activities for the protection of human rights worldwide.
Criminalizing such work is an act of cowardice, characteristic of repressive authoritarian regimes. Civil society and human rights defenders must be protected. We stand in solidarity with our Palestinian colleagues, and call on members of the Israeli government and the international community to oppose this decision unequivocally. “
The decision is a crude attempt to silence
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Online-Vortrag „Israel’s Impossible Coalition“
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Mittwoch, 27. Oktober 2021 – 19.00 Jerusalemer Zeit / 18.00 Berliner Zeit
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EDITORIAL: +972
The magazine stands with Palestinian rights groups under attack
Israel’s labeling of six Palestinian NGOs as ‚terrorists‘ aims to suppress those exposing and challenging apartheid. International actors must intervene
+972 Magazine stands firmly in solidarity with the six Palestinian NGOs recently declared “terrorist organizations” by the Israeli government.
The targeted groups — Al-Haq, Addameer, Bisan Center, Defense For Children International-Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees — are civil society leaders who are deeply committed to protecting the human rights of Palestinian communities suffering the brunt of Israel’s apartheid policies, including children, women, prisoners, farmers, and other vulnerable groups.
Israel’s decision to officially label these organizations as “terrorists” — opening the door to more severe legal, financial, and violent retribution — is nothing less than an authoritarian move aimed at crushing Palestinians’ ability to resist their oppression. It amounts to a direct attack on all Palestinian human rights defenders, on the communities they represent, and on the local and international publics’ right to information about the reality in the occupied territories.
As journalists who regularly rely on the professional work of these organizations, we cannot imagine having to report on developments on the ground without the access, data, and analyses these groups provide.
+972 rejects the criminalization of the six Palestinian NGOs and fully intends to continue working with them. We call on the international community to intervene and protect the organizations from Israel’s attacks, along with all human rights defenders and journalists targeted by Israel.
Aus dem heutigen Editorial von Haaretz
There is a straight line from defining the nonviolent struggle against the occupation as “diplomatic terror” and designating human rights groups as terrorist organizations. The literal meaning is clear: All resistance to the occupation is terror. Israel is undermining the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate struggle.
This is a boon to terrorist organizations and the use of violence. If all forms of resistance constitute terror, how can one resist the occupation without being a terrorist? It’s not clear what Gantz was thinking when he signed the order.
Is he, like Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked, flirting with an imaginary right-wing electorate, dreaming of the day he’ll be crowned to lead the right after Benjamin Netanyahu? Is it an attempt to counterbalance his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which gave him a leftist taint?
In any case, it’s indicative of complete confusion, which positions the so-called ‚change government‘ in the extreme right and turns the participation in it of leftist and centrist parties into a joke.
If this is the change the government is leading and these are its political colors, it’s not clear how its continued defense in the name of a fear of the alternative of another election can be justified. We can only hope that in the absence of internal resistance, the harsh U.S. reprimand and request for clarifications will end this shameful move.
Administrative Kriegsführung
Sechs palästinensische Menschenrechtsorganisationen per Verordnung zu terroristischen Organisationen erklärt
Benny Gantz, Verteidigungsminister der israelischen Regierung, die u.a. von Meretz, Labour und arabischen Parteien getragen wird, hat mit Wirkung vom 22. Oktober folgende sechs Organisationen
Defense for Children International-Palestine (statement):
Advocates for Palestinian children subject to a military court system with a 99.7% conviction rate & documents extrajudicial killings
Al Haq:
Leading human rights documentation and advocacy organization exposing Israel’s occupation since 1979
Addameer: Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association:
Supporting political prisoners, under occupation where about 1 in 5 people have been incarcerated
Union of Agricultural Work Committees:
Supports farmers resisting land grabs and other impacts of Israel’s settler colonialism on agriculture & livelihoods
Bisan Center for Research and Development:
Advocating for civil rights, human rights, and socio-economic rights.
Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees:
Feminist, progressive grassroots Palestinian organization.
nach israelischem Recht als terroristische Einrichtungen eingestuft. Danach steht auch die Werbung für solche Organistaionen unter Strafandrohung.
Aus dem US-amerikanischen Außenministerium heißt es:
„We’ll be engaging our Israelis partners for more information regarding the basis for these designations,“ State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said while noting that „the Israeli government did not give us advance warning.“
Hier erste Berichte: Human Rights Watch . The Nation . Haaretz (Paywall) . Times of Israel
5. Jahreskonferenz Mitvim
Future Pathways for Israel’s Foreign Policy
Join the 5th Annual Conference of the Mitvim Institute
In cooperation with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Featuring experts, government officials and politicians.
25 October 2021, 16:30 Israel time (15:30 CET, 09:30 EDT) Via Zoom;
In Hebrew, with simultaneous translation into English | To register, click here
Im Gespräch: BTselem
Hagai El-Ad, Direktor von B’Tselem – Donnerstag, 4. November 2021, 19.30 MEZ
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84684947814?pwd=b3RHU0xpV1cweXJPdzJPV1VWb1hSdz09
Herzlich eingeladen von Dr. Tobias Kriener (Coordinator of Studies, Nes Ammim | diAk-Mitglied), der auch durch die englischsprachige Begegnung begleitet
Hat der Regierungswechsel in Israel zu einer Verbesserung der Menschenrechtssituation in den besetzten Gebieten geführt?
Die Ablösung von Benjamin Netanjahu als Israelischer Premierminister nach zwei quälenden Jahren mit vier Knessetwahlen hat bei vielen liberalen und linken Israelis Erleichterung ausgelöst. Die neue Regierung – vielfach als ‚Regierung des Wandels‘ bezeichnet – ist allerdings bekanntermaßen ideologisch äußerst gegensätzlich, so daß beispielsweise ein neuer Versuch zu einer Verhandlungslösung mit den Palästinensern nicht auf der Tagesordnung steht – so sagte es erst kürzlich ausdrücklich der neue Premierminister Naftali Bennet u.a. vor der Vollversammlung der VN.
Aber hat sich möglichweise in der Behandlung der Palästinenser in den besetzten Gebieten etwas geändert? Hat sich die Menschenrechtssituation verbessert?
Dazu wird der Direktor der bedeutendsten israelischen Menschenrechtsorganisation B’Tselem, Hagai El-Ad, referieren und ins Gespräch kommen.
Symbol E1
Peace Now und Ir Amim rufen im Vorfeld der Anhörung zur weiteren Planung und Ausbau des Siedlungsprojektes am 18. OKtober 2021 zum Protest auf.
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