Ein Podcast der Times of Israel (From The Hartman Institute | Sponsored)
Solidarity With Victims of Settler Violence
Aus einem Mailing des NIF / New Israel Fund
More than 400 activists took part in a tree planting event in the Palestinian village of Burin near Nablus in the West Bank earlier this month to demonstrate solidarity with local Palestinians and human rights activists. The event was organized by Rabbis for Human Rights and funded by a New Israel Fund emergency grant.
Only two weeks earlier, settlers from the nearby illegal outpost of Givat Ronen attacked Rabbis for Human Rights activists in Burin. Unfortunately, this violence is nothing new. For years, Jewish settlers have targeted this area, frequently rampaging through the hillsides, burning and uprooting the olive trees of local farmers.
Rabbis for Human Rights Executive Director Avi Dabush said, “This picture of hundreds of Israelis, including those injured by Jewish terrorists returning to the scene of the attack two weeks after it occurred, represents a significant victory. We declared that we will not give in to violence and that we will return to the field to stand in solidarity with Palestinian olive farmers against those who regularly attack them. And that is what we did.”
Other organizations who took part in the rally included Mothers Against Violence, Zazim — Community Action, Combatants for Peace, Mehazkim – Fighting for a Progressive Israel, MachsomWatch, Omdim Beyachad (Standing Together), Breaking the Silence, Peace Now, and Torat Tzedek – Torah of Justice.
Zazim said, “Our community has rallied for the cause and we arrive here this morning to demonstrate that our answer to violence and hatred is partnership. They uproot and we plant until the occupation ends.”
Statement of the Humanitarian Country Team
on the imminent eviction of the Salem Family in Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem
Joint Statement
Jerusalem, 18 February 2022
Today, representatives of the Humanitarian Country Team in Palestine, comprising United Nations Agencies and international and Palestinian NGOs, met with the Salem family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The family of 12, including six children and the elderly mother, Fatima Salem – all of whom are Palestine refugees – faces eviction during March from their family home of 70 years.
The announcement of the scheduled eviction has recently raised tension in the Jerusalem neighbourhood, with clashes involving Palestinian residents, Israeli settlers, and Israeli Security Forces resulting in property damage, multiple injuries and arrests, including the arrest of eight children since Friday 11 February. The Salem family itself and their neighbours have been subject to attacks with pepper spray and stones resulting in injury and property damage.
The Salem family is one of 218 Palestinian families, comprising 970 individuals, including 424 children, living in East Jerusalem, mainly in the neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah and Silwan, that are currently facing the threat of forced eviction by the Israeli authorities.
The United Nations has repeatedly called for a halt to forced evictions and demolitions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem: under international humanitarian law, forcible transfers of protected persons by the occupying power are forbidden regardless of their motive.
Active steps must be taken to de-escalate the situation before another crisis erupts; we urge all political and community leaders to refrain from provocative action and rhetoric. Israeli authorities must take steps to ensure the protection of civilians, including Palestine refugees.
For more information, please contact Ofir Feuerstein at feuerstein@un.org
Ein Beitrag zur Debatte um den Amnesty-Bericht von Saba-Nur Cheema (Frankfurt/M.):
„Alle Welt redet über Antisemitismus und Apartheid. Nur die palästinensische Seite nicht. Warum?“
Frankfurter Rundschau (10. Februar 2022)
Zoom-Podiumsdiskussion mit der Filmemacherin Ofra Bloch | (Mit Entgelt)
Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch forces herself to confront her personal demons in a journey that takes her to Germany, Israel and Palestine. Set against the current wave of fascism and anti-Semitism sweeping the globe, AFTERWARD delves into the secret wounds carried by victims as well as victimizers, through testimonies ranging from the horrifying to the hopeful. Seen as a victim in Germany and a perpetrator in Palestine, Bloch faces those she was raised to hate as she searches to understand the identity-making narratives of the Holocaust and the Nakba, violent and non-violent resistance, and the possibility of reconciliation. The film points towards a future – an “afterward” – that attempts to live with the truths of history in order to make sense of the present.
Es kostet ca 12 EUR entsprechend einer Kino-Karte, dafür gibts den Film drei Tage vorher zum Anschauen, um dann die Podiumsdiskussion zu verfolgen.
Hier ist der Link zum Anmelden:
https://stillpoint.org/event/afterward-international-film-screening-and-panel-tickets-254764285837
An der Podiumsdiskussion nehmen teil:
Bassam Aramin lives in Jericho in the West Bank. At the age of 17, he was incarcerated and spent 7 years in an Israeli jail. He is the former Palestinian Co-director of the Parents Circle – Families Forum.
Thomas Casagrande, Dr. phil., teacher and political scientist. He published books on the history of “Volksdeutsche” in the Waffen-SS.
>> https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Casagrande
Pamela Cohn is a film curator, nonfiction story consultant, and writer. Learn more about Pamela:
>> http://www.pamelacohn.com/
Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. He works as a lecturer at the International Psychoanalytic University – IPU, Berlin and in private practice.
>> http://berlinpsychoanalyst.com/about/
In all dem, was vielen nicht möglich zu sein scheint, ist doch manches möglich…
Ein Bericht von Sarah J. Hoffmann auf Qantara über Sameh Zakout und Uriya Rosenman
Ein lesens- und bedenkswerter Kommentar von Akiva Eldar bei Haaretz (9. Februar 2022)
Opinion:
Oder totgeglaubte? Holy Land Confederation …
Yossi Beilin und Hiba Husseini stellen in Washington (sic) ihre Überlegungen für eine Friedensperspektive der Öffentlichkeit vor
Haaretz | Andere Berichte
A new plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that proposes the creation of a confederation instead of relying exclusively on a two-state solution, and would allow West Bank settlers to remain in their homes, is being presented to Biden administration officials and the United Nations this week.
The proposal for a “Holy Land Confederation” is a 100-page document that was been crafted over the past two years by Yossi Beilin, one of the architects of the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s, together with Palestinian attorney and veteran peace negotiator Hiba Husseini. Along with a small team of Israeli and Palestinian advisers, they met regularly over Zoom during the pandemic to craft their plan.
The effort was underwritten by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, a German organization associated with the Social Democratic party.
Thirsty for Life: Water Rights for Palestinians in Area C | Dienstag, 8. Februar 22
1:00 PM to 2:00 PM ET – Register – Berlin Time: 7:00 PM – 19:00-20.00 Uhr
As Combatants for Peace continues to campaign for water rights across Occupied Palestine, we’re excited to bring you an update from the activists doing the difficult work on the ground. Moderated by Combatants for Peace leader Avner Wishnitzer, this discussion will focus on ongoing policies aimed at depriving Palestinian communities across Area C of water, with the goal of driving them off their land – and will highlight how we are working to protect these communities.
We’ll be joined by Nada Majdalani, the Palestine Director of EcoPeace Middle East, as well as Dror Etkes, Founder of Kerem Navot, CfP Activist Adam Al-Herani, and local resident Fatma Noajaa.
Geht es um Inhalt oder um das Etikett?
In der Debatte um den aktuellen Bericht von amnesty international zur Situation in Israel-Palästina schlagen (gerade in Deutschland) die Wellen wieder einmal hoch. Signalworte stoßen bekannte Reaktionen an, der Inhalt des Berichts gerät dabei fast aus dem Blick.
Hanno Hauenstein in der Berliner Zeitung versucht eine sachlich-differenzierende Einordung.
Der Bericht (englisches Original) selbst kann hier heruntergeladen werden, hier die Einordung von ai Deutschland (geänderte Fassung).
