Die Lage von palästinensischen Familien in Ostjerusalem, die von Räumungen bedroht sind, könnte sich entspannen. Laut einem Urteil dürfen die Bewohner:innen vorerst bleiben – so lange bis die Eigentumsrechte geprüft sind – ein Verfahren, daß sich lange hinziehen kann und damit prinzipiell Möglichkeiten für eine politische Regelung eröffnet… ob diese gewollt sein wird, muß sich zeigen.
Hier der Bericht von Benjamin Hammer, ARD-Studio Tel Aviv, auf tagesschau.de.
Mit dem Online-Programm aus Kunstausstellung, Dichterlesung, Film und Livestreams stellen wir Ihnen gleichzeitig Pierre Boulez Saal Online vor, unsere neue digitale Plattform. Alle Kundinnen und Kunden, die Karten für die Arabic Music Days erworben haben, erhalten für 15 Tage kostenlosen Zugang.
Zum fünften Mal laden die Arabic Music Days dazu ein, ein abwechslungsreiches Programm mit Instrumentalmusik, Gesang, bildender Kunst, Film und Dichtung aus dem arabischsprachigen Raum zu entdecken – analog und digital. Egal ob nah oder fern, wir freuen uns, wenn Sie weiterhin mit so viel Begeisterung dabei sind wie in den vergangenen Jahren.
Online Diskussion von Americans for Peace Now mit Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Hadar Susskind
Donnerstag, 24. Februar 2022- 19.00 Uhr – Thursday, February 24, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
A Very Brief Guide to Antisemitism
American Jewish organizations have been intensifying their efforts to fight antisemitism as hateful rhetoric proliferates worldwide.
Unfortunately, some of these groups are increasingly weaponizing the fight against antisemitism to quash legitimate criticism of Israeli policies and practices, violating free speech, and suppressing vital conversations regarding Israel’s imperfections.
T’ruah, the Rabbinic Call for Human Rights, and Americans for Peace Now are actively working, within America’s Jewish community and beyond, to fight that trend, to draw the line between antisemitism and legitimate criticism of Israel. T’ruah recently published a useful Very Brief Guide to Antisemitism to help better understand the phenomenon and to help tell the difference between legitimate criticism of Israel and anti-Israel attitudes that cross the line and constitute antisemitism. Join the CEOs of T’ruah and APN, Rabbi Jill Jacobs and Hadar Susskind, this Thursday, February 24th, at 1:00 pm EasternTime to discuss this troubling trend as well as their organizations’ response to it.
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
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory
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
