From Peace Now in Israel: “Will we know how to leverage military gains into a strategic political move that can lead to regional peace? … [This] requires leadership that is not in love with war.”
It was extremely moving to hear letters written by Gazans which they sent to be read at the end of the march. …
They plead for people to recognize that they want none of this, that just as Israel’s current government does not represent us, hamas does not, did not, represent them… The people suffering did not do Oct. 7.
[H]ow can this iron fist, zero-sum policy lead to anything but tidal waves of rage, new generations of revenge seekers and increasing pariah status for Israel? …
Hamas can only truly be defanged through a horizon of hope for Israeli-Palestinian coexistence based on a two-state solution….
“We will not end this nightmare through vengeance. We will not build a future on each other’s graves.”
On May 9th, the “It’s Time” Peace Summit, backed by 60 Israeli and Palestinian peace organizations, was held in an all-day conference at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center, with 5,000 activists packing the building, and tens of thousands connected via social media.
May we all find a path toward freedom and an end to the violence. May this be the last time my people, and yours, must pay the cost of war and oppression with their lives.
This is a Cri de Coeur from Israel for the government to end this nightmare by completing the deal it originally signed to release the remaining hostages, currently abandoned and left to their torturous fate.
This is a report on recent activities of Israel’s Peace Now organization to oppose the Netanyahu government’s efforts to diplace Palestinians in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Its narrative focus is upon the evolving partnership and friendship of two filmmakers — one a villager and the other an Arabic-speaking Israeli journalist, who is readily accepted for who he is, a “Yahud” (Jew) who has come in solidarity.
This Israeli journalist was shocked by the police raid on the Educational Bookshop, a highly regarded institution in East Jerusalem, and the arrest of its owner and his nephew.
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