– from Democracy Now! – 7/5/2024 This article was originally published on democracynow.org and is shared here in accordance with Creative Commons licensure. It is a transcript of a live report by journalist Akram al-Satarri in Rafah and discusses the recent invasion of the city by the Israeli military and the blocking of humanitarian aid […]
– by Martin Wein – 30/4/2024 It’s now eight decades since the Shoah and nearly the same after the First Nakba of 1948. The Shoah has been the textbook case of genocide, and the most documented and well-researched case — although probably not the largest, even if we add the millions of Christian victims, specifically […]
– by Itamar Shapira – 21/4/2024 Hello, Itamar Shapira here. I am from Haifa, an anti-occupation/war/apartheid activist, a student and a political tour guide. I am also a testifier with the collective AniSiravti (“I refused” in Hebrew), a new initiative of past reserve refusers. We publish testimonies of past and present soldiers who declare their […]
– by Sharon Zhang – 5/4/2024 This article by Sharon Zhang was originally published in Truthout and republished here with permission. Erez Bleicher, the Advocacy and Membership Director of the Green Olive Collective, contributed reporting for this story. Protesters gathered outside of the U.S. embassies in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Friday to demand an end to the […]
– by Martin Wein – 28/3/2024 This article by Martin Wein was originally published in The Times Of Israel and published with the permission of the author. It discusses the unrealistically low representation of the death toll in the official records of both Hamas and Israel, and the reasons for their misrepresentations. Hamas death counts […]
– by Erez Bleicher – 3/3/2024 On Friday, December 22nd I helped organize a public memorial as part of a coalition of solidarity activists based in Israel/Palestine whose members were personally grieving Gazan friends and colleagues murdered in recent airstrikes. We were heartbroken and determined to insist that occupation can only bring despair, and that the only […]
We condemn the attacks, atrocities, and violence being perpetrated against civilians both in the Negev and in the Gaza Strip. Here is a list of demonstrations, mobilizations, and collective actions scheduled for the coming days against collective punishment in Gaza. The Green Olive Collective may not agree with the positions and messaging of every coordinating […]
Here is a list of trusted organizations whose work should be uplifted in the wake of the immense suffering taking place and the escalating violence in Israel and Palestine. We compiled a list of humanitarian aid organizations in Gaza not because the victims in the Negev are unworthy of aid and solidarity, but because in […]
– by Erez Bleicher – 24/9/2023 This is a short reflection from Erez Bleicher, the Communications and Membership Director of the Green Olive Collective, written in 2019 as he walked through the streets of Jerusalem on Yom Kippur. The holiday is often referred to as the Day of Atonement and is one of the most […]
– by Imad Abu Hawash – 30/8/2023 The Green Olive Collective recently joined an annual visit to the village of Umm Al Khair in the South Hebron Hills during the honey harvest. The village built a honey bee farm in 2018. Last year residents of the adjoining settlement Carmel complained to the army that the […]
– by Laura Saunders – 25/6/2023 This reflection highlights the nonviolent resistance of the village of Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills and discusses the importance of the Tuwani Dairy Factory. It was first published in Laura’s blog “Thyme For Peace” and sheds light on her experiences in the South Hebron Hills with the Center […]
– by Maya Rosen – 9/9/2021 This article was originally published in Jewish Currents and is shared here with the permission of the author. Following the recent uptick in settler attacks and Palestinian home evictions, we thought it would be timely to share this piece discussing such violence from a Jewish religious and ethical perspective. It […]
