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They Cancelled Christmas in Bethlehem

– by Fred Schlomka – 17/12/2024 It is only a 12-mile cycle ride from Jerusalem to Bethlehem but it is a world apart from modern-day Israel, where, despite the ongoing killings and displacement in Gaza and the West Bank, Jerusalem’s Jewish residents bustle through the city, going to work, shopping in well-stocked supermarkets, and picnicking […]

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From Attack Dogs to Prison Time, this is How Israel is Trying to Thwart My Activism

– by Sami Hureini – 6/11/2024  This article was first published in +972 and we share it here with their permission. Members of the Green Olive Collective have worked with activists in Tuwani for many years, and attended the same nonviolent demonstration in 2021 that resulted in his current military court trials and unjust arrest. We stand […]

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Between Worlds: From Scotland To Israel/Palestine

– by Fred Schlomka – 6/11/2024 After some time abroad, Green Olive Collective’s Fred Schlomka reflects on Israel/Palestine, and the the political fragmentation and dissonances he encounters in this time of ongoing catastrophe and reckoning. It’s a challenging journey. Arriving back in Israel/Palestine after some time abroad is always a shift of gears. My route […]

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Democrats Call for Independent US Probe Into Israel’s Killing of Aysenur Eygi

– by Sharon Zhang – 19/9/2024 This article by Sharon Zhang was originally published by Truthout and republished here in accordance with licensing regulation. It discusses the recent killing of solidarity activist Aysenur Eygi by Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank and the Biden administration’s refusal to conduct an independent investigation into the death of it’s […]

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After Expulsion by Settlers, Palestinians Embrace Precarious Return to Zanuta

– by Hamdan Ballal Al-Huraini – 9/9/2024 This article was first published in +972 and we are grateful to share it here with the permission of the author. Hamdan is an activist and community advocate from Masafer Yatta in Area C of the occupied West Bank. Here he discusses the joy of the residents of Zanuta after returning […]

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DNC Tells Uncommitted Delegates There Won’t Be Any Pro-Palestinian Speaker

– by Chris Walker – 22/8/2024 This article by Chris Walker was originally published by Truthout and republished here in accordance with licensing regulation. It discusses the demand of the Uncommitted Movement to include a Palestinian speaker at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, and the betrayal many feel the the demand was not met as weapons […]

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Israeli Settlers Rampage in West Bank Town, Killing 1 and Setting Houses Aflame

– by Sharon Zhang – 16/8/2024 This article by Sharon Zhang was originally published by Truthout and republished here in accordance with licensing regulation. It discusses the unprecedented escalation of state violence in the West Bank and the recent mob settler attack in the village of Jatta in the northern West Bank. Dozens of masked and armed […]

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Rulings Don’t Rebuild Houses: The ICJ Ruling Impacts on the Front Lines of the West Bank

– by Anna Lippman – 5/8/2024  This article was first published in Rabble and we are grateful to share it here with the permission of the author. In this article Anna Lippman shares her eyewitness account of life in Palestine’s West Bank as residents face increasing harassment from illegal Israeli settlers. The breaking news alert chimes on my […]

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In the West Bank Village of Burin, Kites Are a Form of Resistance

– by Anna Lippman – 29/7/2024  This article was first published in Mondoweiss and we are grateful to share it here with the permission of the author. Anna Lippman recently attended the Burin Kite Festival, a multi-day festival of Palestinian culture, livelihood, and resilience in the face of military occupation. Members of the Green olive Collective were […]

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In Umm al-Khair, the Occupation is Damning Us to Multigenerational Trauma

– by Awdah Hathaleen – 22/7/2024 This article was first published in +972 and we are grateful to share it here with the permission of the author. Awdah is an activist and community advocate from the village of Um al-Khair in Area C of the occupied West Bank. Here he discusses the long term effects of the unprecedented […]

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“Peace, Not NATO”: As Biden Hosts Leaders in D.C., German MP Decries NATO’s 75 Years of War & Hypocrisy

– from Democracy Now! – 11/7/2024 This article was originally published on Democracy Now! and is shared here in accordance with Creative Commons licensure. It is a transcript of a live interview with German lawmaker Sevim Dağdelen in advance of a three-day NATO summit in Washington, D.C. that President Biden is hosting with heads of government from NATO member […]

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Suez Canal to Jaffa Oranges: Jaffa Institute Founded

– by Martin Wein – 4/7/2024   June 13, 2024 was a “historic day” for the freedom of speech in the Holy Land. In Israel, Channel 13 received a new, presumably regime-loyal CEO, likely ending any critical TV coverage. This piece of news was important enough to be debated in a Haaretz editorial the week after. However, on the same […]

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