– 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 Erez Bleicher – 5/7/2023 Last week an international coalition hosted salon events in over 10 cities and at least five countries around the world in opposition to the slated eviction of twelve Palestinian villages in Firing Zone 918 in the occupied West Bank. Events were held in London, Venice, Edinburgh, Toronto, Chicago, Atlanta, […]
– by Erez Bleicher – 7/5/2023 I was hosted this past Friday in the occupied South Hebron Hills for the first of what will be monthly solidarity visits jointly organized by the Green Olive Collective and All That’s Left. These solidarity work days are an opportunity to stand in solidarity with Palestinian villages and materially […]
– collated by Erez Bleicher – 19/1/2023 Two weeks ago Green Olive tour guide Itamar Shapira was detained by Israeli Border Police in an incident that is emblematic of the current political moment and the broader trajectory of state policy in Israel. He was detained while leading a tour group through the Old City of Jerusalem […]
– by Erez Bleicher – Israeli military authorities are continuing to develop the legal architecture of occupation into an ever more refined system of segregation. The occupation has always been a system predicated on the separation of people from land, olive trees from farmers, sheep from pastures, and families from homes. The Israeli army has […]
