– 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 […]
