Yahav Zohar / March 2026 Israelis whose work is not considered “vital” were mostly at home for the first days of this war. Like the first days of the pandemic, it was a good time to tend one’s home and garden, clean out drawers and closets, and catch up on correspondence. By now, day 11, […]
As missiles, drones, rockets, ballistics, and counter-ballistics collide in the skies above us, we stand united against this war of aggression. Like all those living in the region or observing it with any attention, members of the Green Olive Collective know that bombing is not the way democracy, stability, justice, or collective freedom are built. […]
– By Fred Schlomka & Yahav Zohar – First published in the Shetland Times – 28th November 2025 – The article was written is support of the campaign to persuade the Shetland Island Council to divest from Israel. – What is this Israel/Gaza ‘ceasefire’? It is a mechanism that has allowed Israel to maintain the […]
by Yahav Zohar – October 11th, 2025 – A city was destroyed. In fact, several cities were. First there were bombs and missiles from the air, high rise apartment buildings collapsed and the people buried within. Finally it was armored bulldozers and unmanned ‘suicide’ APC’s collapsing what remained. Like the Roman army ploughing Jerusalem flat […]
GENEVA – September 16th, 2025 — UN experts* today warned of the severe economic emergency and catastrophic harm to human rights stemming from Israel’s attacks on the Gaza strip and its wider financial stranglehold across the occupied Palestinian territory. “Economic life in Gaza has been decimated by sheer physical destruction, blockade and siege, and repeated […]
– Yahav Zohar – September 2nd, 2025 – Did you hear about the graffiti sprayed on the Western Wall? It made the news in a small wayalmost a month ago. Some outlets even showed the photo, Hebrew letters on the ancientstones יש שואה בעזה “There is a shoa (holocaust) in Gaza”. Earlier that evening, the […]
– Hani Qarmoot, Gaza – August 23rd, 2025 –Israel has blocked the transfer of currency into Gaza; the result is catastrophic. – You try to buy a kilo of flour in Gaza. You open your wallet; what’s inside? A faded 10-shekel note, barely held together by a strip of tape. No one wants it – […]
” It’s clear that Netanyahu’s ‘messianic fantasy’ is full control of the territory. Staying silent is complicity”
Originally published by Al-Shabaka, The Palestine Policy Network. – Yara Asi,Tariq Kenney-Shawa· August 5th, 2025 – Published under creative commons – In March, Israel shattered the ceasefire in Gaza by resuming its bombing campaign at full force and enforcing a total blockade on humanitarian aid—ushering in a new phase of the ongoing genocide. In response to […]
– Truthout – 1/4/2025 This article by Mike Ludwig and was originally published by Truthout and republished here in accordance with licensing regulation. It discusses a vote in the U.S. Senate to block the Trump administration from selling an additional $8.8 billion in certain bombs and weapons to Israel. Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Thursday that he […]
– 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 […]
– by Martin Wein – 23/6/2024 This is not 1938. It’s 2024. Since 1938, historical events have been called the 1938 equivalent, specifically in Israel. The year 1938 is usually a reference to the Munich Agreement, in which Western powers tried to “appease” Hitler and allowed for the breakup of Czechoslovakia, leading up to WWII. It is […]
