– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
– 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 […]
