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Ian H

Ian H

Pharaoh
Combatants for Peace has been best known over the last few years for its joint Memorial Day ceremony, hosted along with Parents Circle – Families Forum, where Israelis and Palestinians come together to mourn loved ones lost to the conflict. Due to the restrictions on Palestinians' entry into Israel, the event has been held in recent years in separate venues, livestreamed to each other. They hold a similar, and similarly novel, ceremony to commemorate Nakba Day.

The group also coordinates non-violent protests and participates in direct action, providing protective presence to Palestinians from settler attacks. In April, its Israeli and Palestinian activists were fired on by a settler in Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem.
[Haaretz]
 
C R

C R

Squire
Not very good news from the Eisenkot camp. Despite the Arab parties offering support, Eisenkot seems more interested in dealing with the loony end of the jewish parties.

As a representative of one of the Arab parties said on the BBC the other day, there will be a racist genocidal government or a racist apartheid government. :sad:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/08/gadi-eisenkot-netanyahu-allies-form-israel-government
 
Pblakeney

Pblakeney

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Ian H

Ian H

Pharaoh
Gaza has been experiencing an old-fashioned scorched-earth campaign reminiscent of the Nakba of 1948 and no different from the settler-colonial genocides of previous centuries. Much of it was carried out by artillery, tanks, sappers and bulldozers. The aerial campaign was so intense – the most intense on record – that its effects could equally have been achieved by carpet-bombing. [Eyal Weizman, LRB]
 
Pblakeney

Pblakeney

Shaman
C R said:
It is apparent to anyone with eyes that zionism  is racist.
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I cannot help but disagree with that statement, even if I agree with the point you are trying to make.
A religion is not a race. Zionism is religious discrimination.
Well, that’s my definition.
 
Ian H

Ian H

Pharaoh
Eisenkot says Netanyahu is unfit for office after 'delusional' speech against Arab parties

Israel's 26th Knesset was sworn in on Tuesday amid festivities and fanfare that ultimately erupted in heckling and clashes over the possible inclusion of Arab parties in the next government.

As Joint List leader Yousef Jabareen took the oath of office, declaring "I swear," Itamar Ben-Gvir interrupted, shouting, "swears allegiance to Hamas!" Later, when members of the Arab-led alliance left the Knesset chamber before the playing of Israel's national anthem, Likud lawmakers heckled them, shouting, "Why did the Arabs leave?" They also taunted members of the Eisenkot bloc, asking, "Where are your partners?"

Ahead of the ceremony, Jabareen said his party would "play on the offense" in the incoming Knesset to "block racism and persecution," vowing to protect his constituents. United Arab List leader Mansour Abbas, meanwhile, expressed his ambition to join the next government. "This is our basic right," he said. "We have condemned every act of terror."
[Haaretz]
 
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