We know that only Palestinians and Jews together can build a different reality here. Only together we can struggle for, and achieve, a reality of real justice and peace for every single person. (3/3)
Jews and Palestinians gathered in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, Be’er Sheva, Nazareth and more locations to commemorate – together, in community – the lives that were taken. Space for shared grief is important and so is space for a shared fight. (2/3)
Image of a man and a woman speaking with microphones on a stage with a projector behind them reading “We are the day after” in Hebrew and Arabic
Yesterday we held over 30 screenings of the Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day ceremony hosted by the Parents Circle – Families Forum and Combatants for Peace at our community spaces, our Purple Houses, and other spaces across the country. (1/3)
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We will not be silenced in the face of settler terror in the West Bank and our government’s endless war! We will not stop fighting! All of us have a role to play in building the power to end the occupation and actually creating a future of safety and freedom for everyone here. (2/2)
Jed is an activist in our Tel Aviv chapter who was briefly arrested at our protest against settler violence on Thursday after he tried to stop a counter-protester from harassing a participant. (1/2)
If we are serious about ending the horror of children assaulted in raids, families attacked in their homes, and villages set on fire, then we have to understand: this will not stop on its own – it will only end when the occupation ends – and all of us can join the fight to end it. (4/4)
This is not rare, and it is not shocking to those living under it; it is the reality of the occupation: where children are mistreated, homes are invaded, and entire communities are left with no protection from daily threats. (3/4)
Israeli settlers and soldiers move together from village to village, storming homes, terrorizing families, and turning the most basic moments of life into scenes of humiliation, violence, and fear that no one should ever have to accept. (2/4
This is a glimpse of what Palestinians across the West Bank have endured in just the past days:
(1/4)
Together we, Jewish and Palestinian activists, said no to expulsion, no to home demolitions! This reality of ethnic cleansing must end. (4/4)
For years, residents of al-Bustan have faced demolitions, legal pressure, and policies designed to remove them – and still, they continue to fight, holding on to their homes and their right to live with dignity. (3/4)
The court did not stop the demolitions. It did not protect the families. It only offered limited, temporary delays and some homes may be demolished almost immediately. That means hundreds of families are still living with the same fear, knowing this system is preparing to force them out. (2/4)
On Tuesday, we stood with the residents of al-Bustan in Silwan, outside the District Court in Jerusalem as they fight to remain in their homes. Once again, Palestinian families are dragged into court just to defend their right to continue living in homes they’ve lived in for generations. (1/4)
In Jewish tradition, remembering is a foundational value, but remembering alone is not enough. On this Holocaust Remembrance Day, let us all commit to act, to fight for justice, equality, safety, and the sanctity of human life, everywhere. (6/6)
Even in the darkest of times we have the power to refuse racism, dehumanization, and destruction. Even in the darkest of times we have the power to believe in solidarity, partnership, and our own human agency. (5/6)
What did it take to stand against the Nazi regime, responsible for the deaths of millions of human beings? What does it take to stand against oppression and subjugation today? (4/6)
The Holocaust was not a moral lesson, but there are things we can understand from it. One of them is the bravery of the people, Jewish and not, who stood up to darkness and dared to imagine that a different reality was possible, and that they should act to create it. (3/6)
While we commemorate this staggering loss of human life and the dangers of antisemitism and fascism, we are also remembering the resistance, the people who risked everything to struggle for life and freedom for themselves and for others. (2/6)
Today is Yom HaZikaron laShoah ve-laG’vurah, or Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day, when we remember the 6 million Jews and millions of other individuals whose lives were taken in the Holocaust. (1/6)
What did it take to stand against the Nazi regime, responsible for the deaths of millions of human beings? What does it take to stand against oppression and subjugation today? (4/6)
The Holocaust was not a moral lesson, but there are things we can understand from it. One of them is the bravery of the people, Jewish and not, who stood up to darkness and dared to imagine that a different reality was possible, and that they should act to create it. (3/6)
While we commemorate this staggering loss of human life and the dangers of antisemitism and fascism, we are also remembering the resistance, the people who risked everything to struggle for life and freedom for themselves and for others. (2/6)
We will not be silent about this reality or about what we deserve. We need to end this bloodshed and build the political power to achieve real freedom and safety for all of us here, Palestinians and Jews.
Our student activists at Sapir College, like at other universities across the country, plastered posters against our government’s forever war across their campus to send a clear message: End the forever war! (1/2)
We deserve life and we deserve a government that actually looks out for all of us here, Jews and Palestinians. And we won’t stop fighting to build a new majority to get there. This is our plan, and neither the government or Ben-Gvir’s politicized police force can stop us. (3/3)
Because all this extremist government can offer us, and all it needs to hold onto power, is death and destruction. But we’re building the alternative every single day through grassroots power and Jewish-Palestinian solidarity. (2/3)
Protester arrested yesterday with sign reading: “We deserve a government that isn’t afraid of peace.”
This government is afraid of our fight for our future. It’s afraid of a people’s fight for safety and freedom in our homeland and it’s afraid of our power when we’re organized. (1/3)
@alonlee.bsky.social & the @standing-together.bsky.social folks have shown incredible courage in the face of ongoing brutality.
The fact that they haven't given up & persist w/ their vision of a homeland where all can live peacefully is incredibly inspiring.
I have such respect & gratitude for them.
