Israel-Palestine: Peace is unescapable According to Rami Elhanan and Bassam Aramin | |
Rami Elhanan is an Israeli Jew, Bassam Aramin a West Bank Palestinian. Each of them lost his daughter by an act of war violence. They met, sympathized, founded the Fighters for Peace, became friends. In his masterful work, Apeirogon, Colum McCann gives them the floor.
Rami Elhanan:
One state, two states, for now it doesn’t matter - we end the Occupation and begin to give dignity to each of us. In my mind, it’s crystal clear. Sometimes, of course, I’d like to be wrong. It would be so much (...)
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Peace in the World and Peace in the Middle-East Over 1750 Israelis Call to Stop the Genocide in Gaza Two Statements, from ACDN and from Israelis Against Apartheid | |
ACDN News Release, January 13, 2024
On October 7, 2023, Hamas committed a crime against humanity, to which Israel has since responded with another crime against humanity, renewed daily and twenty times more deadly.
After years of apartheid, illegal occupation and non-compliance with UN resolutions, the Israeli government and army are currently imposing intolerable hardships on the Gazan population, and slaughter civilians every day in full view of the world.
In the opinion of many (...)
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They are the Righteous of today and the hope of tomorrow Mourning the dead, calling for ceasefire and an end to the cycle of violence | |
Friday 22 December morning, around 100 Israelis including numerous joung people gathered in the Independance Park outside of the US Embassy in Jerusalem to mourn those killed in Gaza and to call for an immediate ceasefire. The vigil included a recorded message from a Palestinian who fled Gaza, written memorials about those who have been killed, poetry, music by a Gazan who was killed, and more.
Friday 22 December morning, around 100 Israelis gathered in the Independance Park outside of the (...)
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