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Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership
Join our Human Rights Tour For Jewish Leadership October 2nd- 9th
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Two Demonstrations against Racist Land Policies
Despite the difference in location and in style of protest, the thread that united both of them was a joint Arab-Jewish call against racist Israeli housing and land policies, and the actions of dispossession and eviction carried out by various organizations Continue reading
In East Jerusalem, only Palestinian property seized as ‘Absentee’
To this day, Palestinians are being legally evacuated from their properties in East Jerusalem due to the application of a racist 1950 Israeli law. Continue reading
Electricity in Danger – Newsletter of Parashat Ki Tissa
As for the questions we asked, please read the first dialog between Rabbi Yuval Sherlo and Rabbi Cobbi Weis (Rabbis for Human Rights). The debate is focusing on the question “what do we learn from the massacre in the Book of Esther? Please help us to expend the debate and we will happy to receive you opinions on the issue. Happy Purim and Shabbat Shalom. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged Adv. Beki Keshet-Cohen, Burin and Farata, Eitan Kalinski, farms, help to stop the eviction, JNF to Continue Eviction Effort of J'lem Palestinians, JNF-KKL, JNF-led evictions of Palestinian families., JNF/KKL, Ki Tissa, Lea Shemi, Moriel Rothman, our rights center in Hadera, Praver report, Public Housing, RHR-NA, Sheich Jarrah, South Hebron Hills, the Book of Exodus, the Menashe family from Ramle, The Washington Post, Tu Beshvat Halachic, UN report
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The victory of Ovadia – Newsletter of Parashat T’tzave – Shabbat Zachor
Due to the mutual struggle of all the social activists, Ovadia Ben-Avraham stopped his hunger strike. An agreement with Amidar was reached and the eviction order for February 27th was canceled. This is additional proof that the mutual action of the social group brings results. Shabbat Shalom. Continue reading
Posted in Parasha / E-Letter
Tagged Amidar, Beit Shean, Channel 2, Demolition orders for Jinba, German-funded solar energy for Palestinians, JNF/KKL, MK Nitzan Horovitz, poverty, Prawer, Public Housing, Quamar Mishirqi-Asad on Haaretz, Shabbat Zachor, Social Change Victories, South Hebron Hills, South Hebron Mountains, T'tzave, The breastplate of the High Priest, The victory of Ovadia
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The questions we grapple with on Shabbat Zachor
I want to connect those successes to the breastplate of the High Priest we read about in this week’s Torah portion and the questions we grapple with on Shabbat Zachor. Continue reading
Posted in Economic/Social Justice, General
Tagged Al Arakib, Amalek, Amalekiut, Amidar, Barukh Goldstein, Book of Esther, breastplate of the High Priest, cancellation of Amidar's eviction, Efi Stentzler, El-Arakib, Exodus, JNF, JNF/KKL, Judge Nehama Netzer, KK"L, KK"L stops planting on disputed land., KK"L will not plant on disputed lands, Ovadia, Parashat Zachor, planting a KK"l forest, Prawer report, Public Housing, Purim, Shabbat Zacho, the Barukh Goldstein massacre, the book of Esther, The breastplate of the High Priest, the unrecognized villages, the victory of Ovadya and Miriam Ben Avraham, to eliminate Amalek's seed
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Take Action: Tell the JNF not to Evict Palestinians from East Jerusalem
Join us in urging the Jewish National Fund to issue a public statement that they will no longer engage in evictions. Continue reading
New video release! Help stop the eviction of Palestinian Families from Silwan: A video and a call for action
This is the time to act: spread the video and write to the JNF board of directors Continue reading
Success in Meneizel | Our call reached the Finance Ministry | Dqeiqa is about to be demolished
There is good news that the government has temporarily frozen its intention to “dry up” contributions to progressive organizations from foreign governments, ignoring similar contributions to organizations across the spectrum from other sources. Continue reading
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Tagged Bedouins struggle for recognition, Dqeiqa, encampments in Jerusalem, Finance minister, human rights March, Human Rights yeshiva, Humanisty, JNF/KKL, kindergartens in Kiryat HaYovel, Knesset, Kol Haneshama, Lehavim junction, Letter-Writing Campaign, Mr.Yuval Shteinitz, Rabbi Ariela Gretz, Rachel Levy, Somrin family in Silwan, South Hebron Hills, South Hebron Mountains, the solar electricity system of the village of Meneizel in South Hebron Hills, website of the social protest movement, will temporarily not be demolished
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