“It was the worst aggression I’ve been subjected to during my work as a journalist,” Nir Hassoun, Haaretz’s reporter, said after he was beaten harshly by settlers during their annual provocative march in #Jerusalem.
Standing Together, a grassroots movement focused on an Arab-Jewish partnership plans to mobilize Israelis in an attempt to quell the recent spate of attacks on trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza perpetrated by right-wing settlers.
The group is a large, fast-growing movement dedicated to "mobilizing Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel in pursuit of peace, equality, and social and climate justice."
from #StandingTogether Instagram page
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"We are a grassroots Jewish-Arab movement fighting for peace, equality and social justice in Israel/Palestine."
2 events on April 13 in #Seattle
1 in #Vancouver on April 17
Speaker: Uri Weitman, an organizer for Standing Together.
Israelis criticize a local NGO for bringing aid to Gaza: ‘Aren’t you Jews?’ (El País, 2024-03-14)
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About renewed trial to bring humanitarian aid into Gaza by #StandingTogether, the Jewish-Arab Israeli peace organisation.
This article describes the harsh responses from Israeli citizens to such actions:
“The NGO’s initiative is just made up of a truck carrying rice, flour and cans of food (donated by hundreds of Israelis) and about 20 activist cars, but their slogan in Hebrew and Arabic — «thou shalt not starve,» a play on words with The 10 Commandments — does not sit well with the feeling in Israel since the October 7 attacks.”
“The group’s message is seen as betrayal, and there are tense scenes when the convoy stops at a gas station next to Kibbutz Magen, an area close to Gaza that was attacked on October 7...”
Israeli police block Jewish activists from delivering aid to Gaza (Middle East Monitor, 2024-03-08)
"Israeli police blocked a convoy of humanitarian aid organised by Jewish activists from entering Gaza at the Kerem Shalom crossing."
"Members of Standing Together, a Jewish-Arab movement for peace, equality and social justice in Israel, said they will not leave the border before delivering aid to Gaza."
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"While war rages in Gaza, there is also a battle in Israel for the character of our society. That is why we’ve formed the Jewish-Arab Solidarity Network with more than 12 local groups in cities across the country, which works on the ground to combat racism, promote peace and equality, and bring Jewish and Palestinian citizens together"
Uri Weltmann, national field organiser of Standing Together.
In an article for “Le Monde”, cowritten with #AlainPolicar, we deplore disappointing Israeli and Palestinian leaders, and call on Israeli, Jewish and Palestinian organisations to amplify their call for a solution to the conflict.
The paper asks to hear the voices of #standingtogether#breakingthesilence#btselem#aymanodeh#michaelsfard and others.