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From Combatants for Peace, April 29th 2025, 20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Ceremony

On April 29th, the eve of Yom HaZikaron (Remembrance Day), we will gather once again to honour all lives lost to the conflict. Instead of deepening division, we choose to stand together in mourning. We won’t allow our pain to…

Towards the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, May 8-9. Interview with Aziz Abu Sarah

After the interview a few days ago with the Israeli pacifist Maoz Inon, we continue in our ‘behind the scenes’ reporting leading to the It’s Now Event in Jerusalem (May 8th – 9th) which promises to be the biggest Peace Assembly ever attempted in…

Thirteen questions searching for an answer

When the population requested investment in health, education and work, the answer was always the same: there is no money and we have to tighten our belts. Where now does so much funding for rearmament come from? If Russia wanted…

Towards the People’s Peace Summit in Jerusalem, 8th and 9th May. Interview with one of the organisers, Maoz Inon

Exactly one month from today, an event will take place in Jerusalem that the organisers have simply called I’s now, promising to be the largest peace convention ever attempted in the Middle East. And since we think that it will…

DRU Condemns Israeli Atrocities in Gaza and Rafah, Calls for Global Action

Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) has strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza and Rafah, describing the attacks as brutal and inhumane. In a statement issued today, the DRU Executive Committee called on the international community, including the Organization of…

Trans Israeli refuser Ella Keidar Greenberg sentenced to 30 days in prison

Ella Keidar Greenberg announced today her refusal to enlist in the Israeli army and serve in the ongoing genocidal war in Gaza and has been sentenced to 30 days in prison. It is still not clear if she will be…

18-year-old Trans Conscientious Objector Ella Keidar Greenberg Refuses Military Service in Protest of Occupation and War in Gaza

On Wedensday, March 19 at 10:00, in Tel Hashomer enlistment camp, Ella Keidar Greenberg, an 18-year-old Israeli conscientious objector, will publicly declare her refusal to enlist in the Israeli military. She will be accompanied by a demonstration organized by Mesarvot…

Israeli conscientious objector Itamar Greenberg exempted from military service

Itamar Greenberg was released  after spending 197 days in prison—the longest imprisonment for an objector in two decades. The Israeli army determined he had displayed “bad behavior.” He first refused to serve in August 2024 and was subsequently sentenced to…

Proposed Bill Threatens Peace and Human Rights NGOs in Israel

We publish a Press Release from Combatants for Peace that is reaching out with deep concern over a dangerous new legislative development that threatens this organization as well as other peace and human rights organizations in Israel. The Israeli government’s…

Defending the Palestinian resistance has become a crime in the UK

Today, in that renowned citadel of freedom of expression and freedom of the press that was once the UK, if you profess your support for the Palestinian resistance you can be arrested and imprisoned, your mobile phone and PC confiscated…

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