Some 100 Israeli activists left Tel Aviv and Jerusalem today to bring water to several isolated villages in the South Hebron Mount. These villages suffer more than anywhere else from Israel’s racist water policy, as they lack connection to water pipes, and suffer from army attacks on what few water wells and deposits they have. Buses where harassed several times on the way, and stopped completely near the Carmel illegal settlement, where soldiers claimed the area was a closed military zone, though no warrant was shown. Activists got off the […]Saturday, October 26 2002 Joint Palestinian-Jewish convoy and march In South Hebron
On Saturday, October 26th, Ta’ayush wished to conduct a joint Palestinian-Jewish convoy and march In South Hebron BACKGROUND: The settlers of the Maon settlements have been preventing for months now from the children of South Hebron access to the direct path leading to their schools. The settlers are throwing stones and beating the children that dare pass on this path close to which the settlemnts were erected. In order to avoid these acts of violence the children walk now at least 7 kilometers on each way to school and back, […]Saturday, December 29 2001 Peace and Solidarity Convoy to Beit-Umar
Hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians met at the barricades outside this embattled village today, but instead of bullets and stones the air was filled with hands lifting sacks of rice, bags of sugar and jugs of cooking oil. In a rare gesture in this weary land, more than 250 Israeli peace advocates delivered about two tons of food and clothing to 12,000 Palestinian residents of Beit Umar, which has been closed by the Israeli military blockade for more than a year. “It’s a small step, but these Palestinians are seeing […]Saturday, September 15 2001 A solidarity convoy, carrying food and water to demolished villages in South Hebron area
In our convoy, organized by the Jerusalem group of Ta’ayush – Arab-Jewish Partnership, we expressed our solidarity with the people in the demolished villages by delivering water and essential food supplies. This action opened a series of solidarity actions & events, marking the culmination of a whole year of Intifada and with it a whole year of Seger, Keter, bombing, executions and other atrocities inflicted by Israeli policy. The series of actions is coordinated by a coalition of peace organizations, including Ta’ayush, under the name Solidarity – Organizations against the […]
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