critical Israelis in the Netherlands
The seventeenth Freedom Lecture is being held by Palestinian Jamil al Qassas and Israeli Assaf Yacobovitz, both active within the Combatants for Peace movement. This organization was founded in 2006 by (former) Israeli soldiers and Palestinian combatants, who decided to…read more ›
The Dutch coalition for Palestinian children, of which gate48 is a member, send a letter last week to members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Dutch parliament. The letter alerts them of the alarming amount of children being killed…read more ›
Dutch after English Next week, between 14 – 16 September, the Dutch-Israeli organisation gate48 will organize the symposium Securitizing Worlds: a Critical Look at the Israeli Global Security Industry at CREA in Amsterdam. During this (academic) symposium participants will…read more ›
The report of a Dutch multidisciplinary expert team, on the situation of the Palestinian population in Area C under the Israeli military regime. The report was presented on the 21st of June 2016 to the foreign affairs committee of the…read more ›
Precisely because Israel is considered a legitimate state and a longstanding, proper member of the family of nations, the entire world demands that it follow this family’s accepted rules. The government is allocating 128 million shekels ($33 million) this year…read more ›
All Dutch political parties are currently working on their program for the elections in March 2017 for the Dutch parliament. This is the time to influence their agenda and bring important issues forward. The Dutch coalition for Palestinian children send…read more ›
The Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem announced on Wednesday, 25 May 2016 that it will stop referring complaints to the military law enforcement system, in order to avoid contributing further to the pretense inherent in the work of this system.…read more ›
‘We worden gezien als landverraders’ Mensenrechtenorganisatie B’Tselem verspreidde de video van een Israëlische soldaat die een Palestijn doodde. Directeur El-Ad, vandaag in Amsterdam: ‘Vaak wordt dat geweld niet vervolgd.’ door Theo Koelé De videobeelden gingen dit voorjaar de hele wereld…read more ›
Although these are not easy days in Israel Palestine, we know that without hope change will never come. Pesach in our tradition symbolizes hope. It’s the time we celebrate the journey from slavery to freedom and the beginning of spring.…read more ›
This week the Israeli members organization Academia for Equality, an organization of academics dedicated to the democratization of Israeli academia and society launched a joint public campaign with the University of Kadoorie in Tulkarem, the West Bank, to defend the…read more ›