Watch: Four young Israelis refuse for the 4th time to join the Israeli army, in protest of the occupation a& apartheid. Today they were sentenced each for 45 days in military prison
My Hero: Maoz Inon, son of Bilha, 76, and Yakovi, 78, murdered at Netiv HaAsara on October 7th, started a protest tent outside the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem calling Netanyahu to resign and to end the war
Now in Tel Aviv: hundreds of Israeli Jews and Palestinians with Israeli citizenship protest against the war, for ceasefire and for the release of the hostages. This is the first protest against the war permitted by the Israeli police, following an appeal to the Supreme Court.
While Israeli officials are claiming that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Palestinian gunfire, journalist Ali Samudi that was next to her said to local media that the army opened fire towards them, and that there were no Palestinian gunmen near them.
Conscientious objector Tal Mitnick was sentenced yesterday to a 3rd prison term of 45 days after serving two 30day sentences, for his refusal to enlist in military service in protest of Israelโs war on Gaza & the occupation. On Sunday, Sofia Orr was sentenced to 20 days in prison
1/2 I documented many protests and funerals as a photographer, but the brutal attack of the Israeli police against the family & colleagues carrying the coffin of
#ShireenAbuAkleh
was one of the hardest moments I witnessed and documented
Now in Tel Aviv protesters shout the slogan that was banned by the Berlin police during Nakba day โFrom the river to the sea Palestine will be freeโ
Watch: Israeli youth Yuval Dag speaks at the โanti occupation blockโ in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Today, he refused to join the Israeli army, and was sent to detention
@Mesarvot_
Today, Shahar Schwartz, 18 y/o, announced he refuses to join the Israeli army, in protest against the occupation. He was sentenced to 10 days in military prison. โI refused to join the army because it enforces a policy of inequality and destroys any hope for change" he stated
This evening, Tel Aviv police arrested 18 activistsย during a protest against politicalย arrests & for a ceasefire. Shortly after, right wing activists protested for the re-occupation ofย Gaza, transfer of all Palestinians & rebuilding of settlements in Gaza. No one was arrested
2/5 During the tour, journalists were allowed to speak to the hundreds of soldiers on site, without the supervision of the army's spokesperson team. I24 reporter said she heard it โfrom soldiersโ.
3/5 Soldiers I spoke with in Kfar Aza yesterday didn't mention "beheaded babiesโ. The army's spokesperson stated: โWe can not confirm at this pointโฆ we are aware of the heinous acts Hamas is capable ofโ
Watch: An Israeli soldier hands a tear gas grenade to an Israeli settler, who throws it towards Palestinian farmers during olive harvest today in Burin
#westbank
(credit:
@Yesh_Din
)
Four Israeli conscientious objectors enter Tel HaShomer army base to announce their refusal to join the Israeli army over its policies toward Palestinians.ย Shahar Schwartz,ย Nave Shabtay levin, Einat Gerlitz & Evyatar Rubin refused to join the army and will be jailed later today
4/5 This doesn't mean that war crimes were not committed. The scene in Kfar Aza was horrific, with dozens of bodies of Israelis
murdered in their homes.
Those are some of the signs the Israeli police didnโt allow into the protest against the war and for ceasefire this evening in Tel Aviv;
-One massacre does not justify the other
-No to apartheid
-No to the occupation and siege, stop the war
-Bibi go home
TODAY: 18 y/o conscientious objector Sofia Orr declares her refusal to enlist in mandatory military service as an act of protest against the war on Gaza & the occupation, at Israeli armyโs Tel Hashomer recruitment center. She was sentenced to 20 days in prison.
@Mesarvot_
Tonight: Activists light 100 candles opposite the Israeli army headquarters in Tel Aviv to commemorate the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since the beginning of 2023
Settlers I spoke with at the event calling to settle in Gaza refuse to answer directly what will happen to the Palestinians living in Gaza if settlements will be built โThey will leaveโ told me Daniella Weiss
Israeli police arrest of two Palestinian journalists this evening in
#SheikhJarrah
. Tomorrow journalists will protest against the recent attacks -17:30 at the neighborhood
Now: Israeli right wing settlers enter Eretz crossing an try to build a structure near the border wall with Gaza. They are calling the government to allow them to settle in Gaza
Today in Hebron an Israeli soldier says to a group of Palestinian and Israeli activists: โBen Gvir will make order here, he will end all the things you are doingโฆIโm the law here and I say you are acting against the lawโ video Credit: Issa Amro
Watch:ย Israeli conscientious objectorย Naveh Shabtay-Levin, speaks before enteringย the militaryย prison, for the secondย time.ย Shabtay-Levin is part of a group of 4ย conscientious objectors that are refusing conscription to protest against occupation & apartheid (Video:
@Mesarvot_
)
Tonight in Tel Aviv, the police attacked with a water canon a mach of family members of hostages held in Gaza (including one released hostage) as they arrived to the area of the anti government protest (credit: Yair Palti)
Watch: Israeli police disperse a solidarity demo with
#Huwara
in
#TelAviv
following the attack by settlers yesterday. Protesters shout: โwhere are the arrested from Huwara?โ as the police released the few settlers that were arrested last night
Tonight in Tel Aviv: Israeli youth who refuse draft placed a banner outside the armyโs central command: โwe wonโt kill and we wonโt be killed in the service of settlementsโ during the mass anti government demonstration
Saint Joseph hospital releases CCTV footage from Friday, showing the Israeli police storming the hospital and attacking participants in the funeral of
#ShireenAbuAkleh
and also patients who arrived for treatment
Today: left wing activists protested outside the Hatzerim Air Force base, against the ongoing bombardment of Gaza. The Activists held banners reading โthe blood is on your handsโ and โthere are people in Gazaโ, with their hands colored in red.
Personally, the most interesting thing was to see thousands of Israelis dancing and singing, which not very common in Israel after October 7th. But they are, as they see the war as a great opportunity to build settlements in Gaza
This evening during the mass protest in Tel Aviv โApartheid made in Israelโ
The activists stated โDemocracy means putting an end to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian people. Israelis cannot fight for basic civil rights while denying them from Palestiniansโ
Tonight in Tel Aviv: Released hostage Ilana Grisewsky takes cover as police useย a water cannon during a protest calling on Israel's government to return the hostages held in Gaza
Last week, Israeli officials were trying to convince the entire world that the army can investigate the killing of
#ShireenAbuAkleh
. This morning
@haaretz
reports that Israel's army police will not investigate it on the grounds that โthere is no suspicion of a criminal actโ
A sign at the anti occupation block at the mass demo in
#Telaviv
โ This is the flag of the Palestinian people, who have been denied democracy by Israel for 75 years. Democracy for Jews only is not democracyโ
Solidarity with journalist Israel Frey
that is under attack by the right wing in Israel. The video is from a protest outside his house last night, just because he insists to talk also about the Palestinians in Gaza.
@freyisrael1
Watch: Four Israeli conscientious objectors enter Tel HaShomer army base to announce their refusal to join the Israeli army in protest of occupation and apartheid
#Israel
#Palestine
@Mesarvot_
Now outside the Jerusalem court: solidarity protest with Dr Meir Baruchin, a history teacher, arrested last week after posting on Facebook messages opposing the war in Gaza and against the killing of Palestinians in the West Bank
Now in Erez crossing: exactly like in the West Bank, right wing settlers are building an outpost near the Gaza wall, while the army is standing and watching
Watch: Israeli settlers attack left wing activists that were planting trees together with Palestinian farmers in Burin
#westbank
(credit: Rabbis for Human Rights)
According to Israeli channel 12, the Israeli line of defense at the ICJ regarding the statements of Israeli officials about destroying Gaza, that were quoted in the appeal will be that: โSome of those quoted are not decision makers, the ones that are - didnโt mean what they saidโ
Today: Palestinians try to cross from the
#WestBank
town of A-ram into
#Jerusalem
, to attend the 4th Friday prayer of
#Ramadan
in
#AlAqsa
. Israeli authorities allowed only men above 50 to enter from the West Bank to Jerusalem for the Friday prayer.
On Thursday morning, left-wing activists sprayed graffiti on the entrance of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv calling for the โliberation of the Gaza ghettoโ, covered it with "blood" and placed pictures of the three Palestinian children who were killed in the bombing of
#gaza
Today: Israeli police arrested 7 protesters as Rabbis from the US and Israel marched towards Erez crossing, carrying aid for Gaza and calling to end the war
Watch: Thousands of Palestinians take part in the funeral of the anti-occupation activist Haj Suleiman Hathalin, 65, in Umm al-Khair, south Hebron
#Westbank
. Hathalin died yesterday of wounds sustained earlier this month after being run by an Israeli police vehicle
#Palestine
Now in Masafer Yatta: Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli activists and journalists came to the screening of the โNo Other Landโfilm
#westbank
@basel_adra
@yuval_abraham
Ben Gvir, other minsters and MKs signed a petition for โvictory and renewal of the settlement in Gazaโ during the event calling to settle in Gaza in Jerusalem
Palestinian families and activists are at the Israeli Supreme Court in
#Jerusalem
for the final hearing regarding Israel's plans to expel over 1,000 residents living in 8 villages in Masafer Yatta, in
#WestBank
, which the army has declared as 'Firing Zone 918'
#SaveMasaferYatta