critical Israelis in the Netherlands
Bound, Blindfolded and Convicted Screening and discussion hosted by Dieuwertje Blok about Palestinian children in Israeli detention and the use of solitary confinement Harry van Bommel, foreign affairs spokesperson for the Socialist Party in the Dutch parliament, will talk about his…read more ›
Israel has been occupying the West Bank and Gaza Strip for 42 years now. As a result, some 5 million Palestinians are deprived of their basic human rights Their movement is severely restricted; they often don’t have access to clean…read more ›
In June 2002, the state of Israel decided to erect a wall around itself, calling it a “separation barrier”. The official purpose the state gave for building this barrier was to separate Israel from the West Bank in order to…read more ›
In May, Israel celebrates sixty years of independence. At the same time, the Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, the flight and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians which resulted from the founding of Israel in 1948. Yet Israel seems to…read more ›