critical Israelis in the Netherlands
Dear Prof. Grütters, dear Mr. Michaelis, gate48 is a platform for Israelis living in the Netherlands who oppose the occupation of the Palestinian territories and call for its end. We wish to convey to the Netherlands opinions and voices which…read more ›
…and yet another deadly round of fighting in Gaza It is a well-known but easily forgotten fact: the Gaza Strip is a disaster area where living is almost impossible. The Israeli decade-long siege and blockade created an area controlled by…read more ›
Verleden is juist de sleutel voor vrede Nakba: Israël en Palestina moeten eerst elkaars historie erkennen Terwijl het geweld aan de grens van Gaza grimmiger en dodelijker is dan ooit, ziet Galit Saporta mogelijkheden voor een Palestijns-Israëlische toekomst. GALIT SAPORTA…read more ›
Erella Grassiani, co-founder and board member of gate48 was the guest on two TV-shows this weekend, where she talked about the Nakba and about possible solutions for Israel-Palestine. At De Nieuwe Maan, she read out a column and at Nieuw…read more ›
Make Israel adhere to the UN-convention on the Rights of the Child – Stop military trials of Palestinian children The petition of the Palestinian Children Rights Coalition was very successful. In one and a half month we received more than…read more ›
Statement by the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities, Robert Piper, on the 50th Anniversary of Israel’s Occupation | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs – occupied Palestinian territory This week marks 50 years since…read more ›
Op 24 mei vierden de meeste Israëli’s vijftig jaar hereniging van Jeruzalem; op 5 juni wordt internationaal vijftig jaar Israëlische bezetting herdacht. Het verschil in datum komt door verschillende kalenders, maar uiteindelijk gaat het om dezelfde gebeurtenis: de oorlog van…read more ›
Prof. Ella Shohat is an Iraqi Israeli woman living and teaching in the U.S. She is considered one of the leading postcolonial theorists. Shohat was one of the first to write and theorize about the experience of Mizrahim, Jews from…read more ›
Pesach in the Jewish tradition symbolizes the journey from slavery to freedom. The Hagada (the book of Pesach) tells the story of the Hebrew people as slaves in Egypt and their journey to freedom. Today, more than 3,000 years later,…read more ›
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 ›