Windows are holding an interesting lecture next week by the people of Ir Amim. Here are the details. Visit the Windows Facebook Page for more info. Windows hosts Ir Amim Lecture: East Jerusalem – A Complex Political Reality For all...
There’s a very interesting tour happening on Saturday. If you’re not an Israeli citizen and are interested in local politics and activism, check it out. It’s still not too late to sign up. Attached below is the info text: Windows...
In less than a month, the Palestinian olive harvest will begin in the West Bank. The olive harvest is a massively important time for Palestinian farmers who make their living from selling the olives and olive products. It’s also an...
Free music tonight from 19:00 at Levontin 7 in support of the Meretz party. Lots of mainstream and alternative Israeli music of all kinds both live and DJed, booze and a chance to meet local lefty activists. Too many acts...
Not to sound repetitive or anything, but people are still dying and many more will die if this bullshit is allowed to go on. Tonight people will be demonstrating from 20:00 at the Habima square / Rothschild Blvd. corner favoured...
I’m meant to write about the party listings for the weekend, but I’m finding it kinda difficult to think about parties when my government is engaged in another pointless war where the only objective is to win 4 more years...
Tomorrow (Monday) from 18:00 at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque, there is a screening of “Water”, a joint Palestinian/Israeli project that invited 10 directors to create a short film around the theme of water. There’s a mix of genres, including documentaries...
Please see below a message from Rabbis for human rights. No, you don’t need to be Jewish to help out 🙂 The olive harvest season will start on Friday, October 5th, Chol HaMoed Sukot. Every year at this time Palestinian...
At this moment in time, there are 20 Eritrean refugees trapped on Israeli soil between the new border fence and the old. The army won’t give them any food and the orders the soldiers have received are to give them...
Got this in an email this morning. The following is the text provided by the organisers. Sounds interesting, so if you’re not afraid of hard truth and hard walking, contact them for more details and to sign up (details on...
It’s been a while since I’ve written about activism/politics related stuff, so here are a few interesting things happening soon. First up, there’s a showing of the film Gasland this Saturday (25.8) at Beit Haam (Rothschild 69) at 18:00. It’s...
Lots of things going on tonight, luckily DIY Tel Aviv is here to explain what’s going on. Firstly, there are two social justice demos tonight, but only one of them is the real deal. The other one’s sort of been...
Tonight there are actually two so-called social justice demos in Tel Aviv (the Israeli version of the Occupy movement). Unfortunately, one of them is not very secretly funded by tycoons and people with political interests, so it’s not really worth...
The Black Night initiative is the protest’s response to tonight’s White Night events. You can join in on all the fun by meeting at 21:30 at Rothschild Blvd., dressed in black if possible. From there, there will be a march...
This Thursday in Tel Aviv is the city municipality sanctioned White Night event. Apart from a few big events directly sponsored and planned by the city council itself, many smaller events are planned across the city by private art galleries,...
Tonight there’s yet another demo in Tel Aviv (surprising, I know). It’s at Habima Square at 22:00 and is a response to yesterday’s demo at the same place that resulted in some shocking scenes of police brutality (shocking because it...
Tomorrow night it’s dinner and a movie night at the Rogatka vegan bar. The documentary film club will be showing “Have you heard from Johannesburg” here is the description of the film: seven documentary stories, produced and directed by Connie...
Combatants for Peace are holding their annual joint memorial day ceremony this Tuesday at Hangar 11 in the Tel Aviv port. This is an alternative ceremony attended by bereaved families from both sides of the conflict. There will be speeches...
Windows – Channels for Communication is a joint Palestinian/Israeli organisation working to (and I quote): “promote justice through educating youth to promote critical discourse through media and other forms of activism”. They’re running a series of English language lectures for...
This Friday there’s an Ir Amim political study your of Jerusalem, concentrating on the issues surrounding public parks and land, their history, their place in the current conflict and the way they affect the population of east Jerusalem. As far...