Category Archives: West Bank
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Audio of #ERFA2015 now available
1March 22, 2015 by IJV
IJV would like to thank all our participants for contributing to a frank and profoundly radical discussion on how to …
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Alon Liel calls on EU to recognise Palestine
Leave a commentNovember 7, 2014 by IJV
Alon Liel, former Director of Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently thanked the Swedish Prime Minister and government for their …
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Tony Klug in Letter to The Guardian
Leave a commentJuly 22, 2014 by IJV
The letter below was published in Saturday’s Guardian, 19 July 2014 Seumas Milne argues that the price of Israel’s occupation needs …
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Uri Avnery’s latest: The Atrocity
Leave a commentJuly 11, 2014 by IJV
Uri Avnery’s latest: When the canon roar, the muses fall silent The Atrocity July 12, 2014 BOMBS ARE raining on …
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IJV SG Statement on current cycle of violence
Leave a commentJuly 10, 2014 by IJV
We watch in horror and utterly condemn the pointless cycle of violence being stoked by Israel’s ongoing bombing of crowded civilian areas in Gaza, resulting in an escalating death toll, devastating civilian injuries and the continued destruction of homes and livelihoods. We reject the UK government’s one-sided support for Israel’s massive and disproportionate retaliation to the rocket attacks from Gaza and urge instead that it calls for peace negotiations and an end to all bloodshed.
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If Kerry fails, what then? by Sam Bahour and Tony Klug
Leave a commentApril 19, 2014 by IJV
We need to break free of the divisive and increasingly stifling one-state-versus-two-states straightjacket that tends to polarize debate and in practice ends up perpetuating the status quo — which is a form of one state, albeit an inequitable one. The aim of our proposal is to bring matters to a head and to enable people to advocate equal rights for Palestinians and Israelis, in one form or another, free of the implication that this necessarily carries a threat to the existence of the state of Israel.
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On the passing of a warrior
2January 13, 2014 by IJV
A great deal has been written about Ariel Sharon in the days following his death. This is the view of …
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Are we trapped by our own narratives?
Leave a commentDecember 15, 2013 by IJV
In an eloquent account of why healing the wounds that history has left in Israel/Palestine has proved so difficult, Tony …
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Israel Cancels SAT Exams in West Bank
Leave a commentOctober 19, 2012 by IJV
Israel vs. No. 2 Pencils This article by LENA K. AWWAD and SHATHA I. HUSSEIN was originally Published: Tuesday, October 16, 2012, on …
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