“The trip lasts 10 days. The memories last a lifetime. Join more than 360,000 Jewish young people from 65 countries who have received the gift of a free trip to Israel.” The following is the headline for the website of Taglit-Birthright Israel- the biggest global organization planning “birthright trips”. “Birthright” is a free trip…
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Militarisation of Israeli society: The long-term effects of an ongoing conflict
Militarisation is a process taking place in many countries. In a country like Israel that has been at war for a very long time, the military and militaristic values transform the society at large. Militaristic values like unquestioning obedience and performance are normalized in this process. Army colonel’s visiting schools is not a neutral act,…
Ecolojovem – «Os Verdes» reclaims: Palestine will be free! Peace it’s urgent!
We live today in a world threatened by insecurity and war. It is urgent to affirm the peace and the rights of the people to their independence, sovereignty and self-determination. In this context, the European Union has an obligation to fight for a Europe and a world of peace, cooperation and support. For more than…
Torn between two worlds
Ten Young Greens from Germany travelled to Israel in May. They met with people from both sides of a conflict. People who are yearning for peace. However, many of them remain sceptical towards each other. After all, it seems to be a long way until peace and equality for everyone will be established. When we…
Gender issues in Palestine
Since the early years of the previous century, the Palestinian people have been living under successive occupations resulting in fragmentation of the Palestinian society and a high level of suffering represented in the expulsion of hundreds of thousand of Palestinian refugees, lands confiscation and human rights violations. As all Arab-Palestinian people, Palestinian women were subjected…