Recent Posts Tagged With 'racism'

• jailing and deporting kids

  Posted on Saturday July 18th, 2009 at 13:45 in Police, refugees, social justice, racism, discrimination, demonstration, community activity

  The reorganized migration police have made their anouncement; as of the end of this month they will be arresting kids, send them to jail and deport them.There is something so evil and amoral about it, i am at a loss for words.The little girl in the p...

• Israel's old new hate police: privatization of a dangerous force

  Posted on Thursday July 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 in Israel, Police, democracy, social justice, racism, police violence, police harassment

  Yesterday they carried out their first action, by rounding up "illegal aliens" in the area of the central bus station in Tel Aviv. They made use of a private bus company, Alant, to transport the arrestees to a private prison. I'm amazed at how easy i...

• Once upon a time

  Posted on Tuesday January 13th, 2009 at 00:29 in Culture, Israel, history, democracy, racism, discrimination, balad, ra'am tal

  Once upon a time, Israel intended to be a democratic state. And more or less met the commonly accepted western criteria for being recognized as such.Free elections and the right to be a candidate and to vote for all adults, free press/media, the fr...

• Hate grafiti on Jaffa's "Sea Mosque"

  Posted on Sunday December 21st, 2008 at 11:40 in Police, crime, justice, racism, discrimination, harbour

  Today the early morning prayer at Jaffa's "Sea Mosque" was different:Hate grafiti had been sprayed on the ancient doors, threatening the lives of Jaffa's Palestinian citizens and comparing the Prophet to a pig.Jaffa based Sheikh Ahmad Abou Agoua of...

• Akko, for a change

  Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 15:18 in Culture, poverty, democracy, justice, racism, discrimination, demonstration, vandalism, jaffa, urban planning, community activity, cafes

  Akko's old city was empty today. Some local kids, the occasional woman buying some vegetables for dinner. At the sea front a single fisherman. The harbour: empty. Trays of delicious and tempting nut-candy find no buyers.The restaurants: the owners of...

• Food safety measures and the violence of poverty

  Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 22:58 in human rights, poverty, racism, discrimination, welfare, jaffa, housing problems, workers' rights, food security

  Aida fainted last week. From Hunger. She hadn't eaten in two days and that wasn't the first time it happened. She and Ramzi, her husband are both ill, but there is no money for the many medicines they need to take.Aida doesn't see much, her glasses b...

• Disease does not discriminate

  Posted on Thursday April 3rd, 2008 at 13:39 in human rights, poverty, justice, social justice, racism, discrimination

  Two months ago my friend Mariam, a young Palestinian women from the territories, needed urgent medical care.She does not have a visa to say in Israel and no medical insurance. So she went to the free clinic run by "Doctors for Human Rights" in the ar...

• This Friday at 14.00 in Jaffa: the Land Day Demonstration

  Posted on Monday March 24th, 2008 at 00:55 in justice, social justice, racism, discrimination, demonstration, tel aviv, jaffa, municipality, urban planning, housing problems, community activity, amidar

  The main land-day demo will take place in Jaffa, this friday, at 14.00, starting point in "Toulouse" Park (next to the Arab Jewish community center) ...

• Back to the ma'aberot, one more Nimby in Jaffa

  Posted on Friday March 21st, 2008 at 00:24 in human rights, justice, social justice, racism, discrimination, welfare, jaffa, municipality, urban planning, housing problems, ron huldai

  The Tel Aviv municipality has started to construct a tent camp in Jaffa, a refugee camp basically, for the many homeless refugees from Darfur and Eritrea currently staying in the over-crowded and dangerous shelters and the park in the area of Tel Avi...