A statement by Gush Shalom

The whole truth about Gush Shalom activities against war crimespublished in Haaretz, August 9, 2002): Warning against war crimes is an act of patriotism (1) – Gush Shalom’s purpose is to warn officers and soldiers alike that certain actionscould lead, at some future dare, to their indictment before an Israeli – and even aninternational – […]

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes

A letter from Yael Lotan Dear Dr Rubinstein, As an experienced jurist you know that sending warning letters to seniorofficers who described publicly acts they had committed in their militaryservice which appear to be in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, is aperfectly legitimate action. Instead of investigating the senders of the letters, who are not […]

An Outsider Views Judaism

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes. A letter from Lia Young I am an English non Jew, who has always appreciated and respected Jewishpeople, even identified with them in certain ways: respect for theintellect, the search for righteousness in the face of worldlyincomprehension, etc. I recently took a short course in Judaism with theOpen University, […]

Gush Shalom in jeopardy

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes To: All for a just peace Attn: Israeli and Palestinian Leaders, First, you are Jews and you are Arabs. These words are not justdescriptive. They are emblematic of the deepest, bravest heritage ofdevotion to compassion, justice, caring, sharing and introspection It isthese qualities that have promoted your survival, not […]

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes

A letter from Yael Lotan Dear Dr Rubinstein, As an experienced jurist you know that sending warning letters to seniorofficers who described publicly acts they had committed in their militaryservice which appear to be in contravention of the Geneva Conventions, is aperfectly legitimate action. Instead of investigating the senders of the letters, who are not […]

An Outsider Views Judaism

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes. A letter from Lia Young I am an English non Jew, who has always appreciated and respected Jewishpeople, even identified with them in certain ways: respect for theintellect, the search for righteousness in the face of worldlyincomprehension, etc. I recently took a short course in Judaism with theOpen University, […]

Gush Shalom in jeopardy

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes To: All for a just peace Attn: Israeli and Palestinian Leaders, First, you are Jews and you are Arabs. These words are not justdescriptive. They are emblematic of the deepest, bravest heritage ofdevotion to compassion, justice, caring, sharing and introspection It isthese qualities that have promoted your survival, not […]

Allow Palestinian farmers to get to their land

Action Call from the CPT From the Palestinian village of BEIT UMMAR: Call for URGENT ACTION – ALLOW PALESTINIAN FARMERS TO GET TO THEIR LAND! (CPT) In June 2002 Israeli settlers from the nearby settlement of KarmeTzur unilaterally expanded their borders and built a road, destroyingdozens of fruit trees, and preventing the Beit Ummar farmers […]

Supporting Gush Shalom against war crimes

A letter from David Finkel To the Government of Israel and the IDF: In my Jewish education I was repeatedly taught that the crimes of genocide againstthe Jewish people, and other peoples, were the responsibility not only of those whocommitted mass murder, but also of the much larger numbers who looked away orwere silent. This […]