Standing Together’s weekly demonstration last Sunday in Union Square was shadowed by unfolding horrors and the arrest of the organization’s co-director. I can’t pretend I began to see the light as the group upheld the possibility that Jewish Israelis and Arabs (in Israel and the occupied territories) might come together to “refuse fascism everywhere.” There weren’t enough Arabs in the square to make the most hopeful chants seem less than utopian. Still, I added my goyish voice to the chorus: “Israel And Palestine/Our Futures Are Entwined!” Not all the slogans were so nice. “He Has Lost His Fucking Mind/Netanyahu Must Resign!” My wife left out the F-word but I belted it out.
What follows is an email appeal from Standing Together…B.D.
The arrest of Standing Together’s co-director, Alon-Lee Green, and six other activists has been outrageously extended for another two days at least. We need to call this what it is: a political arrest aimed at silencing the opposition to this atrocious war, at the exact time when our government is planning to expand it.
It won’t work – we’re preparing numerous on-the-ground actions to escalate the fight against the government’s expansion of the war on Gaza. We’re also urgently appealing in court for the release of Alon-Lee and the other activists. Please support us, the largest Jewish-Palestinian grassroots movement in Israel, which is leading the opposition to the war within our society, as we ramp up our fight in these critical days ahead:
SUPPORT THE LEADING OPPOSITION TO THE WAR
Alon-Lee was arrested yesterday during a nonviolent emergency march to the Gaza border. We demanded that the government end its horrific assault on Gaza, which became even more lethal over the past few days with an expanded military campaign, and sign a deal to end the war and release all hostages. Alon-Lee and other peaceful demonstrators are in jail, while right-wing extremist settlers are able to enter Gaza illegally, carry out attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank, and hold settlement conferences on the Gaza border with full impunity.
SHARE THIS MESSAGE: We call for an immediate release of Alon-Lee and all imprisoned peace activists, and an end to the horrendous war waged by a minority government intent on re-occupying and ethnically cleansing Gaza. Violence from the Israeli police will not silence the growing movement against this war of annihilation and its danger to Palestinians, Israeli hostages, and all who live in this land. We will continue fighting for an end to the war, an end to the occupation, and for peace, justice, safety and equality for all.
Join us in this fight by supporting now:
DONATE TO HELP US PUT AN END TO THIS.
LET’S END THIS, TOGETHER, SUPPORT NOW.
In Solidarity,
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