By Susan H. Smith | – ( Waging Nonviolence ) – Over nearly five years, the small German charity Sea-Watch has saved more than 37,000 lives. But xenophobia and repression threaten its survival. The Sea-Watch 3 is the only rescue ship currently operating in the Central Mediterranean Sea. (Sea-Watch) At the height of the Syrian […]
A New Coalition of Diaspora, Israeli Jews and Palestinians is Confronting Israeli Military Violence
By Rafi Ellenson |- ( Waging Nonviolence ) – When diaspora Jews and those living in Israel join with Palestinians, they forge a more powerful and just movement to end the occupation. I watched the Israeli Defense Forces throw several stun grenades — one right after the other — deep into a crowd of my […]