Activists from the organization Standing Together hang posters with the words 'We will get through this together' in Hebrew and Arabic. Standing Together works to combat racism and improve Arab-Jewish relations within Israel.
Activists from the organization Standing Together hang posters with the words"We will get through this together" in Hebrew and Arabic. Standing Together works to combat racism and improve Arab-Jewish relations within Israel.ast week, two activists from the grassroots movement Standing Together, which works to improve relations between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel,by Israeli police in Jerusalem.
Green says that his organization, and many other peace groups in Israel, have not protested the war in Gaza because it is too dangerous. “If you go out in the street and have a sign or a slogan against the war, you can die,” he says. “Being a peace activist in Israel is labeled these days as being a traitor, someone who cheers for the other team. People think you hate your own people, you are an auto-antisemite,” says Magen Inon, an Israeli photographer who opposes the war in Gaza. His cousin was one of the 200 Israelis abducted in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, which left 1,400 dead in Israel, and he says that his family and friends often tell him his beliefs are “too extreme.
It’s a concern echoed by experts of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “If there is a lack of hope and a lack of political rights, this is where extremism thrives,” Chatham House’s Mekelberg says. He adds that many pro-peace Israelis have become much more hawkish in the aftermath of the Hamas attack. He worries that a parallel trend could take place in Gaza. “Some people resort toward radicalization during times of anger,” he adds.
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