by: Gila Svirsky (edited by Christine Penington)
 | "Dai Lakibush, Yad l'Piyus", meaning "End the Occupation, Seek Reconciliation" and women bloackade the street outside the theatre..
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Various: On Tuesday 1 June a video and photo exhibit, organised by 21-year old former Israeli military officer Yehuda Shaul, opened in Tel Aviv. The exhibit documents the abuse of Palestinians committed by Israeli soldiers in Hebron and includes photographs taken by Shaul and 30 of his fellow soldiers. The photographs and stories in the “Breaking the Silence” exhibit tell tales of violence, physical abuse and property damage.
On Wednesday the streets of Tel Aviv were lined with “walking exhibitions” as protesters donned “sandwich boards” with photographs of the security wall in Gaza. Shoppers and downtown university students were exposed to the graphic scenes.
Thursday was a busy day for lesbians and gay men who held a gay pride parade in Jerusalem. Kveesa Shchora (Black Laundry), the anti-occupation movement of lesbians and gay men, marched separately carrying their own signs. Some ultra-Orthodox Jerusalemites turned out to insult them, with a prominent Kabbalist rabbi declaring that homosexuals were “subhuman” and would be reincarnated as rabbits.
Activities continued into the sunny weekend with the sandwich-board exhibitors snaking their way through beach chairs and blankets of sunbathers in Tel Aviv on Friday.
Saturday morning saw a joint Palestine-Jerusalem demonstration at Aram, just north of Jerusalem, where the government has just begun work on the wall. In the evening women brought photographs of Rafah’s destroyed homes to the lines of people waiting to get into various theatres. Women chanted, “How can you watch movies when homes are being destroyed in Gaza?” The women also blockaded the street and a car accompanying them projected slides onto the shutters of buildings along the road.
More details of anniversary actions and protests to follow.
Gila Svirsky works with the Coalition of Women for Peace.
A 20-minute video documentary Women Resist the Occupation includes some of the bold and creative actions of the Coalition of Women for Peace to resist and achieve peace. The documentary was produced by Israeli filmmaker Claudia (Cala) Levin and a team of four women from Indymedia Israel. The video is available in United States (NTSC) or European (PAL) formats. The suggested price for the film is US$25/20euro (more if you can afford) write to gsvirsky@netvision.net.il for more details.
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