The Olive Tree Movement

Ahalan WaSahalan!
Welcome to the Olive Tree Movement's brand new website!
Here you'll be able to receive information about the group activities and reports from past activities.

Enjoy!

We had a new website-انتقلنا لموقعنا الجديد --ברנו לאתר החדש שלנו

http://humanitywithoutborders.ning.com/

Dear Friends and Supporters
Recently we finished our registration to a NGO
Since there was not an option to register under the name the olive tree movement
we have registred on the name
1 - Registered Name = "Adam Lelo Gvulot - Siua Lengishut Refuit"
(אדם ללא גבולות - סיוע לנגישות רפואית ===== Humans without Borders - fascilitating Medical Access)
So we have had to establish a new website on behalf of our new official

אלפי תודות לכל המתנדבים שהסיעו בשבועיים האחרונים
מיכאל – אמוץ – ג'ודי – יערה – אללה – דפנה
יהודית – גלית – תמרה- עופרה – ג'ודי – חגית
שרגא-ענת- דורותי- נעמי – אברהם – גיל
טל- יואב- ישי- יורם- יעל- חיים-ערן-בני
עזרא-אורלי-עדי-אבישי- יובל-
וכמובן תודה מיוחדת לנהג שלנו עאבד
ולאנשים הנפלאים שמשלים לו עבור נסיעות
הרבה תודות וברכות למתנדבות החדשות

Physicians for Human Rights-Israel

Protest, Solidarity and Aid Convoy for the Residents of Gaza

Friday, 16th of January

As medical professionals responsible for the health and safety of all people, Jews and Arabs, we cannot remain silent in the face of the horrors occurring before our eyes:

On Friday, 16th of January, we will set out together, members, volunteers and supporters of Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, to accompany a convoy of food and medical supplies for the residents of the Gaza Strip.

Together, Arabs and Jews, we will express solidarity with the residents of Gaza and the south of Israel, and call:

Grieve together & reject the massive killing of civilians

The current warfare in the Gaza area features terrible, rampant violence: thus far, more than 870 Palestinian deaths and more than 10 Israeli deaths, with thousands of wounded – most of them civilians and children. The overwhelming force used by the Israeli army against a civilian population and the scope of the killing are intolerable.

This demands protest by Jews and Palestinians: We must protest the slaughter in Gaza and southern Israel, the choice to opt for brute force and violence instead of negotiations, the disdain for the sacredness of human life, the loss of faith in dialogue rather than violence to resolve conflict. Beyond protest, we need to mourn what has died on our side and within each of us; we need a way to open ourselves willingly to the pain and grief of the other side, and for both sides to express their shared sadness at the hopes and dreams that this terrible war has destroyed.

אלפי תודות לכל המתנדבים
דורותי – יערה – עופרה – תמרה –
עזרא – מיכאל – עמוץ – ג'ודי
אלה- חגית – אברהם ונעמי
אבישי המקסים כמו תמיד
וכמובן תודה מיוחדת לנהג שלנו עאבד
ולאנשים הנפלאים שמשלים לו עבור נסיעות
הרבה ברכות למתנדבים החדשים גיל- יהודית- דפנה- וגלית שהצטרפו לשורת המלאכים המסיעים שלנו
אנשים יקרים תודה והערכה מהמשפחות ומהילדים עצמם

You are invited to join us for a Silent Peace Walk on Friday, January 9, In Tel Aviv

The silent walk is a call from the heart of individuals, Jewish and Arab, for non-violence and for bringing back trust and sanity into our lives.

We call for Opening of the Heart, and for Creating a Change in Reality, even in the presence of fear, war and distress.

Come let us bring to the streets a message of humaneness, empathy and compassion towards the pain on both sides, towards anyone aspiring to end the cycle of violence, towards the ability to see beyond the immediate need for defense, so that we can continue to live side by side, also the day after the war. Let us remember that we are all human beings that deserve the right to live, dignity, compassion and humane care.

PRESS CONFERENCE AT YAD MORDECHAI JUNCTION

WEDNESDAY 7TH JANUARY, AT 2.15 P.M.

The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, in coalition with other Israeli peace activists (Gush Shalom, AIC, etc.), proposes a press conference at Yad Mordechai Junction (inside the gas station restaurant) on Wednesday 7th January at 2.15 pm to get the Israeli peace camp voice better heard, specifically to contradict assertions made by the Israeli government and military spokespersons.

We call for: immediate ceasefire and cessation of attacks on civilians (the majority of the wounded are civilians, according to Dr. Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor working inside Gaza*), end to the siege on Gaza which is now a ghetto, end to the system of Occupation by Israel of Gaza (air, land, sea control, etc), and resumption of serious peace negotiations.

THE OLIVE HARVEST COALITION

Gush Shalom, Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions, Alternative Information Center, Kibbutz (Projects) and Youth Movements,
Yesh Gvul, Yesh Din, Combatants for Peace, Machsomwatch, The Olive Tree Movement, The Villages Group, Coalition of Women for Peace, Rabbis for Human Rights, Taayush – Arab-Jewish Partnership

CALLS OUT TO VOLUNTEERS FOR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE AUTUMN 2008 OLIVE HARVEST AND FARMING TASKS

Greetings,

As has become our custom since 2002, Israeli and international volunteer organizations and groups take an active part in the annual olive harvest farming tasks throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

חברים יקרים, ואנשים טובים שלום

אני מקבלת לאחרונה הרבה פניות מכפרים שונים וממשפחות

נזקקות בבקשה לציוד לבית ספר, כמו ילקוטים, מחברות, כלי

כתיבה גם נעליים ובגדים לילדים מגיל 6 עד 12.

חשוב לי לציין שהבקשה לא באה מקום של מתן צדקה אלה חובה עלינו כלפי שכנינו כאחראים בצורה זו או אחרת על חלק גדול בסבלם וממה שעובר עליהם