Refusing the Occupation | An Israeli Coming-of-Age Story
Every year, around this time, Social TV gathers a group of conscientious objectors. They look directly into the eyes of Israeli society and explain why they will not enlist in the army.
This year, we joined four objectors that went to the occupied Palestinian territories to examine their decision through what they saw on the ground.
"Refusing the Occupation," a different Israeli coming-of-age story.
Reporter: Alon Mizrahi
Cinematography: Rachel Shor
Editor: Adam Guelman
Thank you to our brave (in a feminist, and not militant, kind of way) partners at מסרבות and B'Tselem בצלם.
Demand: Food Security for All
In Israel-Palestine live hundreds of thousands of families suffering from acute food insecurity. A meal limited to something like a slice of bread with chocolate spread—with no nutritional value—only fills the stomach so it doesn't hurt from hunger.
Many Israelis and Palestinians cannot afford or access nutrient-rich food, and are left with no choice but to eat food which leaves one susceptible to being overweight or ill.
Before you tell yourself that “hunger cannot be eradicated,” listen to the following data: 350 million shekels a year can lend itself to a solution. With this amount, the lives of thousands of families can begin to change.
We all have the right to access and eat healthy, nutritious food. And it is the responsibility of all of us to demand it.
Yael Rozanes - יעל רוזנס
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger מזון - תגובה יהודית לרעב
סיכוי-אופוק سيكوي-أفق פתחון לב לקט ישראל Leket Israel מרכז אדוה Adva Center לתת Latet
121 - מנוע לשינוי חברתי עֲשׂוֹת משפט - קול רבני לזכויות אדם Rabbis for Human Rights Negev Coexistence Forum| פורום דו-קיום בנגב | منتدى التعايش السلمي في النقب שתיל - شتيل - Shatil Shatil - An Initiative of the New Israel Fund הפורום הישראלי לתזונה בת-קיימא Aid Organization for Refugees - ASSAF פסטיבל סולידריות/ مهرجان تضامن / Solidarity Festival Sidreh Organization
Radical Lipstick: Food Waste
Radical Lipstick: Food Waste
When was the last time you ate an orange apple? Or a tiny watermelon? Or one with spots?
We are throwing away food without paying any attention at all. Sometimes because we bought too much, sometimes because we don't like it, and sometimes just because it isn't shiny.
But all this casualness about food has a price. The amount of food thrown away could feed all the hungry mouths in the world, save resources and money, and slow down global warming. Yes, what goes into (or does not go into) our mouths has an impact on the climate crisis.
And what does the person you'll vote for in the next election have to say about all of this? (if anything...)
#RadicalLipstick, this time against food waste
מצילות המזון ירושלים Food Rescuers JLM
רובין פוד -
Yafa Streets
What was the name of Yehuda HaYamit Street in Jaffa before 1948? And Shivtei Israel Street?
Street names have a political meaning. And removing such names (like ones named after historic Palestinian and Arab figures) and replacing them with others (in Hebrew) is an attempt toward eradicating a language, legacy, and culture.
Yafa Streets (شوارع يافا רחובות יאפא) emphasizes the historic Arab street names in the public space, alongside the current street names, as a symbolic gesture of recognition and correction of history.
This article was made as part of STV's #Jaffa_Tongue project - an urban activist lab by Social TV - הטלוויזיה החברתית. The connection formed between the project participants created an exciting collaboration that drives the project forward.
Thank you to Wahat al-Salam - Neve Shalom, Zochrot / זוכרות / ذاكرات and עמותת יד ביד جمعية يداً بيد for supporting the projec
The State Budget Against the Hungry Family
The politician's guide to exploiting hunger and poverty for political purposes:
1️⃣Find yourself an urban market, preferably as "authentic" as possible
2️⃣Have a conversation with a seller, make sure to nod every 20 seconds
3️⃣Insult your political opponent for his indifference
4️⃣Haphazardly throw in a story about poverty from your past
5️⃣Promise some stuff to passers-by
6️⃣Make sure everything is recorded on camera
7️⃣Leave the place
8️⃣Return only in the next election campaign...maybe
Reporter: Assaf Uzan
Photographer: Adi Toledano
Editor: Shira Green
Roni Strier Becky Keshet MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger מצילות המזון ירושלים Food Rescuers JLM Rabbis for Human Rights
#hunger #elections #elections202
Under Surveillance | Israeli Dystopia of Surveillance and Facial Recognition
Under Surveillance | Israeli Dystopia of Surveillance and Facial Recognition
The Israeli Police can make it operational within a day and the Israeli Military has been using it for years in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Even the port of Ashdod and the Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv have found a use for it. China, Russia, and the United States, too, benefit from it.
Facial recognition technology has been conquering the world in recent years and Israel is taking a large part in it. And...it is dangerous.
Reporter and activist Jonathan Hempel set out on a journey to explore the Israeli facial recognition industry and was appalled by what he discovered.
Has Israel long since become a dystopia of surveillance and facial recognition? Watch our new article to find out how it works, how Israel turned the Occupied Palestinian Territories into a laboratory for technological experiments, and why this is so dangerous.
Lod: From the Nakba to May 2021
Lod: Between the Nakba and May 2021
May 2021 will be remembered as the month of the war of cities. The opening bullet was fired by a Jewish resident of Lod who murdered Moussa Hassouna, a Palestinian resident of the city. To this day, the Jewish resident moves about as a free man. But the family and friends of Moussa have no such freedom from the grief and longing for their beloved.
That night--and the nights that followed--the Palestinian residents of Lod realized that the Nakba that their parents and grandparents endured never ended. The understanding that all systems of the Israeli government work together against them not only causes them great pain, but also unites them in a joint struggle for justice and equality.
Director: Barak Heymann Heymann Brothers Films
Photo: Lukasz Konopa Haidi Motola
Editor: Adam Gelman
Marwa Hassuna فداء شحادة Abed Gazaabou Shhadeh Yigal Mosko
Shai Carmeli Pollak Adalah - The Legal Center For Arab Minority Rights In Israel
The Ongoing Nakba
On Nakba Day, STV's lexicon for reclaiming the language of the oppressed (Radical Lipstick) presents: "Continuous Nakba."
What does a continuous Nakba in 2022 look like, you ask?
To fight to be allowed to teach your history at school.
To be 20 kilometers away from your ancestral village without the possibility to visit it.
To speak Hebrew to survive.
And to ask really nicely for your home not to be destroyed because the Israeli Authorities don't grant building permits to some Palestinians.
We made an article about it so that you can't say you didn't know.
Thanks to Amoneh Asfour- Yafa activist, Yousef Asfour- history teacher and activist at Amnesty International Israel, and Rachel Beitarie- CEO of Zochrot / זוכרות / ذاكرات
Editor and Chief Producer | Maya Yavin
Video Editor | Adam Galman
The Oppression Mechanism of Bureacracy
The Oppression Mechanism of Bureaucracy:
Another morning spent dealing with all the bureaucratic paperwork instead of enjoying your coffee?
סיכוי-אופוק سيكوي-أفق
#injustice #hunger #sikkuy #palestine #poverty
Should there be an earthquake in Kufr Aqab, about 80% of the buildings in the neighborhood will collapse, according to UNRWA. But, if you need an ambulance, it will not come. And the police also prefer not to enter.
Kufr Aqab is another neighborhood located in the municipal area of Jerusalem. The residents are required to pay all the taxes, and receive...nothing in return.
NO MAN'S LAND
An article by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Shor for Social TV - הטלוויזיה החברתית.
Walaja: Between the Wall and City Hall
Walaja: Between the Wall and City Hall
Last week, the Israeli Supreme Court demonstrated its legal and moral responsibility towards the residents of the village of Walaja, meeting an obvious obligation: a permanent home for everyone--not only Israeli-Jews.
Walaja is a hostage of an impossible political reality that the State of Israel is running on the backs of its residents. On one hand, it is a village--one part in control of the Palestinian Authority, the other part controlled by Israel. It is also a neighborhood in Jerusalem--a neighborhood that the Jerusalem Municipality (עיריית ירושלים) carefully ignores. And while the Jerusalem Municipality ignores the neighborhood, the State of Israel ignores the existence of the people.
400 women, men, girls and boys get up every morning with a demolition order hanging over 38 homes--about a third of the village houses. This morning, the Supreme Court announced to the State that it should respect and resolve this ongoing abuse of people's lives.
The hearing took place on Land Day--a day of national rage of the Palestinian people. 54 years have passed since the demonstration that has become a national symbol for the Palestinian citizens, and the demonstration is as relevant as ever.
In 1975, the state decided to expropriate about 20,000 dunams of private land in the Galilee, the Triangle area and the Negev. Why? Simply because the State could. We called it "Development of the Galilee," and transferred thousands of dunams from the villages of Nahaf, Deir al-Assad, and Bana to the construction of the city of Carmiel.
It is time to stop the policy of discrimination and the continuing violation of citizens' rights.
A video article by Matan Golan Photography & Graphics, activist, architect, and journalist on Social TV - הטלוויזיה החברתית and שיחה מקומית, who accompanies the Walaja struggle year-round.
Cinematography: Eyal Warshavsky
ידידי אל-ולאג'ה Friends of al Walaja
Planting Hope in Palestine/Israel
Planting hope in Palestine/Israel:
Social TV joined the Parents Circle-Families Forum to plant olive trees of shared pain and a new hope.