Standing Together

05/08/2026

This morning we staged a sit-in at the headquarters of the Religious Zionism party which is transferring money to farm outposts in the West Bank. These are often bastions of racist violence and are illegal even under Israeli law. Smotrich, who heads Religious Zionism and is both finance minister and minister in the defense ministry, is channeling money from citizens who live here to outposts in the West Bank to support the actions of violent settlers. These settlers burn buildings, cars, agricultural fields, take crops, livestock, and attack and kill Palestinians all with the goal of displacing communities from their land.

Palestinians are the victims of this, but we, Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel, are also being used by this extremist government which takes our money to prop up settler terror instead of fighting for the interests of the people who live inside the country.

We won’t stop fighting to end the occupation!

05/08/2026

We paid a solidarity visit to Moatasem al-Qaq, a bus driver who was attacked by several people who came onto the bus and began assaulting him so severely that he lost consciousness. Four of his teeth were knocked out in the beating, which occurred in a neighborhood in Jerusalem. At our solidarity visit, Moatasem told us that what was more difficult than the physical injury is the emotional injury of the violence.

The last few years have seen an escalation in attacks on Palestinian bus drivers and sanitation workers, with Israeli labor union organization Koah LaOvdim citing 30% more attacks in 2025 compared to 2024. There were dozens of attacks in Jerusalem alone last year.

A reality in which a Palestinian citizen of Israel is assaulted and brutalized because he is Palestinian is one that no one can or should accept. Palestinians, like all people, must be able to go about their day without fearing for their lives.

04/08/2026

If we want to end this unbearable reality, we have to demand the alternative that benefits everyone on this land, Palestinians and Jews.

04/08/2026

Elections in Israel are set for this October, and they’ll help determine what the next few years on this land look like. This is a crucial moment for our grassroots organizing and we’re bringing the fight to Palestinian towns and cities across Israel to make sure every single person can be heard at the ballot box (and on the streets)!

04/08/2026

03/08/2026

Listen to Asya Adar, Standing Together activist and Solidarity Guard coordinator.

02/08/2026

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02/08/2026

Our fight is continuing full force ahead of the election this fall, which is set for October 27. We’re mobilizing communities of Jews and Palestinians across the country through deep canvassing (aka speaking with the public) on the subject of peace on this land, and preparing for our get-out-the-vote campaign in the upcoming weeks.

Our role right now is to continue building a new majority of people who live here, Palestinians and Jews, who know that the alternative to war, occupation, and inequality, is peace, freedom, and social justice for all.

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30/07/2026

A ceasefire that does not stop the killing is not a ceasefire.

Israeli strikes continue to kill Palestinians across Gaza. According to WAFA, in just one week, 29 Palestinians were killed, bringing the total number killed since the ceasefire agreement took effect on October to 1,209. This is not a ceasefire. We need a real, immediate and enforceable ceasefire – one that ends every strike, protects civilians and allows unrestricted humanitarian aid to flood Gaza. The killing must stop. Now.