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Illustrative: Young Americans burn their draft cards during an anti-war demonstration, on November 7, 1965, in Union Square in New York, to protest against war in Vietnam. (AFP)
April 30, 2025, 3:45 pm
50 years after the end of the Vietnam War, meet an iconic but unknown Jewish activist
A visit to the New York-based American Jewish Historical Society provides a look at the unsung legacy of Robert Allen Simon through a treasure trove of artifacts
By Cathryn J. Prince
In this Monday, April 23, 2018 photo, trainer Tareq Isleem teaches Palestinian youths participating in a workshop about 'non-violent' resistance and 'peaceful' protests at a tent near the protest site near Gaza's border with Israel, east of Gaza City. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
April 26, 2018, 2:06 pm
Hamas claims to be embracing ‘nonviolence’ through deadly border protests
Terror group backs workshops teaching activists what isn’t permitted, while leaders frame themselves as followers of Mandela, Gandhi; Israel says protests are cover for terrorism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
March 30, 2018, 5:02 am
Israel fears rallies will break out of Strip, even if protesters don’t
Organizers insist that the March of Return will be peaceful, but the greater threat to Israel may be a non-violent struggle spreading to the West Bank
By Avi Issacharoff
Cover and detail from the children's book 'P is for Palestine;' photos of Palestinian youth demonstrating against Israel, throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails. (Book pages screenshot from drbashi.com; photos of demonstrations from public domain)
December 5, 2017, 4:00 pm
‘P is for Palestine’ children’s picture book ignites controversy in New York
Some Jewish parents deeply troubled by attacks on author Golberg Bashi, threats against store carrying her book teaching children about Palestinian culture and heritage
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Palestinian activist Issa Amro arrives for a hearing at the Ofer military court on July 9, 2017, in the town of Betunia, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP Photo/Abbas Momani)
July 9, 2017, 9:46 pm
Israeli military trial begins for prominent Palestinian activist
Issa Amro, founder of Youth Against Settlements, accused of inciting violence; Amnesty says charges don’t ‘stand up to scrutiny’
By Agencies
From left to right, Ziad Sabateen, Lonny Baskin, Mustafa Sabateen, Muhammad Sabateen and Phil Saunders pose for a photograph on the night of Muhammad's release after a three-month prison sentence. (Courtesy/Ziad Sabateen)
February 20, 2016, 8:44 am
Palestinian peacenik’s son released from prison, changed but dedicated to non-violence
Teenager convicted of rock throwing, claims interrogator beat him into confession, denied him right to an attorney
By Judah Ari Gross
Muhammad Ziad Sabateen eats dinner at the home of then Tekoa chief rabbi Menachem Froman about three years ago. (Screen capture)
November 14, 2015, 11:20 pm
Arabs, Israelis rally behind Palestinian activist’s arrested son
Teenage son of a Bethlehem peace advocate charged with rock throwing, allegedly beaten by investigators
By Judah Ari Gross
Palestinian nonviolence activist Ali Abu Awwad (right) addresses an Israeli audience at the home of Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger (left) in the settlement of Alon Shvut on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 (photo credit: Elie Leshem/Times of Israel)
March 4, 2015, 4:29 pm
In a settler’s living room, a Palestinian reaches out
Ali Abu Awwad, who lost a brother to the conflict, uses nonviolence to challenge the prejudices of his Arab and Jewish neighbors
By Elie Leshem
Illustrative: Leaders in a Vietnam war protest stand in silent prayer in Arlington National Cemetery, February 6, 1968, including Rabbi Abraham Heschel, and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (AP Photo/Harvey Georges)
January 18, 2015, 10:03 pm
Jews recall MLK’s legacy, ‘from Ferguson to Palestine’
King’s staunch Zionism and battle against anti-Semitism in the black community take back-seat in divided Jewish community
By Matt Lebovic
Hen Mazzig
February 7, 2013, 4:42 pm
Hen Mazzig
A sixth broken camera
Speechless in Seattle after taking knocks at ‘nonviolent’ Palestinian demonstrations in the West Bank
Simon Plosker
August 29, 2012, 8:17 pm
Simon Plosker
Undercover with Palestinian ‘moderates,’ the disturbing truth comes to light
I am in a privileged position of being able, by virtue of my own contacts, to get relevant information directly from the source. But I finished my visit to Nabi Saleh feeling cheated
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