Here is a report in today's Guardian, it's worth reading in full, but which includes:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote"><p>"An opinion poll earlier this week said 91% of the Israeli public
backed the campaign. The widespread support, according to Shaffir, is
the result of consensus-building: "Many of us have made a lot of
compromises on our own ideologies to gain consensus. We have put egos
aside, and agreed not to talk about more political issues, like the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict or settlements. We have said: 'Let's focus
on something that will bring everyone together,' and it's worked."</p><p>When
a group of rightwing nationalists from West Bank settlements came to
Tel Aviv earlier this week to promote settlement expansion as a solution
to the housing problem, Shaffir was firm in telling them they were
welcome to join the debate but "settlements are not part of the Israeli
consensus, and so are not part of the solution that has to work for
everyone". "</p><p><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/04/tel-aviv-tent-city-protesters" target="_blank">http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/04/tel-aviv-tent-city-protesters</a><br></p><p>in spain and greece there is a lot of concern about how to relate to israeli camps (because of silence on palestine issue) <br>
</p><p>A comrade has told me, for example: <br>
</p><p>"<span>We are discussing this same issue in many
assemblies here in Spain. I agree that it is necesary to ask the israeli
people, in a gentle and friendly way, about their position in such an
important problem [about the Palestinian occupation]. Otherwise, I have many friends in Is<span>...</span><span>rael
who are against the ocupation and the wall, and they tell me that the
palestinian problem is started to be discussed in small groups in some
israeli camps. They advice me that israeli society is still not mature
to create a mass movement for the end of ocupation, it has been a taboo
there for many years (Iīve been in Palestine and I can tell you that
this is completely true), so we canīt force them too much with this
point. So, we have to be clever and compassive. I would like to proceed
in this way: support israeli movilizations, and in the same way,
remember then that this is an international movement, we are creating a
brotherhood of peoples. And because that, they canīt ignore the
suffering of their palestians neighbours. They should empatize and help
them, and together figure out a solution, a real and fair solution, to
their common problems. Donīt blame israeli people, just help them to
open their eyes!!."</span></span></p><div><div></div>See also <a href="http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/2011/08/israeli-protests-arab-spring-meets-jewish-summer/" target="_blank">http://www.peoplesassemblies.org/2011/08/israeli-protests-arab-spring-meets-jewish-summer/</a> where i am collating reports (would be great to have help with this website if anyone would like to give us a hand in fishing for content, ot to programme it further, pls get in touch)<br>
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</div>-- <br>Apathy is Dead <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarider/5254770064/#/photos/solarider/5254770064/lightbox/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/solarider/5254770064/#/photos/solarider/5254770064/lightbox/</a><br>
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