16/02/25

They stopped us but we'll continue: Planting Olive Trees in South Hebron Hills

On February 14th, together with partner organizations, we arrived for protective presence, solidarity and planting of olive trees in South Hebron Hills. Together with the Palestinian farmers we planted 200 olive trees. Some of the activists couldn't participate in the planting – the IDF prevented them from joining, while settlers continued to provocatively plant trees in a nearby Palestinian village without being hindered.

10/02/25

We guaranteed multi-lingual healthcare accessibility!

After a long struggle and thanks to the signatures of more than 5,000 activists, the Ministry of Health has decided to appoint a coordinator for translation and accessibility in Arabic, Amharic and Russian.

03/02/25

We won! The African Hebrew Israelites of Dimona Won’t Be Deported!

After a four-year struggle, including protests, rallies, legal battles, and 18,000 signatures, the Israeli Ministry of Interior has halted the deportation of the Hebrew Israelites and granted temporary legal status to members of the community who were under threat of deportation.

03/02/25

How We Made Our Voices Heard for a Hostage Deal in Washington

All the hostages who have returned from Gaza asked us for one thing – to continue fighting until everyone comes home. Through our partners in Washington, we displayed mobile billboards near the Capitol, calling on Trump to bring everyone back home.

03/02/25

How We Raised a Black Flag Against the War in Gaza

Since the start of the war in Gaza, our community has mobilized to voice strong opposition to the occupation of Gaza and the ethnic cleansing happening there. Zazim activists filmed a short video calling to stop the war, refuse war crimes, and secure a hostage release deal, and we launched billboards on the Ayalon Highway to amplify the voices that the media and the government silenced.

03/02/25

Standing by the Hostage Families, Demanding a Full Deal for Everyone

The returned hostages and the families of the fallen are asking for only one thing – that we urgently bring everyone back in a deal, now. In recent weeks, we have shown up to stand alongside the hostage families and demand a deal for everyone.

19/01/25

Planting Hope – Planting Olive Trees in Kfar Hussan

On January 17th, we held an action of solidarity, protective presence, and olive tree planting in the village of Kfar Hussan in the West Bank, along with our partners from 'Rabbis for Human Rights.' This is our response to harassment, messianism, and hatred!

22/12/24

Solidarity Tour and Protective Presence in the Southern Jordan Valley

In stormy weather, some 30 Zazim members joined “Rabbis for Human Rights” and “Looking the Occupation in the Eye” for a solidarity tour and protective presence in Palestinian communities under settler attack in the southern Jordan Valley.

17/11/24

We Supported the Struggle of Umm al-Hiran Residents Against the Demolition of Their Village

Hundreds of Zazim members supported the struggle of the Umm al-Hiran community against the demolition order issued for their village and stood with the unrecognized Bedouin villages, opposing the racist plan for population transfers in the Negev.

06/11/24

Even in These Hard Times, We Are Not Alone

Even as democracy falters in Israel and the United States, we have each other—and there is still work we can do. On November 5th, we joined Palestinian farmers in Beit Jala for the olive harvest. Together, we witnessed – and created – hope for a better future.

09/10/24

Special webinar - Israel & Palestine: Pathways to Peace

One year after the October 7th massacre and the ongoing, devastating war, “Europe Calling” held a special webinar together with Campact, our sister organization in Germany. Watch this fascination discussion about paths to peace.

01/07/24

The Time For Peace Is Now

On july 1st we made history with the largest peace rally since November 4th, 1995. Thousands of people who filled the arena experienced, firsthand, the hope and inspiration of the event, and now, together, we can continue to spread the word. We're at the beginning of a long, stubborn journey to put Israel back on the road to peace, and we must walk this path together.

05/06/24

Joint Report – The State of the Occupation, Year 57

As the 57th year of Israeli occupation of the territories draws to a close, Israeli human rights organizations publish, for the second year in row, a joint report with the object of presenting a comprehensive picture of the occupation: "The State of the Occupation, Year 57."

14/03/24

We Demanded Humanitarian Aid for Gaza

"My parents were murdered on October 7th, but there are Israeli hostages in Gaza that are still alive... I'm demonstrating today because we cannot accept the situation in which hostages and Gaza residents are dying of hunger. In retrospect, it will be clear that humanitarian aid is a moral duty - and I want as many people as possible to understand it right now."

02/02/24

The blockade won't stop us

The IDF prevented us from planting olive trees with the farmers of Deir Istiya. But we won't let a checkpoint stop us! The olive saplings, purchased thanks to hundreds of Zazim members, were planted by the Palestinian farmers.

11/12/23

Dear President Biden: The humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip

The war in the Gaza Strip has been underway for more than nine weeks, ever since Hamas carried out its horrific and criminal attack on Israeli civilians, which included killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping some 250 to Gaza – among them Israeli civilians, foreign nationals and children. Immediately after the attack, and in a speech you later gave in Israel, you made it clear that Israel has the right to defend itself, while emphasizing it must do so only in accordance with the provisions of international law, and particularly the rules of war.

05/11/23

An amazing victory for our community and democracy

An amazing victory for our community and democracy! Last week Itamr Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security of Israel, planned a government vote on radical changes to the decisions of the Or Committee, changes that would allow to open fire at protestors blocking traffic routes needed by the army. We immediately began a Zazim campaign demanding cabinet members to veto the changes.

28/10/23

Emergency call to the international community - stop the forcible transfer in the West Bank  

We, the undersigned human rights and civil society NGOs in Israel, call on the international community to act urgently to stop the state-backed wave of settler violence which has led, and is leading to, the forcible transfer of Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

13/10/23

Statement by members of the human rights community in Israel

We, members of the undersigned human rights organizations in Israel, are shocked and  horrified in these dreadful days.

23/08/23

Our Action Against Gender Segregation

An amazing victory! The Attorney-General has halted the plan for gender-segregation in nature reserves after we submitted to her more than 125,000 signatures against the segregation. This victory wouldn’t have happened without our community!

20/08/23

Justice for Iyad – Palestinian lives matter

Last week (17.8) , we came together with other Zazim members to submit over 7,200 signatures to the State Attorney office, demanding him to appeal the vile ruling that acquitted the police officer who cold-bloodedly shot dead Iyad al-Hallaq - an innocent young man with special needs, who got shot simply for

09/07/23

That's how we acted in Homesh

Teargas and stun grenades - this is how the IDF welcomed us this morning (7.7.23) . Hundreds of activists, Israelis and Palestinians, who marched together in demand to dismantle the illegal outpost Homesh.

19/06/23

We did it! Geffen can stay in Israel

We stopped the deportation of an 8-year-old girl and her mother! This happened thanks to the work of our community: more than 41,000 Zazim members joined our campaign for Geffen Getahon

16/04/23

Separation of Religion and State

on Wednesday (29.3) More than 1,000 brave women answered our call, and came to demonstrate together at the Chief Rabbinate in Tel Aviv and thousands of others chipped in and donated so that we can protest against the proposed law to expand the religious courts’ control over our lives. Standing together, shoulder to shoulder, we represented the more than 43,000 Zazim members who signed our petition on “My Zazim” against the law.

26/03/23

The Fight for Democracy in Israel

We, the undersigned citizens of the world, from movements representing tens of millions around the globe and in Israel, condemn the aggressive, anti - democratic legislation proposed by the Israeli government, we stand in solidarity with the citizen of Israel who have been fighting for democracy and taking to the streets in hundreds of thousands for the past 12 weeks.

19/01/23

Our action plan against the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir government - the member survey results

Thousands of Zazim members answered the member survey we sent out with the swearing in of the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir government, and thanks to the answers, we created an action plan to stand up to this new government that is working to undermine the basic rights of all os us

20/11/22

In the face on the violence, Supporting Palestinian farmers

Last Friday (11.11.22) , dozens of Zazim members, together with Rabbis for Human Rights and Peace Now, joined Palestinian farmers in the West Bank village of as-Sawiya to harvest olives together

10/11/22

rides to the polls

we had the immense honor of meeting some of the hundreds of volunteers, who came from all over the country to drive thousands of fellow-citizens to the ballot-box. we met the impressive local activists who led this inspiring initiative, and also the Bedouin women voters themselves, who insisted on their democratic right to vote.

14/08/22

Our Protest: “We Say No to Deporting Kids!”

Hundreds joined forces in Kikar haBimah (HaBimah Square) in a powerful protest to stand with the children of foreign workers and demand that the government fairly resolve their status once and for all.

24/07/22

Our Message to President Biden

These are the posters that we hung all over Jerusalem in advance of Biden’s visits -- issuing a clear call that he demand Prime Minister Lapid prevent the massive operation to build outposts

29/06/22

We demanded an end to night raids arresting Palestinian children

Together with “Parents Against Child Arrests”, we protested in front of the Kibbutz where IDF Central Command Head Major General Yehuda Fuchs resides, demanding that he use his authority to end night raid arrests of Palestinian children.

12/06/22

Victory is won on the Arava Highway!

The public pressure campaign, led by Arava-area activists and thousands of Zazim members who signed on, has succeeded! The Minister of Transportation has officially announced that the road will be widened.

08/06/22

A dose of hope

Hundreds of Zazim members stood by our partners in Jaffa and in Burqa

08/05/22

From Despair to Hope - Walking Tours of Jaffa’s “Absentee Properties”

Dozens of Zazim members joined walking tours in Jaffa during the holy month of Ramadan to get to know the residents’ and the fight for their homes in the face of looming displacement

08/05/22

From Despair to Hope - Walking Tours of Jaffa’s “Absentee Properties”

Dozens of Zazim members joined walking tours in Jaffa during the holy month of Ramadan to get to know the residents’ and the fight for their homes in the face of looming displacement

28/02/22

More than 20 million people demand: sanctions on Putin now!

An open letter to Foreign Minister Yair Lapid about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

10/02/22

Solidarity with the residents of Burin

Hundreds of Israeli activists came to Burin last Friday and planted saplings on the village’s lands, shoulder-to-shoulder with Palestinian residents.

25/01/22

We’re ready thanks to you - bring on 2022

Because of your monthly donations, we will fight on in 2022 for freedom, equality, and justice

25/01/22

Thanks to you we take action in 2022

Thanks to you, we can take action throughout all of 2022. With our highly-trained team taken care of and equipped with the digital infrastructure we need, we can respond rapidly during moments of crisis, and we can win major victories

02/01/22

We stopped Danielle's deportation!

Thanks to more than 14,000 Zazim members who joined the campaign against the deportation - Danielle, a seven year old girl, and her mother Kultida will stay in Israel

30/11/21

Solidarity with Palestinian human rights organizations

We demanded the reversal of Benny Gantz’s draconian decision to declare Palestinian human rights organizations illegal

01/11/21

Our Power Against Settler Violence

With a rising tide of settler violence, we went out to harvest olives with Palestinian farmers

13/09/21

A win for wildlife in Israel

Thanks to our public pressure campaign, we saved the unique ecosystem of the Ayalon Cave from a construction project - and this win is just the beginning

01/08/21

This is how we resisted the racist law

Thanks to over 500 Zazim members, hundreds of families could apply for status and reunification

22/07/21

Zazim and the new government - Survey results

A big thank you to the thousands of Zazim members who answered this survey. Here are the results:

20/07/21

The Residents of Ras at-Tin are in Danger

At the height of the recent heat wave, the IDF’s Civil Administration confiscated the water containers of Ras at-Tin, leaving the villagers to suffer in the scorching sun

23/05/21

We Demanded a Ceasefire

Over 3,000 Zazim activists demanded an end to the fighting in Gaza

04/04/21

We encouraged voting turnout and worked toward more transparency in the elections

Thousands were exposed to the true values ​​of the candidates and to our messages encouraging voting

04/04/21

Food security for Unrecognized Villages

Thanks to donations from hundreds of activists, residents of unrecognized villages in the Negev can now too receive food stamps

22/02/21

An inspirational evening of solidarity with the Filipino community

More than one thousand people donated and hundreds more came to support migrant mothers and their children

08/02/21

COVID Vaccines for Palestinians - the next step

We put up posters in Hebrew and Arabic, demanding to send vaccines to the Palestinians

20/10/20

We continued to fight for Palestinian rights during covid crisis

Our community won't allow Palestinians to be left behind

15/09/20

End Police Violence - Ohana and Guetta, go home!

With police violence against protesters reaching new heights, we called for the removal of Police Chief Superintendent Guetta and the resignation of Public Security Minister Ohana

13/09/20

We Demand Bibi Be Deemed Unfit for Office

More than 14,000 Zazim members called on Netanyahu to take a forced leave of absence

06/09/20

We demanded that the PIID stop the violence

6,000 members of Zazim joined the call demanding the police and the PIID fire Chief Superintendent Guetta

02/09/20

Stopping the Cable Car to the Old City

We took join action to stop the far-right’s Old City cable car initiative, intended to drastically damage daily life in Palestinian East Jerusalem

20/08/20

Zazim are on the bridges

Thanks to small donations from Zazim community members our voice against the Corona dictatorship was heard across the country

01/07/20

We called on ministers to stop the Corona dictatorship

We submitted over 23,000 signatures calling to stop the Shin Bet citizens's surveillance

20/06/20

We showed up at Gantz's house

More than 20,000 members joined our call to stop the Corona dictatorship. After Gantz's team dismissed us, we decided to show up at his house with megaphones and signs:

18/06/20

Justice for Iyad

More than 5,000 members joined a campaign demanding to release the footage showing the killing of Iyad al-Hallaq

18/06/20

We called on Gantz to stop annexation

Thousands signed a letter calling on the Defense Minister to prevent the annexation of the West Bank

31/05/20

We made it to 200,000

We started in 2015 and now Zazim is 200,000 members, Jews and Arabs, working together to advance our values

01/04/20

Covid-19 and the fall of democracy

Netanyahu and his allies have been using the pandemic as cover - our community is fighting back.

23/03/20

Our answer to the Coronavirus crisis

Today we launched our new hotline for economic rights - helping thousands who were laid off, can’t afford rent, or are otherwise negatively impacted by the Coronavirus crisis.

14/02/20

When they cut down trees, we plant hope

More than 200 Israeli activists came to stand shoulder to shoulder with Palestinian residents of Yasuf, and plant new olive trees in place of the ones uprooted by settlers.

28/10/19

Shoulder to shoulder, we harvested with the farmers in Burin

Hundreds of Zazim members donated to bring dozens of activists to support the village of Burin in their olive harvest

15/09/19

Fighting for the right to vote for 50,000 Bedouin citizens

This is a fight for basic equality and democracy - and this is what the Likud is trying to prevent.

28/08/19

We blocked racist surveillance in polling stations!

Thanks to our community of thousands, we prevented voter suppression in Arab communities.

15/07/19

Teachers demand the removal of Education Minister Rafi Peretz

Yifat Ben Dov, a teacher and Zazim member, launched a campaign demanding PM Benjamin Netanyahu fire Education Minister Rafi Peretz

14/07/19

Our fight against deporting children

Danielle Levy, a teacher, and Avi Ofer, an activist, did not stand by while the state chose to deport kids

12/05/19

message to Eurovision, from a blockaded Gaza

Thanks to donations from dozens of Zazim activists, we put hundreds of posters up in public spaces with messages from Gazan youth

21/06/17

Zazim members illuminate the darkness above Gaza

Dozens of Zazim members, among them residents of southern Israel, gathered on Ashkelon beach and released 150 Chinese lanterns in solidarity with the people of Gaza.