Israeli popular resistance to Israel's aggression

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No return, no justice, no peace: Exposing the inherent racism of Zionist Israeli peace groups: Al-Awda press release, 4 January 2001. No agreement, negotiations or parties which purport to trade away the right of return or any other inalienable rights can have any legal basis and cannot bind or compel the Palestinian people to accept it. The statement published in Ha'aretz (2 January 2001) by Peace Now and other self proclaimed Israeli peace camp calls for Palestinians to abandon their inalienable right of return.
Israel's left regroups with calls for settlements freeze, peace talks: AFP, 9 May 2001. Israel's political left wing, still reeling from its electoral debacle in February, is struggling to get back on track by mobilizing against settlements and in favour of an Egyptian-Jordanian peace plan.
Split widens over Israeli reservists: BBC News Online, Friday 1 February 2002. A decision by more than 100 Israeli reserve officers to refuse to serve in the Palestinian territories has sparked a furious row inside the military, and a widening public debate. Appended is a The New York Times, article on the same subject by Joen Greenberg.
Israelis From Left and Right Criticize Sharon: By Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 23 February 2002. At the end of one of the bloodiest weeks in the 17-month-old Palestinian uprising, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon came under scathing attack from hard-liners and doves alike. His once-formidable popularity plummeted in new opinion polls.
Israeli peace movement grows: By Hans Lebrecht, People's Weekly World, 13 April 2002. Although a majority of Israelis support Sharon's Lebanon War II, the peace camp is gathering increasing strength. A recent poll showed over 70 percent of Israelis supporting the withdrawal of Jewish settlements in Arab-majority areas, up from just over 50 percent in the past.
Israel Leans on Supporters of Objectors: By Ben Lynfield, Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2002. Yaffa Yarkoni was one of Israel's most beloved singers, but then she crossed a line: She criticized the Israeli army's West Bank offensive and came out in support of a controversial group of reserve soldiers who refuse to serve there. Retribution was swift.
Spreading the Secret: Gila Svirsky, Jerusalem, 7 July 2002. One of the best kept secrets in Israel is that most Israelis are fed up with the occupation, and just want to get out. According to June's findings by Mina Zemach, Israel's foremost pollster, 63% of Israelis are in favor of unilateral withdrawal. In fact, 69% call for the evacuation of all or most of the settlements.
How Israel's Peace Movement Fell Apart: By David Newman, The New York Times, 30 August 2002. The peace movements in Israel have been silenced in the past year. The onslaught of terrorism and suicide bombings has given rise to a discourse of revenge, implemented by the government of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and the country's mighty military force, replacing any discourse of reconciliation and peace.
Resistance in Israel undercuts settler regime: By Leslie Feinberg, Workers World, 5 September 2002. The settler state of Israel could not last for a day without being shored up by its main pillars: Wall Street, the Pentagon and the Big Lie. The Palestinian determination to fight for freedom against all odds has motivated Israelis themselves to lay down their arms or to refuse to take them up against the Palestinian population.