Who we are
Tarabut seeks to build social alliances for change, to forge alliances that bring together the dispossessed and the oppressed in Israel through involvement in social struggles. Hence the name ('come together', 'associate' in Hebrew and Arabic): We seek to bring together people, not organizations, to think together without dogmatic certainties, and to work for social change.
The focus of Tarabut's activity is local. Very few texts on our website are currently available in other languages than Hebrew and Arabic. We hope to make more texts available in the future.
For more information, please Contact us: tarabut@gmail.com
Links
- HADASH
- The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hebrew)
- al-Jabha
- The Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Arabic)
- Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity
- The struggle against settlements and evictions in Sheikh Jarrah.
- Negev Coexistence Forum
- Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality - Dukium.
- Coalition of Women for Peace
- The Coalition of Women for Peace brings together independent women and 10 feminist peace organizations who work relentlessly for peace and justice.
- Ta'ayush
- Israelis & Palestinians striving together to end the Israeli occupation and to achieve full civil equality through daily non-violent direct-action.
- La Escuelita
- Latino migrant workers community in Isratel
- Adva Center
- A non-partisan policy analysis institute whose mandate is to examine Israeli society from the perspective of equality and social justice.
- AIC
- The Alternative Information Center is a binational organisation to promote the human and national rights of the Palestinian people and a just peace for Palestinians and Israelis based on progressive principles and respect for international law.
Solidarity with the Palestinian Political Prisoners in their Just Struggle!
A joint public statement of politcal organizations from both sides of the green line to support the Palestinian Political Prisoners in their Just Struggle, initiated by the left forces in Hebron and Hithabrut-Tarabut. "Our immediate demand from the Israeli authorities is to free all administrative detainees, both those on hunger strike and those who are not. We call for an end to the policy of administrative detention as a method of arbitrary detention, which results in the jailing of people without trial, on the basis of confidential evidence and without providing a reason and justification for the detainees and their attorneys. This practice contravenes fundamental standards of justice and represents an example of Israel’s blatant disregard of international conventions and norms anchored in international humanitarian law and international human rights conventions."
An Israeli Spring? Critical reflections on the past and future of the Israeli mass protests
Last summer's social protests exposed the cracks and contradictions of the current economic and political order. The voices of the protests were not limited to those of the traditional middle classes. These contradictions are opportunities that call us to promote change and not to stand idly by. A critical overview of the protest, with the aim of contributing to its renewal.
Have you ever heard commercials in the middle of a demonstration, while breathing tear gas? There are some corporations who do not give up even a single valuable moment of a listening audience, even demonstrators under a tear gas attack...
In February 2010, Israel's minister of foreign affair, head of the right-wing party "Yisrael Beiteinu”, proposed requiring a loyalty oath as a condition of Israeli citizenship. Those who refuse - Arab or Jewish - would have their citizenship revoked. Read our own version...
The Making of a Social Activist
Reuven Abergil, one of the founders of the Israeli Black Panthers, the social movement who shook Israeli society at the beginning of the 1970s, now a member of Tarabut-Hit’habrut, talks about growing up in a poor neighborhood in Jerusalem and the beginning of the Black Panthers movement in Israel.
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The Site is under construction
The site is undergoing a massive upgrade. This might take a couple of days. Thanks for your patience. Tarabut's website team. »
Tarabut needs your support
Tarabut needs your support We have no financial means apart from members’ contributions. We cannot submit our political project to the logic of NGOization. Yet, if social engagement is not to remain the privilege of the few, we need some funds. »
Zionism is a Prison
Zionism is an ideological prison for social change in Israel. It is an ideological prison that separates Jews and Arabs. Even “soft Zionism,” which is said to be moderate and conciliatory, is not able to guarantee equal rights and full participation for twenty percent of the population. There is no partial equality. No such thing as “a little bit equal.” And who can say that 20% of the population (including 50% of children below the poverty line) are full and equal partners, when they are excluded from any movement for social change or revolution? Those who do not acknowledge that the state must recognize full and equal rights (individual and collective) – for its citizens, between the two peoples, between all of the various religious communities and cultural groups that exist within it – are probably seeking to preserve their privilege, the illusion of superiority. This cannot be reconciled with serious social reform. »
Paradise for Education? Three Responses to Neoliberal Education Reform
When neoliberals talk about improving and developing the education system, there are two main claims that they never fail to repeat. The first is the need for a technological revolution in education, while the second is to dismantle age-based instruction. To make these neoliberal proposals more attractive, they’ll always remind us of the supposedly liberating information revolution, along with the ideas of Professor Ken Robinson on creativity. »
After the War - Back to the Rulers' War of Attrition Against Israel's Social Per
In another week or two, when the Israeli primary season ends and the echoes of exploding rockets will fade from the TV screens, we'll see who really cares about the residents of Israel's south, Jews and Palestinians. Let's see, when Bibi will try to pass his austerity budget, who really cares about the children and elderly of Israel, and who cares about them only enough to use them as excuses for wars and for gaining political power »
The JNF is starting to pay for dispossession
JNF-UK lost 50% of its income from donations in 2011. It's not going anywhere-- they've got more than enough money, and the bulldozers in the Negev/Naqab desert are not skipping a beat. A-Araqib Village spokesperson Dr. Awad Abu Freih: "This is a great achievement in our struggle. There is much more that needs doing, but the true face of the JNF is starting to come to light." »
Masters of War
The suffering of Israelis living in the south of the country is not diminished by Israeli bombings of Gaza. Terrorizing children in Gaza will not guarantee security for the people in Sderot and Ashdod. When they want to fight a war, all of a sudden they start speaking in the name of the Israel’ southern periphery, but once the war is over, they forget about the south and the people who live there. For them, people's suffering is only an excuse to cause more suffering, not to actually address social suffering. Death only brings more death, and the suffering – everybody’s suffering – must be stopped. »