Lawyering Up in Ann Arbor The screenshot above depicts our regular Beth Israel antagonist, Victor Lieberman, and attorney Marc Susselman. In this video, you can see Susselman calling the camera shots for Lieberman. In this other video, you can hear Lieberman telling us peaceful vigilers that “you better start saving your money” General Complaints Assistant […]

Journalistic Integrity? In three separate issues* of the Washtenaw Jewish News, Witness for Peace has been maligned with the false statement that Jews “deserved” all that came to them during WWII. Former editor Susan Ayer refused to print our clarifying, one-sentence letter during her tenure: “To clear up any misunderstanding between our group and the […]

Five Protesters Greet the “Israeli” Philharmonic http://www-personal.umich.edu/~hersko/Photos/Israel%20Fiddles.jpg If you relied on local mainstream media to cover our protest of the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra on the University of Michigan campus, you’d be disappointed. “No coverage” seems to be the order of the day from the (((powers))) that be, as exhibited by newspapers refusing to run paid […]

Please direct all media inquiries about DYR’s new billboard in metro Detroit (pictured below) to Dan McGowan at 315-781-3418 or Henry Herskovitz at 734-663-3649. Billboard donations to offset its cost or to keep it in place longer are welcome. If you opt to use JustGive for your donation please select “Billboard” under Program.

Here’s an excerpt from a new article by British journalist Alan Hart: I find myself wondering how many of our present day leaders, President Obama in particular, are aware of what happened in Palestine that became Israel on 10 March 65 years ago today. On that day in 1948, two months before Israel’s unilateral declaration […]

The text that follows was submitted to Deir Yassin Remembered by someone who wishes to remain anonymous. It is presented here for your consideration and discussion. Foreword to Model Palestinian Declaration of Independence The chances for a Palestinian state seem to be evaporating, yet things aren’t hopeless. “Facts on the ground” are not immutable unless […]

Cambridge Scholars Publishing is releasing a new book entitled Beyond Tribal Loyalties: Personal Stories of Jewish Peace Activists. The book is edited by DYR Director Avigail Abarbanel and has an official publication date of January 2012. You can read the publisher’s dust jacket book description below. More information can be found on Avigail’s web site. […]