One purpose of Quaker Tent Solidarity is to attempt to force people to not look away from the horrors of the life of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
Category: Palestinian solidarity
Tent Solidarity in Practice
This was the first opportunity I had to put the Quaker Tent Solidarity concept into practice, which is related to the work I’ve been doing regarding ways for Quakers to do something, anything, to bring attention to the horrors of the ongoing Israeli military operations and genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.
Efforts to call attention to Gaza
It was for myself. Almost an act of desperation. Just not knowing what else to do. So the idea was how could this number be visualized? Behn Samareh
Quaker Tent Solidarity update
I plan to set up a tent at our Quaker meetinghouse as a symbolic gesture, but one that I hope will encourage Friends to take a closer look at what is happening in Gaza. The mainstream media, and the government, are doing all they can to suppress news of the ongoing atrocities. And that was before the Trump administration, which is aggressively targeting anyone who expresses any concern about or takes any action in solidarity. This is usually justified as a charge of "antisemitism", which it is not.
Gianluca Costantini
"Ceasefire 2005-2025: Twenty Years of Battles for Human Rights", curated by Lorenzo Balbi, celebrated more than twenty years of art as testimony and activism. With a direct and distinctive line, drawing has become a tool for civil resistance—giving a face and a voice to the fight for human rights, social injustice, and stories too often forgotten.
War of Extermination
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump, both of whom are responsible for the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza, seven United Nations organizations just released the following statement about the urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza.
Politics and war mentality
I felt uncomfortable when I attended the Hands Off! vigil at the Wisconsin State Capitol yesterday and couldn't figure out why. Now, I'm beginning to understand some of the reasons.
Palestinian suffering mind map
Mind maps are ways to visually show connections between related parts of the information you are analyzing. Following are various views of the mind map for the Quaker Tent Solidarity for Palestine database I've been building using NotebookLM.
The tent of return
The "Tent Campaign" for Solidarity with Gaza and Truth-sharing: Proposed in 2018 by the Global Campaign to Return to Palestine (GCRP), this campaign encourages Palestine advocates to erect tents in conspicuous public places to share information with passers-by. These tents serve as a conversation starter, symbolizing the plight of refugees and those whose homes have been demolished by Israel.
Quaker Tent Solidarity Podcast
If you don't look at any other material I've written about my Quaker Tent vision, this 13-minute podcast gives the very best discussion of all the interrelated parts of this concept.