Givat Haviva Voice

Givat Haviva, the Center for Shared Society in Israel, sharply condemns the attack in Jerusalem last Friday, in which Israeli policemen were killed by Israeli civilians. This is not our way! This is an act that has no place and justification in any context. It strikes a mortal blow to the holiness of the place and It undermines the Israeli democracy and undermines the efforts to build a shared and egalitarian society in the State of Israel. We welcome the condemnations of this act by the leadership of Arab society and call upon the government and the citizens of Israel not to be dragged after extremists on both sides who seek to harm the delicate fabric of society and to sow separation and fear among its members. Our condolences to the families of those killed. Yaniv Sagee Mohammad Darawshe Riad Kabha Samer Atamni Dudu Amitai

Photos & text: Lydia Aisenberg   Yuval Danieli is an Israeli artist with a particular penchant for researching the history of art in the kibbutz movement, not surprising when one learns that the kibbutz born Danieli is the Director of Images at the Yad Yaari Research and Documentation Center at Givat Haviva. “Yad Yaari was established to preserve and promote the intellectual assets of two key movements in Israel’s history, Hashomer Hatzair, the first Zionist youth movement founded in Eastern Europe in 1911, and Kibbutz Artzi, a federation of 85 kibbutzim that was founded in 1927,” explains Danieli, a member of the Hashomer Hatzair kibbutz of Hamapil, founded in 1945. Nowadays those kibbutzim, although still Hashomer Hatzair affiliated, are incorporated into the United Kibbutz Movement representing a total of some 270 communities throughout Israel. Danieli’s rather large office at the Givat Haviva campus is crammed with books, files and artifacts of over...