Uri Weltmann

Uri Weltmann is based in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the National Field Organizer and member of the national leadership of Standing Together, an Israeli grassroots movement that aims to bring together Arab-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli communities. It is the largest Arab-Jewish grassroots movement in the country.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Uri Weltmann

Opinion

Israeli peace movement: ‘Accept the deal, end the war, out of Gaza’
September 30, 2024 By Uri Weltmann
Standing Together’s anti-war message is resonating within broader protests as public opinion shifts against Netanyahu’s Gaza policies and towards a negotiated solution.
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Politics

Israel sees biggest ceasefire protest yet as public opinion begins to shift
January 23, 2024 By Uri Weltmann
Demonstrators defied the police and brought together all those calling for a ceasefire on the streets of Tel Aviv.
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Politics

The Israeli elections and their aftermath
December 13, 2022 By Uri Weltmann
Netanyahu is giving high-ranking positions to his partners—including, for the first time in Israel’s history, ministers who openly subscribe to the extreme racist Kahanist ideology.
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World

Israel and Palestine: Occupation, the peace movement, and the international left
January 13, 2016 By Uri Weltmann
The following is the text of a talk at the meeting of the Federal Committee of Die Linke, the left party of Germany.
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Opinion

Upon the fire of war, Netanyahu’s government pours gasoline
August 5, 2014 By Uri Weltmann
War is a human disaster: Not only due to the victims, but also because it brings in plain view many evil and ugly phenomena: violence, racism, nationalist zeal.
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