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'''Adam Keller''' (born 1955 in ]) is an Israeli ], peace-activist and writer. He was among the founders of ], of which he has been a spokesperson since 1992. '''Adam Keller''' ({{langx|he|אדם קלר}}; born 1955 in ]) is an Israeli peace activist who was among the founders of ], of which he is a spokesperson.


==Political views==
Currently living in ] (Since 1987) is married and a father of one son, ]. He studied History in ]{{Fact|date=February 2007}} and has an affinity to ] and ].


A long-standing supporter of ], Keller has served several prison terms for refusing reserve military duty in the ]. In April-May 1988, Reserve ] Adam Keller was charged with "insubordination" and "spreading of propaganda harmful to military discipline" in that while on active military duty he had written on 117 tanks and other military vehicles graffiti with the text: "Soldiers of the IDF, refuse to be occupiers and oppressors, refuse to serve in the occupied territories!" <ref> 'I realised the stupidity of it' - by Chris McGreal appeared in ], Tuesday March 11, 2003</ref>
==Political Views==
as well as placing on electricity pylons in the military camp where he was serving - and on inside doors of the stalls in the officers' toilet - stickers with the slogans "Down with the occupation!".
A long-standing supporter of ], Keller has served several prison terms for refusing reserve military duty in what he describes as the ].


Keller was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment.<ref>Nunn, Maxine Kaufman (1993) ''Creative Resistance: Anecdotes of Nonviolent Action by Israel-based Groups'' Alternative Information Center, p 22</ref> Keller was an active member of ], but declared that he had done his act on his own without consulting anybody else. For its part, the movement did not take responsibility for his act, but did provide his wife with the financial support given to the families of refusers.
In 1986, he was one of several activists who broke Israeli law by meeting ] representatives in Romania and in 1988, during the first ], after refusing to serve in Lebanon and being assigned kitchen duties Keller was court-martialled after spraying graffiti on 117 Israeli tanks and other military vehicles, exhorting "Soldiers refuse to be occupiers and aggressors. Don't go to the occupied territories".<ref> (Source is not ])</ref>


In April 2004, he was a member of a Gush Shalom delegation who visited ] leader ] at his headquarters in ], to protest at Israeli prime minister ]'s threats against Arafat's life. In April 2004 he was a member of a Gush Shalom delegation who visited ] leader ] at his headquarters in ] to act as human shields to thwart what they claim was a death threat by ], Israel's prime minister, against Yasser Arafat.<ref>{{in lang|he}}<!--Hebrew--></ref>
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==Published works==
Keller is the author of ''Terrible Days: Social Divisions and Political Paradoxes in Israel'' (CYPRES Amstelveen 1987; {{ISBN|90-71261-02-6}}). Since 1983 he has been the editor of ''The Other Israel'', a bi-monthly newsletter of the campaign for Israeli-Palestinian peace.


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Keller is editor of ''The Other Israel'' <ref></ref>, the publication of the a group called 'The Israeli Council for Israeli-Palestinian Peace'. He is the author of ''Terrible Days: Social Divisions and Political Paradoxes in Israel'' (Amstelveen 1987; ISBN 90-71261-02-6).
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Latest revision as of 12:58, 1 November 2024

Israeli peace activist (born 1955)

Adam Keller (Hebrew: אדם קלר; born 1955 in Tel Aviv-Yafo) is an Israeli peace activist who was among the founders of Gush Shalom, of which he is a spokesperson.

Political views

A long-standing supporter of Yesh Gvul, Keller has served several prison terms for refusing reserve military duty in the 1967-occupied territories. In April-May 1988, Reserve Corporal Adam Keller was charged with "insubordination" and "spreading of propaganda harmful to military discipline" in that while on active military duty he had written on 117 tanks and other military vehicles graffiti with the text: "Soldiers of the IDF, refuse to be occupiers and oppressors, refuse to serve in the occupied territories!" as well as placing on electricity pylons in the military camp where he was serving - and on inside doors of the stalls in the officers' toilet - stickers with the slogans "Down with the occupation!".

Keller was convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment. Keller was an active member of Yesh Gvul, but declared that he had done his act on his own without consulting anybody else. For its part, the movement did not take responsibility for his act, but did provide his wife with the financial support given to the families of refusers.

In April 2004 he was a member of a Gush Shalom delegation who visited Palestinian National Authority leader Yasser Arafat at his headquarters in Ramallah to act as human shields to thwart what they claim was a death threat by Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, against Yasser Arafat.

Published works

Keller is the author of Terrible Days: Social Divisions and Political Paradoxes in Israel (CYPRES Amstelveen 1987; ISBN 90-71261-02-6). Since 1983 he has been the editor of The Other Israel, a bi-monthly newsletter of the campaign for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

See also

References

  1. Guardian article 'I realised the stupidity of it' - by Chris McGreal appeared in The Guardian, Tuesday March 11, 2003
  2. Nunn, Maxine Kaufman (1993) Creative Resistance: Anecdotes of Nonviolent Action by Israel-based Groups Alternative Information Center, p 22
  3. Gush Shalom: Gush Shalom Members Visit Arafat(in Hebrew)

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