Adam Keller ( he, אדם קלר; born 1955 in
Tel Aviv-Yafo
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
) is an Israeli peace activist who was among the founders of
Gush Shalom
Gush Shalom (Hebrew: גוש שלום, lit. ''The Peace Bloc oalition') is an Israeli peace activism group founded by Uri Avnery in 1993. Avnery–a former journalist, Irgun and Knesset member–also lead the organization till his death in 2018. ...
, 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
Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations. The word is derived from the medieval Italian phrase ("head of a body"). The rank is usually the lowest ranking non- ...
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
The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine, leader
Yasser Arafat
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf al-Qudwa al-Husseini (4 / 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), popularly known as Yasser Arafat ( , ; ar, محمد ياسر عبد الرحمن عبد الرؤوف عرفات القدوة الحسيني, Mu ...
at his headquarters in
Ramallah to protest at what they claim was a death threat by
Ariel Sharon, Israel's prime minister, against Yasser Arafat.
Gush Shalom: Gush Shalom Members Visit Arafat
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Published works
Keller is the author of ''Terrible Days: Social Divisions and Political Paradoxes in Israel'' (CYPRES Amstelveen 1987; ). Since 1983 he has been the editor of ''The Other Israel'', a bi-monthly newsletter of the campaign for Israeli-Palestinian peace.
See also
*Arab-Israeli conflict
The Arab citizens of Israel are the largest ethnic minority in the country. They comprise a hybrid community of Israeli citizens with a heritage of Palestinian citizenship, mixed religions (Muslim, Christian or Druze), bilingual in Arabic an ...
* List of Middle East peace proposals
References
External links
Adam Keller's blogKeller interview on the Jerusalem Post, August 23. 2013
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Living people
Israeli anti-war activists
1955 births
People from Tel Aviv
Israeli male writers