Guerrilla Tarbut

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Guerrilla Tarbut (Hebrew: גרילה תרבות, lit.

Participants include poets and musicians of various ages and artistic styles, Jews and Arabs alike.

Poets who have taken part in Guerrilla Tarbut's events include: Eran Tzelgov, Aharon Shabtai, Yudit Shahar, Roy "Chicky" Arad, Mati Shemoelof, Ronny Someck, Yuval Ben-Ami, Joshua Simon, Maya Bejerano, Almog Behar, Vaan Nguyen, Bo'az Yaniv, Ronnie Hirsch and others.

[13] The group members, on the other hand, point out that less than a week after the poetic demonstration in the Akerstein factory in Yeruham, the hard-liner local executive was fired and some of the workers' demands were accepted.

Moreover, as one of the striking Akerstein's employees put it: "[Guerrilla Tarbut's visit] is empowering us in our struggle, it raises our spirits.

A Guerrilla Tarbut poetry event in East Jerusalem, 2009