Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog. Activist and Other Videos on Palestine
Armed Illegal Israeli settlers in the West Bank taking over Palestinian land, both private and public, usually walk down from their settlements, located on hilltops, to harass farmers in the surrounding area to prevent them from tending their land, their only source of living. The settlers plan is to drive farmers out and expand the settlements.
These evil acts, endlessly recorded in videos from all over the West Bank, usually end in either the Israeli army intervening and declaring the area a closed military zone, preventing Palestinian farmers from tending their land, or in the Palestinian farmers leaving the area to prevent harm to their persons or families, which in either case would give the result desired by settlers. Defending yourself from a settler is miraculously turned into an attack against an israeli and is punishable by a harsh prison sentence and financial burdens the poor Palestinian farmer family would almost find it impossible to bear.
The video below claims it was released by an IDF "security" camera. It shows an armed Israeli settler, doing the usual deed described above, except this time the settler was confronted by a young Palestinian Farmer who was drawn into a trap and killed. The settler suddenly runs and as the young Palestinian farmer follows him closely -believing he has been been victorious in driving the illegal settler away from the farm- the Israeli settler simply turns around and shoots him in cold blood, making it appear as if he did it in self defense. However, the settlers attempt to act for the camera - settlers know exactly were it is placed and which areas it films due to their close ties to the army "protecting" their settlements - betrays him, notice the professionalism with which he turned around quickly and shot his victim, walked away fast and hurriedly ran and fled the scene of the crime.
The murder victim was Nineteen year-old Oday Maher Qadous from the village of Iraq Burin, south of Nablus, and was accompanied by his cousin (The third young man you see in the video) and the murder took place on January 27, 2011.
I normally let the videos speak for themselves, but this time i thought I better give you an introduction and explain some background to it since settlers are claiming the murder was in self defense. Now, you can see the video for yourself.
IDF Video 28/1/11 Settlers Killing Palestinian Teenager in Arak Burin:
"boazgu2b | January 28, 2011
IDF Video 28/1/11 Settlers killing Palestinian Teenager in Arak Burin
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Showing posts with label Attack on Farmers. Show all posts
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, April 26, 2010
Bethlehem Ghetto
Bethlehem Ghetto
justicewheels — April 25, 2010 — The Ghetto of Bethlehem is shrinking, the people are resisting but feel abandoned by the self-appointed leadership. Many people complain that the Prime Minister who was not elected or confirmed by the parliament comes to give his blessings to projects or to plant a tree for the cameras. In fact he symbolically planted a tree in Mitris front yard after the army bulldozed his trees. Internationals and locals replaced the childrens swings and slide only to see them pulled out again a few days later. We now have the video of the dragging of nonviolent protesters from the garden of Mitri and tape of the destruction of his childrens playground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1iWdi...
Saturday night we had an educational protest to hundreds of Italian tourists who were brought by the catholic church on pilgrimage. We were distressed to find that they had coordinated their visit with the Palestinian ministry of tourism AND with the Israeli ministry of tourism. We objected to the way it was presented and dealt with. The wall is not after all a border between states to march to for peace and play games on the other side. The wall is an illegal apartheid structure built on occupied territories separating Palestinians in the shrinking Bethlehem Ghetto from their land and from other Palestinians and from their holy sites in Jerusalem. As the Italians were crossing the apartheid wall, the Israeli army was extending the wall around Al-Walaja village of Bethlehem and destroying more of Mitris land. But Al-Walaja people were heroic on Sunday. They delayed the uprooting of their trees at a cost to themselves: over 30 were injured and several detained. Internationals and Israelis were there. I will try to get you the link to a video of the actual action. It is hard for us to be at many places of destruction at one time and we lack resources to get video cameras in the hands of qualified people to document the atrocities so this initial video (photographed by another person) has little of the more rough and tumble action.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
justicewheels — April 25, 2010 — The Ghetto of Bethlehem is shrinking, the people are resisting but feel abandoned by the self-appointed leadership. Many people complain that the Prime Minister who was not elected or confirmed by the parliament comes to give his blessings to projects or to plant a tree for the cameras. In fact he symbolically planted a tree in Mitris front yard after the army bulldozed his trees. Internationals and locals replaced the childrens swings and slide only to see them pulled out again a few days later. We now have the video of the dragging of nonviolent protesters from the garden of Mitri and tape of the destruction of his childrens playground http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1iWdi...
Saturday night we had an educational protest to hundreds of Italian tourists who were brought by the catholic church on pilgrimage. We were distressed to find that they had coordinated their visit with the Palestinian ministry of tourism AND with the Israeli ministry of tourism. We objected to the way it was presented and dealt with. The wall is not after all a border between states to march to for peace and play games on the other side. The wall is an illegal apartheid structure built on occupied territories separating Palestinians in the shrinking Bethlehem Ghetto from their land and from other Palestinians and from their holy sites in Jerusalem. As the Italians were crossing the apartheid wall, the Israeli army was extending the wall around Al-Walaja village of Bethlehem and destroying more of Mitris land. But Al-Walaja people were heroic on Sunday. They delayed the uprooting of their trees at a cost to themselves: over 30 were injured and several detained. Internationals and Israelis were there. I will try to get you the link to a video of the actual action. It is hard for us to be at many places of destruction at one time and we lack resources to get video cameras in the hands of qualified people to document the atrocities so this initial video (photographed by another person) has little of the more rough and tumble action.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water | Amnesty International
Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water | Amnesty International:
" 27 October 2009
Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there.
“Israel allows the Palestinians access to only a fraction of the shared water resources, which lie mostly in the occupied West Bank, while the unlawful Israeli settlements there receive virtually unlimited supplies. In Gaza the Israeli blockade has made an already dire situation worse,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s researcher on Israel and the OPT.
In a new extensive report, Amnesty International revealed the extent to which Israel’s discriminatory water policies and practices are denying Palestinians their right to access to water.
Israel uses more than 80 per cent of the water from the Mountain Aquifer, the main source of underground water in Israel and the OPT, while restricting Palestinian access to a mere 20 per cent.
The Mountain Aquifer is the only source for water for Palestinians in the West Bank, but only one of several for Israel, which also takes for itself all the water available from the Jordan River.
While Palestinian daily water consumption barely reaches 70 litres a day per person, Israeli daily consumption is more than 300 litres per day, four times as much.
In some rural communities Palestinians survive on barely 20 litres per day, the minimum amount recommended for domestic use in emergency situations.
Some 180,000-200,000 Palestinians living in rural communities have no access to running water and the Israeli army often prevents them from even collecting rainwater.
In contrast, Israeli settlers, who live in the West Bank in violation of international law, have intensive-irrigation farms, lush gardens and swimming pools.
Numbering about 450,000, the settlers use as much or more water than the Palestinian population of some 2.3 million.
In the Gaza Strip, 90 to 95 per cent of the water from its only water resource, the Coastal Aquifer, is contaminated and unfit for human consumption. Yet, Israel does not allow the transfer of water from the Mountain Aquifer in the West Bank to Gaza.
Stringent restrictions imposed in recent years by Israel on the entry into Gaza of material and equipment necessary for the development and repair of infrastructure have caused further deterioration of the water and sanitation situation in Gaza, which has reached crisis point.
To cope with water shortages and lack of network supplies many Palestinians have to purchase water, of often dubious quality, from mobile water tankers at a much higher price.
Others resort to water-saving measures which are detrimental to their and their families’ health and which hinder socio-economic development.
“Over more than 40 years of occupation, restrictions imposed by Israel on the Palestinians’ access to water have prevented the development of water infrastructure and facilities in the OPT, consequently denying hundreds of thousand of Palestinians the right to live a normal life, to have adequate food, housing, or health, and to economic development,” said Donatella Rovera.
Israel has appropriated large areas of the water-rich Palestinian land it occupies and barred Palestinians from accessing them.
It has also imposed a complex system of permits which the Palestinians must obtain from the Israeli army and other authorities in order to carry out water-related projects in the OPT. Applications for such permits are often rejected or subject to long delays.
Restrictions imposed by Israel on the movement of people and goods in the OPT further compound the difficulties Palestinians face when trying to carry out water and sanitation projects, or even just to distribute small quantities of water.
Water tankers are forced to take long detours to avoid Israeli military checkpoints and roads which are out of bounds to Palestinians, resulting in steep increases in the price of water.
In rural areas, Palestinian villagers are continuously struggling to find enough water for their basic needs, as the Israeli army often destroys their rainwater harvesting cisterns and confiscates their water tankers.
In comparison, irrigation sprinklers water the fields in the midday sun in nearby Israeli settlements, where much water is wasted as it evaporates before even reaching the ground.
In some Palestinian villages, because their access to water has been so severely restricted, farmers are unable to cultivate the land, or even to grow small amounts of food for their personal consumption or for animal fodder, and have thus been forced to reduce the size of their herds.
“Water is a basic need and a right, but for many Palestinians obtaining even poor-quality subsistence-level quantities of water has become a luxury that they can barely afford,” said Donatella Rovera.
“Israel must end its discriminatory policies, immediately lift all the restrictions it imposes on Palestinians’ access to water, and take responsibility for addressing the problems it created by allowing Palestinians a fair share of the shared water resources.”"
Read the report: Troubled Water - Palestinians Denied Fair Access to Water [.PDF]
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
" 27 October 2009
Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.
These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there.
“Israel allows the Palestinians access to only a fraction of the shared water resources, which lie mostly in the occupied West Bank, while the unlawful Israeli settlements there receive virtually unlimited supplies. In Gaza the Israeli blockade has made an already dire situation worse,” said Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s researcher on Israel and the OPT.
In a new extensive report, Amnesty International revealed the extent to which Israel’s discriminatory water policies and practices are denying Palestinians their right to access to water.
Israel uses more than 80 per cent of the water from the Mountain Aquifer, the main source of underground water in Israel and the OPT, while restricting Palestinian access to a mere 20 per cent.
The Mountain Aquifer is the only source for water for Palestinians in the West Bank, but only one of several for Israel, which also takes for itself all the water available from the Jordan River.
While Palestinian daily water consumption barely reaches 70 litres a day per person, Israeli daily consumption is more than 300 litres per day, four times as much.
In some rural communities Palestinians survive on barely 20 litres per day, the minimum amount recommended for domestic use in emergency situations.
Some 180,000-200,000 Palestinians living in rural communities have no access to running water and the Israeli army often prevents them from even collecting rainwater.
In contrast, Israeli settlers, who live in the West Bank in violation of international law, have intensive-irrigation farms, lush gardens and swimming pools.
Numbering about 450,000, the settlers use as much or more water than the Palestinian population of some 2.3 million.
In the Gaza Strip, 90 to 95 per cent of the water from its only water resource, the Coastal Aquifer, is contaminated and unfit for human consumption. Yet, Israel does not allow the transfer of water from the Mountain Aquifer in the West Bank to Gaza.
Stringent restrictions imposed in recent years by Israel on the entry into Gaza of material and equipment necessary for the development and repair of infrastructure have caused further deterioration of the water and sanitation situation in Gaza, which has reached crisis point.
To cope with water shortages and lack of network supplies many Palestinians have to purchase water, of often dubious quality, from mobile water tankers at a much higher price.
Others resort to water-saving measures which are detrimental to their and their families’ health and which hinder socio-economic development.
“Over more than 40 years of occupation, restrictions imposed by Israel on the Palestinians’ access to water have prevented the development of water infrastructure and facilities in the OPT, consequently denying hundreds of thousand of Palestinians the right to live a normal life, to have adequate food, housing, or health, and to economic development,” said Donatella Rovera.
Israel has appropriated large areas of the water-rich Palestinian land it occupies and barred Palestinians from accessing them.
It has also imposed a complex system of permits which the Palestinians must obtain from the Israeli army and other authorities in order to carry out water-related projects in the OPT. Applications for such permits are often rejected or subject to long delays.
Restrictions imposed by Israel on the movement of people and goods in the OPT further compound the difficulties Palestinians face when trying to carry out water and sanitation projects, or even just to distribute small quantities of water.
Water tankers are forced to take long detours to avoid Israeli military checkpoints and roads which are out of bounds to Palestinians, resulting in steep increases in the price of water.
In rural areas, Palestinian villagers are continuously struggling to find enough water for their basic needs, as the Israeli army often destroys their rainwater harvesting cisterns and confiscates their water tankers.
In comparison, irrigation sprinklers water the fields in the midday sun in nearby Israeli settlements, where much water is wasted as it evaporates before even reaching the ground.
In some Palestinian villages, because their access to water has been so severely restricted, farmers are unable to cultivate the land, or even to grow small amounts of food for their personal consumption or for animal fodder, and have thus been forced to reduce the size of their herds.
“Water is a basic need and a right, but for many Palestinians obtaining even poor-quality subsistence-level quantities of water has become a luxury that they can barely afford,” said Donatella Rovera.
“Israel must end its discriminatory policies, immediately lift all the restrictions it imposes on Palestinians’ access to water, and take responsibility for addressing the problems it created by allowing Palestinians a fair share of the shared water resources.”"
Read the report: Troubled Water - Palestinians Denied Fair Access to Water [.PDF]
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Settlers Uproot Olive Trees in Al Mughair - B'Tselem video
Uprooted Olives Trees in Al Mughair - btselem on blip.tv:
Israeli settlers cut and uproot 51 olive trees ranging in age of around 20 years. Al Mughair village.
"Uprooted Olives Trees in Al Mughair"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Israeli settlers cut and uproot 51 olive trees ranging in age of around 20 years. Al Mughair village.
"Uprooted Olives Trees in Al Mughair"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Caught on Video: Israeli Settlers [Colonists] Stealing Palestinian Olives, Al Mughair, 20.10.09 - B'Tselem video
Settlers stealing olives, Al Mughair, 20.10.09 - btselem on blip.tv:
Israeli settlers [colonists] caught on video stealing Palestinian olives, Al Mughair, West Bank 20.10.09"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Israeli settlers [colonists] caught on video stealing Palestinian olives, Al Mughair, West Bank 20.10.09"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Recording West Bank attacks - 22 Oct 09
Recording West Bank attacks - 22 Oct 09:
"Some Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank are complaining that they are being attacked by Israeli settlers living nearby.
To help documenting and reporting the violence, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has been handing out small video cameras to farmers and teaching them how to use them.
Monthly training sessions are held across the West Bank, with simulated settler attacks.
Al Jazeera's Barbara Serra reports from the West Bank."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Some Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank are complaining that they are being attacked by Israeli settlers living nearby.
To help documenting and reporting the violence, the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has been handing out small video cameras to farmers and teaching them how to use them.
Monthly training sessions are held across the West Bank, with simulated settler attacks.
Al Jazeera's Barbara Serra reports from the West Bank."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Olive Harvest - Interview with a Palestinian farmer
Olive Harvest:
"An interview with a Palestinian farmer about some of the problems they face during the olive harvest season."
From: Palestine Monitor
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"An interview with a Palestinian farmer about some of the problems they face during the olive harvest season."
From: Palestine Monitor
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, October 19, 2009
Breaking the Thirst - Water Deprivation as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing
Breaking the Thirst:
"Breaking the Thirst
Water Deprivation as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing
In the South Hebron Hills of Palestine, 3500 Palestinians are suffering from the most extreme lack of water. They have no water infrastructure, face high water hauling costs, and must contend with Israeli soldiers and settlers destroying their road access and even poisoning their small wells.
On September 26th, 2009 some 100 activists with support from Israeli, Palestinian and international organizations formed a water convoy to deliver water as a humanitarian and political act.
Background:
In the South Hebron Hills, south of road no. 317, about 3,500 Palestinians live at present in various forms of rural localities villages, hamlets and caves. Their livelihood consists of herding sheep and goats, dry farming and olive groves. Israel eyes this region - hundreds of thousands of dunam meaning to annex it in the future and create territorial continuity all the way to the green line around Arad-En Gedi.
To realize its annexation plans, Israel wants the entire area of the South Hebron Hills clean of Palestinians, the legal owners of the land. In order to make life impossible for the residents, the authorities harass the local population in numerous different ways: administrative and court orders, house demolitions, home-cave demolitions, destruction of wells, tracks and harvests, and the declaration of vast areas as firing zones forbidden entry. The extremist Jewish settlers of the area also serve as the regimes long arm, and assault the residents with acts of severe physical violence, uprooting of fruit trees and the destruction of crops.
East of road no. 317, Palestinian localities have no water infrastructure, while the Jewish settlements in the area are regularly and amply supplied through the water pipe grid laid down by Mekorot national water company. Settlers engage in intense agriculture such as hothouse plants that consume enormous quantities of water. While some of these settlers nurture private lawns, the neighboring Palestinians sheep and goat die of thirst across the fence.
Residents of this area depend on the rainwater that fills water holes during the wet season, and water supplied by tankers costing up to 50 sheikels per one cubic meter. The quantity of water consumed per person here is estimated at 15 liters a day, a far cry from the average water consumption of Palestinians in the West Bank, about 66 liters a day, and in the Jewish settlements and Israel proper 236 liters a day per person.
According to the latest 2009 World Bank Report, West Bank Palestinians, per person, use 75 cubic meters of water per year; in Gaza, 125. Iraelis use 240.
Palestinians are only able to use 20% of the water resevoir in the West Bank.
Water controlled by Israel in the West Bank is routinely shut off to Palestinian villages and cities in the driest months."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Breaking the Thirst
Water Deprivation as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing
In the South Hebron Hills of Palestine, 3500 Palestinians are suffering from the most extreme lack of water. They have no water infrastructure, face high water hauling costs, and must contend with Israeli soldiers and settlers destroying their road access and even poisoning their small wells.
On September 26th, 2009 some 100 activists with support from Israeli, Palestinian and international organizations formed a water convoy to deliver water as a humanitarian and political act.
Background:
In the South Hebron Hills, south of road no. 317, about 3,500 Palestinians live at present in various forms of rural localities villages, hamlets and caves. Their livelihood consists of herding sheep and goats, dry farming and olive groves. Israel eyes this region - hundreds of thousands of dunam meaning to annex it in the future and create territorial continuity all the way to the green line around Arad-En Gedi.
To realize its annexation plans, Israel wants the entire area of the South Hebron Hills clean of Palestinians, the legal owners of the land. In order to make life impossible for the residents, the authorities harass the local population in numerous different ways: administrative and court orders, house demolitions, home-cave demolitions, destruction of wells, tracks and harvests, and the declaration of vast areas as firing zones forbidden entry. The extremist Jewish settlers of the area also serve as the regimes long arm, and assault the residents with acts of severe physical violence, uprooting of fruit trees and the destruction of crops.
East of road no. 317, Palestinian localities have no water infrastructure, while the Jewish settlements in the area are regularly and amply supplied through the water pipe grid laid down by Mekorot national water company. Settlers engage in intense agriculture such as hothouse plants that consume enormous quantities of water. While some of these settlers nurture private lawns, the neighboring Palestinians sheep and goat die of thirst across the fence.
Residents of this area depend on the rainwater that fills water holes during the wet season, and water supplied by tankers costing up to 50 sheikels per one cubic meter. The quantity of water consumed per person here is estimated at 15 liters a day, a far cry from the average water consumption of Palestinians in the West Bank, about 66 liters a day, and in the Jewish settlements and Israel proper 236 liters a day per person.
According to the latest 2009 World Bank Report, West Bank Palestinians, per person, use 75 cubic meters of water per year; in Gaza, 125. Iraelis use 240.
Palestinians are only able to use 20% of the water resevoir in the West Bank.
Water controlled by Israel in the West Bank is routinely shut off to Palestinian villages and cities in the driest months."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, October 9, 2009
Bil'in Harvests Tear Gas Canisters Instead of Olives
Bilin Weekly Demo 09.10.2009:
"Prevented from picking their olives, Palestinians resorted to a different sort of harvest this afternoon. International, Israeli and Palestinian activists once again gathered in Bilin to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall. Peaceful chants and calls for peace were met with rounds of tear gas.
A large French delegation came to show their solidarity with the Palestinians against the illegal occupation and theft of their land. Palestinians distributed sacks for olive-picking and when they were refused entry into their land, they resorted to picking up the dozens of tear gas canisters that littered their land. At the end of the demonstration, activists emptied their sacks into one big pile. Instead of fresh green olives, a symbol of Palestinian livelihood, there was one large pile of countless tear gas grenades, a symbol of occupation.
There were no major injuries or arrests."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Prevented from picking their olives, Palestinians resorted to a different sort of harvest this afternoon. International, Israeli and Palestinian activists once again gathered in Bilin to demonstrate against the Apartheid Wall. Peaceful chants and calls for peace were met with rounds of tear gas.
A large French delegation came to show their solidarity with the Palestinians against the illegal occupation and theft of their land. Palestinians distributed sacks for olive-picking and when they were refused entry into their land, they resorted to picking up the dozens of tear gas canisters that littered their land. At the end of the demonstration, activists emptied their sacks into one big pile. Instead of fresh green olives, a symbol of Palestinian livelihood, there was one large pile of countless tear gas grenades, a symbol of occupation.
There were no major injuries or arrests."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, October 5, 2009
Olives under occupation
olives under occupation:
"What happens to Palestinian Olive trees after they are uprooted by the Israel? Taufik retune to his land four years after his olive trees have been uprooted. Badar speaks of the thousands dollars he and his family lost as a result of the tree uprooting and Akram tells about the uprooting of 300 trees some of them hundreds of years old."
This video was first posted at Pulse
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"What happens to Palestinian Olive trees after they are uprooted by the Israel? Taufik retune to his land four years after his olive trees have been uprooted. Badar speaks of the thousands dollars he and his family lost as a result of the tree uprooting and Akram tells about the uprooting of 300 trees some of them hundreds of years old."
This video was first posted at Pulse
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, September 18, 2009
East Khouzaa destruction & buffer zone
East Khouzaa destruction & buffer zone 1:
"ISM Gaza Strip video
Interview with Dr. Qudeh from the 'Brillant Tomorrow For Homes Sons Society' about the destruction of East Khouzaa during the December 2008 - January 2009 Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the attempt of the Israeli occupation forces to establish a 'buffer zone' by shooting live ammunition against farmers."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"ISM Gaza Strip video
Interview with Dr. Qudeh from the 'Brillant Tomorrow For Homes Sons Society' about the destruction of East Khouzaa during the December 2008 - January 2009 Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the attempt of the Israeli occupation forces to establish a 'buffer zone' by shooting live ammunition against farmers."
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Protest against the permit policy that prevents farmers from reaching their lands Sat.12 9 09
Bidu-Beit Surik Sat.12 9 09:
"Protest against the permit policy that prevents farmers from reaching their lands
No to the Apartheid Wall! No to Land Annexation!
Saturday at Bidu Bet-Surik
This Saturday, 12th of September, at noon, there was a large demonstration in the villages of Bet Surik and Bidu in protest of the permit policy that prevents Palestinian farmers from reaching their lands across the separation wall. The demonstration took place opposite the agricultural gate located opposite the settlement Har Adar, which is built on the lands of Bet Surik and Bidu. The Israelis demonstrate on both sides of the wall: from the settlement side and the Palestinian side.
Background:
Under the permit policy that started across the west bank and that came into power half a year ago in the Jerusalem region, Palestinian farmers are prevented from reaching their agricultural lands across the separation wall, unless they have a special permit. The permit policy is an example of the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the occupation: permits are given on a short term basis, after which the residents are compelled to return and knock on the doors of the civil administration in the hope that they will be renewed. Permits are granted on condition of various terms, but even if the terms are met, there is no guarantee that they will receive a permit, as the judgment of the civil authority and IDF is what ultimately counts. Thus in all places where the permit policy is in effect, access to Palestinian agricultural land is limited and sporadic. The origin of this rule has a clear goal: future annexation of the Palestinian land that lies behind the wall.The villages Bidu and Bet Surik are known for their stubborn struggle against the wall since 2004. In Bet Surik a legal victory was won and the wall was relocated. In Bidu 5 villagers were killed by the occupation forces during local demonstrations. It is important that we come and show our solidarity by demonstrating with the villagers against the permit policy , whose goal is the continuation of land annexation."
Source: yisraelpnm
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Protest against the permit policy that prevents farmers from reaching their lands
No to the Apartheid Wall! No to Land Annexation!
Saturday at Bidu Bet-Surik
This Saturday, 12th of September, at noon, there was a large demonstration in the villages of Bet Surik and Bidu in protest of the permit policy that prevents Palestinian farmers from reaching their lands across the separation wall. The demonstration took place opposite the agricultural gate located opposite the settlement Har Adar, which is built on the lands of Bet Surik and Bidu. The Israelis demonstrate on both sides of the wall: from the settlement side and the Palestinian side.
Background:
Under the permit policy that started across the west bank and that came into power half a year ago in the Jerusalem region, Palestinian farmers are prevented from reaching their agricultural lands across the separation wall, unless they have a special permit. The permit policy is an example of the Kafkaesque bureaucracy of the occupation: permits are given on a short term basis, after which the residents are compelled to return and knock on the doors of the civil administration in the hope that they will be renewed. Permits are granted on condition of various terms, but even if the terms are met, there is no guarantee that they will receive a permit, as the judgment of the civil authority and IDF is what ultimately counts. Thus in all places where the permit policy is in effect, access to Palestinian agricultural land is limited and sporadic. The origin of this rule has a clear goal: future annexation of the Palestinian land that lies behind the wall.The villages Bidu and Bet Surik are known for their stubborn struggle against the wall since 2004. In Bet Surik a legal victory was won and the wall was relocated. In Bidu 5 villagers were killed by the occupation forces during local demonstrations. It is important that we come and show our solidarity by demonstrating with the villagers against the permit policy , whose goal is the continuation of land annexation."
Source: yisraelpnm
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Testimonies from the occupied Jordan Valley: Al-Hadidiya
Testimonies from the occupied Jordan Valley: Al-Hadidiya:
"A Palestinian from Al-Hadidiya in the occupied Jordan Valley. The Israeli government is making the lives of the Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley difficult, driving them out of their homes, with the aim of evacuating the valley of [for] Israeli settlements."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"A Palestinian from Al-Hadidiya in the occupied Jordan Valley. The Israeli government is making the lives of the Palestinian residents of the Jordan Valley difficult, driving them out of their homes, with the aim of evacuating the valley of [for] Israeli settlements."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Palestinian farmers (Beit Ummar) oppose Land confiscations aug 09
Palestinian farmers (Beit Ummar) oppose Land confiscations aug 09:
"On August 21st 2009, we joined local Palestinian farmers and members of Palestine Solidarity Project at a nonviolent action near the security fence [read apartheid wall] around Karmei Zur settlement. This settlement is near the village of Beit Ummar, half way between Bethlehem and Hebron.
The army have apparently agreed to allow the farmers access their land inside the fence: however, the local farmers dont see why they should have to ask the army to go to lands which they legally own. As has happened in other places, the farmers see this as the slippery slope to a permit system and eventually to being excluded altogether. (I have seen the same thing in Hebron city, where Palestinians are either barred from using certain roads, or are now required to have permits to go where they traveled freely before.)
Also present were a number of other internationals, some Israelis from Tel Aviv, as well as some journalists. The group walked to the outer security fence of the Karmi Zur settlement. Two Palestinian activists/farmers inserted papers with the slogans we will never leave our land, stop illegal building on Palestinian land on the fence'. Two of the landowners joined the group. They showed copies of ownership papers the Ottoman period.
On the video, you can see part of the new road being built, for the settlers, on Palestinian land, between the settlement and the security fence built by the military. ِِIn addition, a watchtower is going to be erected.
When the army arrived, we spoke to one of the soldiers. He was able to have a respectful talk, even though he wasnt accepting that their presence there legalized theft. Oh yes, he said, we all want peace and love. He said the fence was built after attacks on settlers by the terrorists.
The names of the families who cant access their land are Abu-Marya, Soleiby, Awwad, Abu Ayyesh, and Sabarna. Since the security fence was built, the army either prevents access, or wants farmers to co-ordinate their access with them. Several of the Palestinian farmers here are refusing to seek permission to access land which is legally theirs. They have also turned down offers of large sums of money for their land.
Polite conversation with the soldier ended when an armed and aggressive settler security person arrived. He shouted insults at the internationals, and Go back to Germany and Go back to the Holocaust to an activist who identified himself as Jewish. He then opened the gate in the fence, insisting that the army disperse the activists. We all left. The army followed behind, then randomly seized an international, who was detained then later released.
For more information about Palestine Solidarity Project, see the website: http://palestinesolidarityproject.org"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"On August 21st 2009, we joined local Palestinian farmers and members of Palestine Solidarity Project at a nonviolent action near the security fence [read apartheid wall] around Karmei Zur settlement. This settlement is near the village of Beit Ummar, half way between Bethlehem and Hebron.
The army have apparently agreed to allow the farmers access their land inside the fence: however, the local farmers dont see why they should have to ask the army to go to lands which they legally own. As has happened in other places, the farmers see this as the slippery slope to a permit system and eventually to being excluded altogether. (I have seen the same thing in Hebron city, where Palestinians are either barred from using certain roads, or are now required to have permits to go where they traveled freely before.)
Also present were a number of other internationals, some Israelis from Tel Aviv, as well as some journalists. The group walked to the outer security fence of the Karmi Zur settlement. Two Palestinian activists/farmers inserted papers with the slogans we will never leave our land, stop illegal building on Palestinian land on the fence'. Two of the landowners joined the group. They showed copies of ownership papers the Ottoman period.
On the video, you can see part of the new road being built, for the settlers, on Palestinian land, between the settlement and the security fence built by the military. ِِIn addition, a watchtower is going to be erected.
When the army arrived, we spoke to one of the soldiers. He was able to have a respectful talk, even though he wasnt accepting that their presence there legalized theft. Oh yes, he said, we all want peace and love. He said the fence was built after attacks on settlers by the terrorists.
The names of the families who cant access their land are Abu-Marya, Soleiby, Awwad, Abu Ayyesh, and Sabarna. Since the security fence was built, the army either prevents access, or wants farmers to co-ordinate their access with them. Several of the Palestinian farmers here are refusing to seek permission to access land which is legally theirs. They have also turned down offers of large sums of money for their land.
Polite conversation with the soldier ended when an armed and aggressive settler security person arrived. He shouted insults at the internationals, and Go back to Germany and Go back to the Holocaust to an activist who identified himself as Jewish. He then opened the gate in the fence, insisting that the army disperse the activists. We all left. The army followed behind, then randomly seized an international, who was detained then later released.
For more information about Palestine Solidarity Project, see the website: http://palestinesolidarityproject.org"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Saturday, September 5, 2009
Tent of Nations
Tent of Nations:
"In August, 2009, AIC visited the Tent of Nations, a farm situated in the middle of 4 Jewish settlements in Palestine, just southwest of Bethlehem, neighbouring the village of Nahalin.
Now in its fourth generation, the farm which harvests olive trees, grapes and other products, is under constant threat of occupation. Daoud Nassar, third generation farmer and owner of the land, along with his family, has withstood settler attacks and Israeli military lawsuits disputing his ownership.
Nassar and his family, with the the support of international volunteers and organizations, are maintaining the farm, hosting youth camps and professional workshops for women.
http://www.tentofnations.org/
Vision:
The Tent of Nations is a fulfilled dream of Bishara Nassar the Palestinian Christian who lived all his life in Bethlehem city and on the land itself. Bishara devoted his life to protecting his land. He ordained his family's land for network projects, which included a youth activity hall. Bishara died in 1976. However, his family carried on with the work to uphold the vision.
In the year 2000, friends joined the Nassar's vision and Together they found the Tent of Nations, remarking that a portion of the land was dedicated to the Tent of Nations by the Nassar family.
Today, the Tent of Nations is housed under the Bethlehem Bible College umbrella with support from Friends of Tent of Nations.
Land History:
Daher Nassar (Bishara's father) purchased this land in 1924. Since that time, many family members have worked the land by day, and slept in caves by night. The land has produced olives, grapes, and wheatetc.
In 1991, the Israeli government declared the whole area including the Nassars portion to be an Israeli state property.
The Nassar family has all the original land papers and contributed plenty of work to the land from the time of Ottoman, British, Jordanian, and Israeli governance, which shows that the Israeli government has no right to declare it because obviously the land belongs to the family since 1924 the date of purchase.
The Nassar family challenged Israel's declaration and therefore the case was brought to the court."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"In August, 2009, AIC visited the Tent of Nations, a farm situated in the middle of 4 Jewish settlements in Palestine, just southwest of Bethlehem, neighbouring the village of Nahalin.
Now in its fourth generation, the farm which harvests olive trees, grapes and other products, is under constant threat of occupation. Daoud Nassar, third generation farmer and owner of the land, along with his family, has withstood settler attacks and Israeli military lawsuits disputing his ownership.
Nassar and his family, with the the support of international volunteers and organizations, are maintaining the farm, hosting youth camps and professional workshops for women.
http://www.tentofnations.org/
Vision:
The Tent of Nations is a fulfilled dream of Bishara Nassar the Palestinian Christian who lived all his life in Bethlehem city and on the land itself. Bishara devoted his life to protecting his land. He ordained his family's land for network projects, which included a youth activity hall. Bishara died in 1976. However, his family carried on with the work to uphold the vision.
In the year 2000, friends joined the Nassar's vision and Together they found the Tent of Nations, remarking that a portion of the land was dedicated to the Tent of Nations by the Nassar family.
Today, the Tent of Nations is housed under the Bethlehem Bible College umbrella with support from Friends of Tent of Nations.
Land History:
Daher Nassar (Bishara's father) purchased this land in 1924. Since that time, many family members have worked the land by day, and slept in caves by night. The land has produced olives, grapes, and wheatetc.
In 1991, the Israeli government declared the whole area including the Nassars portion to be an Israeli state property.
The Nassar family has all the original land papers and contributed plenty of work to the land from the time of Ottoman, British, Jordanian, and Israeli governance, which shows that the Israeli government has no right to declare it because obviously the land belongs to the family since 1924 the date of purchase.
The Nassar family challenged Israel's declaration and therefore the case was brought to the court."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Palestinian Olives into Oil - from CNN.com
"Olives into oil - from CNN.com: 7:31
The Olive harvest in Palestine ended a few months back but the video was posted on the net a couple of hours ago.
"CNN's Ben Wederman reports on the clashes between Palestinian and Jewish settlers over the harvesting of olives."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
The Olive harvest in Palestine ended a few months back but the video was posted on the net a couple of hours ago.
"CNN's Ben Wederman reports on the clashes between Palestinian and Jewish settlers over the harvesting of olives."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Palestinians nonviolently protest 'stop work orders' issued by the Israeli military
Palestinians nonviolently protest 'stop work orders' issued by the Israeli military:
"In the afternoon of 20 July 2009, the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO) delivered stop work orders for nine Palestinian structures around the village of At-Tuwani. While the DCO and Israeli soldiers delivered the stop work orders, Palestinian children and adults gathered in the area, protesting the delivery of the stop work orders."
Related Reports:
AT-TUWANI:Villagers nonviolently resist Israeli military delivery of nine Stop Work orders; Soldiers strike child, arrest adult Source: CPTnet 22 July 2009
More on At-Tuwani
AT-TUWANI URGENT ACTION: Demand that Quartet pressure Israel to revoke demolition order for electricity pylons
Source: CPTnet
30 July 2009
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]
On Tuesday, 28 July, members of the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO)—the branch of the Israeli army that administers civilian affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)—issued a demolition order for the newly constructed electricity pylons in the South Hebron Hills village of At-Tuwani. These pylons would connect the village to the Palestinian electricity grid in nearby towns.
Tony Blair, special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East* visited At-Tuwani on March 19, 2009. (See AT-TUWANI: At-Tuwani hosts former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to address Israeli occupation and violence in the southern West Bank.) During his visit, Blair assured villagers that the DCO had given oral permission for electricity construction work.
On 25 May 2009, the DCO entered the village of At-Tuwani, ordered villagers to halt construction work on new electricity pylons in the village, but produced no written orders (see AT-TUWANI URGENT ACTION: Demand that Israeli occupying forces allow At-Tuwani to bring electricity into their village.)
Saber Hreni, head of the At-Tuwani Village Council, wrote to Blair on 26 May, “We hope that in your role as envoy for the Quartet, you can be of assistance to us in contacting the Israeli government with the hopes of procuring written permission for these projects. We fear without written permission our problems will continue.”
Blair did not respond to concerns of the villagers regarding permission to erect the electricity pylons.
ACTION TO TAKE
Contact the Office of the Quartet and ask them to pressure Israel to revoke the demolition order for the pylons and allow the At-Tuwani villagers access to electricity.
Stefan Szetesi
Private Sector Development Officer
sszetesi [at] quartetrep [dot] org
and
Olivia Otecosky
otecosky [at] quartetrep [dot] org
Telephone: +972 2 633 3333
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Quartet on the Middle East is the body—consisting of representatives of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia—responsible for facilitating peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East.) Tony Blair is currently the special envoy for the Quartet.
Currently At-Tuwani receives only four hours electricity a day, supplied by a diesel generator operated and paid for by the villagers. The Israeli settlement and outposts of Ma’on, Havat Ma’on, and Avigail, located within two km of At-Tuwani, are supplied by electricity from the main Israeli power grid.
Israel, as the occupying power, is responsible for the general welfare of the occupied Palestinian civilian population.* Whilst providing electricity and water to Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli authorities fail to supply these basic services to Palestinian towns and villages. In this most recent move, they are now threatening to demolish the villagers’ attempts to improve their living conditions by connecting to the Palestinian electrical grid.
* International Humanitarian law (1907 Hague Regulation and 1949 Fourth Geneva Conventions) obliges the occupying power to ensure the welfare of the occupied population.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"In the afternoon of 20 July 2009, the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO) delivered stop work orders for nine Palestinian structures around the village of At-Tuwani. While the DCO and Israeli soldiers delivered the stop work orders, Palestinian children and adults gathered in the area, protesting the delivery of the stop work orders."
Related Reports:
AT-TUWANI:Villagers nonviolently resist Israeli military delivery of nine Stop Work orders; Soldiers strike child, arrest adult Source: CPTnet 22 July 2009
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian territories are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]
At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills, Palestine - In the afternoon of 20 July 2009, Israeli soldiers and representatives from the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO) delivered stop work orders for seven Palestinian houses, one cave, and one cistern around the village of At-Tuwani.
Palestinian children and adults gathered around the Israeli authorities. One Palestinian admonished the DCO officers to deliver demolition orders to the illegal buildings in the Israeli outpost of Havat Ma'on, which continues to expand. Palestinian children surrounded each house and chanted loudly to impede the DCO's efforts to leave the orders at each house and make using radio and phones difficult for the DCO and soldiers. In addition, Palestinians sat in front of the military and DCO and prayed together.
While delivering the stop work orders, a member of the DCO struck a small child and an Israeli soldier shoved a Palestinian civilian to the ground. Israeli police arrested a Palestinian man who was protesting the stop work orders and charged him "threatening soldiers."
One of the houses had already been destroyed the night of 16 July (See 20 July CPTnet release, AT-TUWANI: New Palestinian house and olive tree destroyed in the night ) The Palestinian homeowners suspect that Israeli settlers from Ma'on or the Havat Ma'on outpost perpetrated the destruction. The family began rebuilding their home the next day.
The Israeli military often issues a stop work order prior to a demolition order; after which the Israeli military may demolish the structure at any time.
Despite Israeli settler and soldier harassment to discourage the growth of the village of At-Tuwani, Palestinians continue to assert their right to develop and build on their own land.
Photos from the day are available at here.More on At-Tuwani
AT-TUWANI URGENT ACTION: Demand that Quartet pressure Israel to revoke demolition order for electricity pylons
Source: CPTnet
30 July 2009
[Note: According to the Geneva Conventions, the International Court of Justice in the Hague, and numerous United Nations resolutions, all Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) are illegal. Most settlement outposts are considered illegal under Israeli law.]
On Tuesday, 28 July, members of the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO)—the branch of the Israeli army that administers civilian affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT)—issued a demolition order for the newly constructed electricity pylons in the South Hebron Hills village of At-Tuwani. These pylons would connect the village to the Palestinian electricity grid in nearby towns.
Tony Blair, special envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East* visited At-Tuwani on March 19, 2009. (See AT-TUWANI: At-Tuwani hosts former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair to address Israeli occupation and violence in the southern West Bank.) During his visit, Blair assured villagers that the DCO had given oral permission for electricity construction work.
On 25 May 2009, the DCO entered the village of At-Tuwani, ordered villagers to halt construction work on new electricity pylons in the village, but produced no written orders (see AT-TUWANI URGENT ACTION: Demand that Israeli occupying forces allow At-Tuwani to bring electricity into their village.)
Saber Hreni, head of the At-Tuwani Village Council, wrote to Blair on 26 May, “We hope that in your role as envoy for the Quartet, you can be of assistance to us in contacting the Israeli government with the hopes of procuring written permission for these projects. We fear without written permission our problems will continue.”
Blair did not respond to concerns of the villagers regarding permission to erect the electricity pylons.
ACTION TO TAKE
Contact the Office of the Quartet and ask them to pressure Israel to revoke the demolition order for the pylons and allow the At-Tuwani villagers access to electricity.
Stefan Szetesi
Private Sector Development Officer
sszetesi [at] quartetrep [dot] org
and
Olivia Otecosky
otecosky [at] quartetrep [dot] org
Telephone: +972 2 633 3333
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Quartet on the Middle East is the body—consisting of representatives of the United Nations, the United States, the European Union, and Russia—responsible for facilitating peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quartet_on_the_Middle_East.) Tony Blair is currently the special envoy for the Quartet.
Currently At-Tuwani receives only four hours electricity a day, supplied by a diesel generator operated and paid for by the villagers. The Israeli settlement and outposts of Ma’on, Havat Ma’on, and Avigail, located within two km of At-Tuwani, are supplied by electricity from the main Israeli power grid.
Israel, as the occupying power, is responsible for the general welfare of the occupied Palestinian civilian population.* Whilst providing electricity and water to Israeli settlements and outposts in the occupied Palestinian territories, the Israeli authorities fail to supply these basic services to Palestinian towns and villages. In this most recent move, they are now threatening to demolish the villagers’ attempts to improve their living conditions by connecting to the Palestinian electrical grid.
* International Humanitarian law (1907 Hague Regulation and 1949 Fourth Geneva Conventions) obliges the occupying power to ensure the welfare of the occupied population.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, July 27, 2009
Farmers with white flags under Israeli fire 25/7/09
Farmers with white flags under Israeli fire 25/7/09:
"http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/...
On the 25th of July 2009 Palestinian farmers went again to repair the damages caused by an Israeli incursion (21/7/09) at a water well in Abassan Jedida. This time they weren't accompanied by international human rights workers, but they had a lot of white flags. Despite that, they came under Israeli fire and were forced to withdraw.
You can hear one of the shots at 0:56"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/...
On the 25th of July 2009 Palestinian farmers went again to repair the damages caused by an Israeli incursion (21/7/09) at a water well in Abassan Jedida. This time they weren't accompanied by international human rights workers, but they had a lot of white flags. Despite that, they came under Israeli fire and were forced to withdraw.
You can hear one of the shots at 0:56"
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Resisting the Zionist Gun - Gaza, Letaemat 07/05/2009 (2 parts)
Resisting the Zionist Gun - Part 1: Letaemat 07/05/2009:
"http://www.palsolidarity.org
http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/
Palestinian farmers and human rights workers from the International Solidarity Movement come under fire from Israeli troops.
The farmers from Letaemat in the southern Gaza Strip are harvesting crops on Palestinian land in the 'buffer zone'. Israeli soldiers, as a matter of policy and from positions on their side of the Green Line, shoot at anyone within this area.
On this occassion, the soldiers fired many shots into the air, and some over the heads of the farmers and internationals, before getting back into their jeeps and leaving - having acheived very little.
Typically their 'warning shots' come dangerously close, and occassionally the intent is to kill or maim, as is evident in these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXecL...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSECq3...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDD8AN...
and in these incidents:
5 June 2009, Shoka, Rafah: Khaled Ismail Mohammed Jahjuh was shot in his lower spine by the Israeli army
3 June 2009, Beit Hanoun: 'Ali Mohammed al-Zummara, 65, injured by shrapnel in the back.
3 June 2009, Beit Hanoun: Saleh Mohammed al-Zummara, 66, injured by a gunshot to the left hand
3 June 2009, Bedouin village 'Um An-Nassir': Ahmed Tawfiq Abu Hashish, 17, injured by shrapnel to the left shoulder and foot.
3 June 2009, Bedouin village 'Um An-Nassir': Saleh Ahmed al-Madani, 17, seriously injured by shrapnel to the neck and the left shoulder
20 May 2009, Beit Hanoun: Ziad Salem abu Hadayid, 23, was shot in his legs with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
7 May 2009, Rafah: Randa Shaloof, 32, was shot in her hand and chest with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
3 May 2009, Beit Hanoun: Mohamed Harb Shamia, 12, was injured in his leg and abducted by Israeli forces.
3 May 2009, East of Jabalya: 30-year-old Mona Selmi As-Sawarka was injured by shrapnel wounds to her chest
2 May 2009, Khoza'a: Nafith Abu T'eima, 35, injured in his neck by shrapnel from Israeli forces.
10 March 2009, al-Maghazi refugee camp: Muhannad Sehi Abu Mandil, 24, was shot in the left foot with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
24 February 2009, Khoza'a: Wafa Al Najar, 17, was shot in the kneecap with live ammuntion by Israeli forces.
18 February 2009, Al Faraheen: Mohammad al-Ibrim, 20, was shot in the right leg with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
14 February 2009, Jabaliya: Hammad Barrak Salem Silmiya, 13, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the head with live ammunition.
27 January 2009, Al Faraheen: Anwar al Ibrim, 27, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the neck with live ammunition.
27 January 2009, east of Deir Al Balah: Mohammed Salama al-Ma'ni, 21, was wounded by a gunshot to the left thigh.
25 January 2009, Khoza'a: Subhi Tafesh Qudaih, 55, was wounded by a gunshot to the back
23 January 2009, Khoza'a: Nabeel Ibrahim al-Najjar, 40, was wounded by shrapnel from a gunshot to the left hand by Israeli forces.
22 January 2009, Sheyjaiee: 7 year old Ahmed Hassanian shot in the head
20 January 2009, al-Qarara: Israeli soldiers shot Waleed al-Astal, 42, in his right foot.
18 January 2009, Khoza'a:Maher 'Abdul 'Azim Abu Rjaila, 23, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the chest with live ammunition.
http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/"
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"http://www.palsolidarity.org
http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/
Palestinian farmers and human rights workers from the International Solidarity Movement come under fire from Israeli troops.
The farmers from Letaemat in the southern Gaza Strip are harvesting crops on Palestinian land in the 'buffer zone'. Israeli soldiers, as a matter of policy and from positions on their side of the Green Line, shoot at anyone within this area.
On this occassion, the soldiers fired many shots into the air, and some over the heads of the farmers and internationals, before getting back into their jeeps and leaving - having acheived very little.
Typically their 'warning shots' come dangerously close, and occassionally the intent is to kill or maim, as is evident in these videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQXecL...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSECq3...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDD8AN...
and in these incidents:
5 June 2009, Shoka, Rafah: Khaled Ismail Mohammed Jahjuh was shot in his lower spine by the Israeli army
3 June 2009, Beit Hanoun: 'Ali Mohammed al-Zummara, 65, injured by shrapnel in the back.
3 June 2009, Beit Hanoun: Saleh Mohammed al-Zummara, 66, injured by a gunshot to the left hand
3 June 2009, Bedouin village 'Um An-Nassir': Ahmed Tawfiq Abu Hashish, 17, injured by shrapnel to the left shoulder and foot.
3 June 2009, Bedouin village 'Um An-Nassir': Saleh Ahmed al-Madani, 17, seriously injured by shrapnel to the neck and the left shoulder
20 May 2009, Beit Hanoun: Ziad Salem abu Hadayid, 23, was shot in his legs with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
7 May 2009, Rafah: Randa Shaloof, 32, was shot in her hand and chest with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
3 May 2009, Beit Hanoun: Mohamed Harb Shamia, 12, was injured in his leg and abducted by Israeli forces.
3 May 2009, East of Jabalya: 30-year-old Mona Selmi As-Sawarka was injured by shrapnel wounds to her chest
2 May 2009, Khoza'a: Nafith Abu T'eima, 35, injured in his neck by shrapnel from Israeli forces.
10 March 2009, al-Maghazi refugee camp: Muhannad Sehi Abu Mandil, 24, was shot in the left foot with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
24 February 2009, Khoza'a: Wafa Al Najar, 17, was shot in the kneecap with live ammuntion by Israeli forces.
18 February 2009, Al Faraheen: Mohammad al-Ibrim, 20, was shot in the right leg with live ammunition by Israeli forces.
14 February 2009, Jabaliya: Hammad Barrak Salem Silmiya, 13, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the head with live ammunition.
27 January 2009, Al Faraheen: Anwar al Ibrim, 27, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the neck with live ammunition.
27 January 2009, east of Deir Al Balah: Mohammed Salama al-Ma'ni, 21, was wounded by a gunshot to the left thigh.
25 January 2009, Khoza'a: Subhi Tafesh Qudaih, 55, was wounded by a gunshot to the back
23 January 2009, Khoza'a: Nabeel Ibrahim al-Najjar, 40, was wounded by shrapnel from a gunshot to the left hand by Israeli forces.
22 January 2009, Sheyjaiee: 7 year old Ahmed Hassanian shot in the head
20 January 2009, al-Qarara: Israeli soldiers shot Waleed al-Astal, 42, in his right foot.
18 January 2009, Khoza'a:Maher 'Abdul 'Azim Abu Rjaila, 23, was killed when Israeli forces shot him in the chest with live ammunition.
http://farmingunderfire.blogspot.com/"
Part 1
Part 2
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Israeli Activists Arrested in Saffa July 18 2009
Israeli Activists Arrested in Saffa July 18 2009:
"Ten Israeli activists were arrested and released shortly after in an accompaniment with farmers in the Saffa valley of Beit Ommar village, West Bank. Palestinian and international activists were challenging the lack of protection by soldiers of farmers from settler attacks, which occurred on numerous occassions prior. They were also challenging the illegal use of continued temporary military zone orders in the area, cutting farmers from reaching and fully harvesting their land."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Ten Israeli activists were arrested and released shortly after in an accompaniment with farmers in the Saffa valley of Beit Ommar village, West Bank. Palestinian and international activists were challenging the lack of protection by soldiers of farmers from settler attacks, which occurred on numerous occassions prior. They were also challenging the illegal use of continued temporary military zone orders in the area, cutting farmers from reaching and fully harvesting their land."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
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