UNICEF and ECHO help Jayyous children cope with stress

UNICEF and ECHO help Gaza children cope with stress:

Note: There is a clear mistake in UNICEF's title of the video. As you can tell it deals with children from Jayyous in the West Bank and not Gaza.

"JAYOUS VILLAGE, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 28 April 2009 The village of Jayous is next to the barrier that sits between Israel and the West Bank. Jayous is the venue for weekly demonstrations against the barrier and is the site of regular search-and-arrest operations.

The tense political situation has a devastating effect on Jayouss youngest residents. Afif Thaeir Shamasheh, 6, lives close to the barrier, and soldiers often come to his familys home. "I only get scared from soldiers when they come to our house," he said.

Recently, Afif has started acting up in school.

Mr. Khrisheh, Afif's teacher, arranged for Afif to join a counselling group supported by UNICEF and the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Department, or ECHO. As part of his treatment, Afif also receives individual counselling from a trained social worker.

UNICEF has worked with ECHO since 2003 to help Palestinian children and their families cope with the conflict and violence that affect their daily lives.

"The project is about protecting childhood in the Palestinian territories," said ECHO Head of Office Herve Caiveau. "UNICEF and ECHO aim to boost childrens self-confidence and give them hope for the future, and to help families cope with the challenges their children face."

To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/o..."



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ISM video - Jayyous 26 Feb 2009 M [Invasion, Arrests & Curfew]

jayyous 26th feb 2009 M:

"Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Invasion of Jayyous Feb 26th 2009"



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ISM video - Jayyous 20th Feb 2009

Jayyous 20th Feb 2009:

"Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Invasion of Jayyous Feb 20th 2009"



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Attack on Jayyous 27 2 09

Ja'ayus 27 2 09:

Curfew was imposed on the village following of the Friday demonstration against the Apartheid Wall

"Residents were assaulted, money was stolen, computers confiscated, over 60 young men arrested and the village placed under curfew. The Israeli soldiers came into my home and threw the contents of cupboards and closets on to the floor," Shamasni [a village resident] told IPS



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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Invade jayyus attack residents and Internationals

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"Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Invade Jayyus and attack residents and Internationals, Feb 13th 2009."

Part 1



Part 2
Soldiers occupy house by force



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Against the Apartheid wall in Jayous 23 1 2009

Jaayus 23 1 2009:

Against the wall in Jayous



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Palestinians Protest against the Apartheid Wall in Jayyus - Friday 12-12-08

Ja'ayus Friday 12-12-08:

Palestinians Protest against the Apartheid Wall in Jayyus



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Demo against the Apartheid Wall in Jayyous 16-11-08

Demo against the fence in Jaayous 16-11-08:

Israeli forces invade the village of Jayyous to block demonstrators from protesting the re-routing of the Apartheid Wall
Source: ISM
Date: November 16th, 2008

On Sunday 16th November, approximately 100 Palestinians, Israeli and international activists in the village of Jayyous were stopped in their attempt to demonstrate against the new plans to re-route the Apartheid Wall by Israeli army forces who invaded the village and blocked the streets. Israeli military Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were patrolling the streets of the village throughout the morning, with soldiers harassing pedestrians, claiming the village was a closed military zone.

Approximately 40 Israeli soldiers then formed roadblocks to prevent demonstrators from marching to their farmlands - the majority of which are already divided from the village by the existing apartheid wall. Many of the demonstrators were able to push through the lines of soldiers, but were blocked again further down the road, with Israeli soldiers then declaring the area near the Wall to be a closed military zone. “You can protest here in the village”, advised the commander of the units, “but you are not coming anywhere near the Wall”, despite the fact that the protest was clearly non-violent.

The roadblocks effectively created a curfew in the area, as residents were unable to return to their homes in the area. School children returning home from school were reduced to tears as they attempted to make their way through the rows of soldiers.

The villagers’ demonstration continued for over two hours, with protesters continually attempting to push through the soldiers to get to their lands. Women from the village took up the position as the front line, eventually staging a sit-in in their refusal to give up their fight to get to their lands.

The recent Israeli High Court decision to re-route the wall has been met with a revival of the struggle fought by the villagers of Jayyous when building of the Apartheid Wall first started in the village in 2002. While initially the re-routing, which moves the Wall 2km back towards the green line, may seem like a positive result for the village, the move will in fact destroy a further 200 olive trees, and permanently isolate Jayyous villagers from approximately 6000 dounums of their land, with a further 2000 dounums to be destroyed to make the path of the Wall. Currently, villagers are able to access their lands through a permit system that, theoretically, allows farmers to access their lands through the gates in the Wall. The new Wall has no planned gates. The Jayyous village land that remains on the West of the Wall, as such, will be annexed to Israel forever.

Villagers, with the support of the Jayyous municipality and other organisations, have vowed to fight this construction, declaring Sunday’s protests the first in a series of weekly demonstrations against the re-routing of the Wall.




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Amnesty Interntaional visits Jayous, West Bank

Amnesty Interntaional visits Jayous, West Bank:

Amnesty International Visits Israel's Apartheid, Annexation Wall in Jayous.
Jayyous is a village of about 3,000 Palestinian residents situated near the town of Qalqilya in the West Bank, Palestine. Israel Built its wall ( An electronic fence in this case) between the village and its rich farm land and water resources and beyond the "Armistice Green Line" of 1949.
Following the construction of the wall, the villagers access to their farmland has been controlled by the Israeli Army via a gate, which is open (only for farmers who hold a permit from the Israeli authorities) for a short time a day. That is, if the Israeli soldiers feel like opening the gate.