Israel Gags News on Extra-Judicial Killings:
theGlobalReport — April 09, 2010 — Israeli journalist Anat Kam remains under house arrest and another, Uri Blau lives abroad, after they broke news on Israeli undercover units carrying out assassinations or "targeted killings" of non-combatant Palestinian political opponents.
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Showing posts with label Palestinian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Palestinian. Show all posts
Friday, April 9, 2010
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Bil'in Night Raid September 12, 2009
Bilin night raid 12.09.09 by haitham al katib:
"Bil'in night raid 12.09.09
Shortly after 2pm, the Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Bil'in from two different directions once again. They raided two houses in an attempt to arrest Mohammed Ahmed Yasseen (age 21), and Yasseen Mohammed Yasseen (age 21). In the first house soldiers were quite aggressive during their operation. Neither of the wanted men was home at the time.
At the second house, the soldiers, disguised with face masks as usual, met a lot of resistance from Palestinian and international activists who were standing in their way and filming the event. As they did not find their victim, they eventually retreated to the four waiting Jeeps, arresting one international activist from Great Britain on their way. Yet, according to their conversation in Hebrew, they planned to release him a little further on their way toward the Apartheid Wall. He was indeed released a few minutes later before they exited through the Wall.
This has been the second night raid this week. It seems that the Israeli forces are stepping up their night raids again in Bil'in."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Bil'in night raid 12.09.09
Shortly after 2pm, the Israeli occupation forces invaded the village of Bil'in from two different directions once again. They raided two houses in an attempt to arrest Mohammed Ahmed Yasseen (age 21), and Yasseen Mohammed Yasseen (age 21). In the first house soldiers were quite aggressive during their operation. Neither of the wanted men was home at the time.
At the second house, the soldiers, disguised with face masks as usual, met a lot of resistance from Palestinian and international activists who were standing in their way and filming the event. As they did not find their victim, they eventually retreated to the four waiting Jeeps, arresting one international activist from Great Britain on their way. Yet, according to their conversation in Hebrew, they planned to release him a little further on their way toward the Apartheid Wall. He was indeed released a few minutes later before they exited through the Wall.
This has been the second night raid this week. It seems that the Israeli forces are stepping up their night raids again in Bil'in."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Making Shelters from Rubble
Gazans prepare for winter:
Making Shelters from Rubble," Syria TV, Syria
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Making Shelters from Rubble," Syria TV, Syria
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Gaza rappers "Palestinian Unit" - An informal interview
Palestinian Unit: Gaza rappers discuss their art:
"an informal and brief look at some of the motivations and messages from leading Palestinian rappers in Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"an informal and brief look at some of the motivations and messages from leading Palestinian rappers in Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Friday, September 11, 2009
Bil'in Friday Demo - September 11, 2009
bilin demo 11 09 09 by haitham al katib:
"Bil'in demo 11.09.09
Bil'in residents and Israeli and international activists once again held their weekly demonstration today. Despite lots of tear gas being fired by the Israeli forces, the protesters stood their ground. They displayed huge banners 'We Want Peace' in Arabic, Hebrew, and English while chanting. One demonstrator in a wheelchair was heavily tear-gased at some point and another suffered from skin burns from the gas.
Once some of the protesters had succeeded in pulling the barbed-wired inner gate open passing through it toward the Apartheid Wall, half a dozen soldiers stormed through the door in the Wall ready to arrest whoever was in the open space. However, tear gas drove them back while the protesters in the front lines retreated behind the gate. The occupation forces remained in a position of alert but no arrests were made. As the demonstrators returned to the village, the Israeli forces heavily tear-gased the house closest to the Wall where a Palestinian man was sitting watching the unfolding event.
In spite of the army's violent response to these nonviolent demonstrations and the ongoing intimidating night raids in Bil'in, the weekly demonstration continues to be held without fail. The sense of resistance to the military occupation is deeply ingrained in the people of this village. They have been resisting since the construction of the Wall five years ago, and they are determined to continue their struggle in spite of all odds."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Bil'in demo 11.09.09
Bil'in residents and Israeli and international activists once again held their weekly demonstration today. Despite lots of tear gas being fired by the Israeli forces, the protesters stood their ground. They displayed huge banners 'We Want Peace' in Arabic, Hebrew, and English while chanting. One demonstrator in a wheelchair was heavily tear-gased at some point and another suffered from skin burns from the gas.
Once some of the protesters had succeeded in pulling the barbed-wired inner gate open passing through it toward the Apartheid Wall, half a dozen soldiers stormed through the door in the Wall ready to arrest whoever was in the open space. However, tear gas drove them back while the protesters in the front lines retreated behind the gate. The occupation forces remained in a position of alert but no arrests were made. As the demonstrators returned to the village, the Israeli forces heavily tear-gased the house closest to the Wall where a Palestinian man was sitting watching the unfolding event.
In spite of the army's violent response to these nonviolent demonstrations and the ongoing intimidating night raids in Bil'in, the weekly demonstration continues to be held without fail. The sense of resistance to the military occupation is deeply ingrained in the people of this village. They have been resisting since the construction of the Wall five years ago, and they are determined to continue their struggle in spite of all odds."
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A Palestinian story - Fatenah
Reporter's file/ A Palestinian story/ 09/ 10 /2009:
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Report on the 30-minute animated film Fatenah, the story of a Palestinian woman who died of cancer as Israel (the occupying power obligated to provide medical aid for the people under its occupation) refused to allow her entry into Israeli hospitals.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Shoes for Gaza
Shoes for Gaza:
"'Shoes for Gaza' a Facebook campaign started by an ANERA donor made it possible to purchase shoes on the local market in Gaza for preschoolers who need them. Visit www.anera.org/gaza for more information about Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"'Shoes for Gaza' a Facebook campaign started by an ANERA donor made it possible to purchase shoes on the local market in Gaza for preschoolers who need them. Visit www.anera.org/gaza for more information about Gaza."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Thursday, September 10, 2009
$5 Billion in Aid? Not One Penny Has Reached Gaza
Not One Penny Has Reached Gaza:
News Video by theGlobalReport
"It has been six months since the international community pledged nearly $5 billion in aid to the Palestinian people, chiefly for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after Israels devastating offensive there this year.
According to United Arab Emirates newspaper The National, none of this aid has reached Gaza and no reconstruction has started."
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News Video by theGlobalReport
"It has been six months since the international community pledged nearly $5 billion in aid to the Palestinian people, chiefly for the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip after Israels devastating offensive there this year.
According to United Arab Emirates newspaper The National, none of this aid has reached Gaza and no reconstruction has started."
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Remember the children of Palestine/ Health & Education conditions worse in Gaza (2 Parts)
Remember the children of Palestine/ War effects on children/09/ 08 /2009 /Part1:
Related News
Palestinian child dies due the siege on Gaza, death toll 352
Source: IMEMC
Date: September 09, 2009
A Palestinian child was announced dead on Wednesday after she was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care she needed.
Dinna Al Zakzok, seven years old, had Lymphatic gland tumor, he family had completed all needed documents to leave Gaza but still the Israeli military did not allow he to leave.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of patients who died in Gaza due to the Israeli siege have now reached 352.
Israel placed the Gaza Strip under total siege in June of 2006 leaving the 1.5 million Palestinians living there lacking medial, food, and fuel supplies.
Part 1
Health conditions are worse in Gaza
Part 2
The same as above goes for education in Gaza
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren lack basic equipment
Source: IRINNEWS.ORG
GAZA CITY, 9 September 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1,200 students at al-Karmel High School for boys in Gaza City returned to class on 25 August without history and English textbooks, or notebooks and pens - all unavailable on the local market.
Severe damage to the school - caused during the 23-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip which ended on 18 January - has yet to be repaired. Al-Karmel’s principal, Majed Yasin, has had to cover scores of broken windows with plastic sheeting.
“The entire west side of the school was damaged adjacent to Abbas police station which was targeted on 27 December,” said Yasin. “We have yet to repair the US$65,000-worth of damage, since glass and other building materials are still unavailable.”
Educational institutions across Gaza are still reeling from the effects of the Israeli offensive, compounded by the more than two-year Israeli blockade (tightened after Hamas seized power in June 2007), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
At least 280 schools out of 641 in Gaza were damaged and 18 destroyed during the military operation. None have been rebuilt or repaired to date due to continued restrictions on the entry of construction materials, OCHA reported.
At the start of the new school year, all 387 government-run primary and secondary schools serving 240,000 students - and 33 private sector schools serving 17,000 students - lack essential education materials, according to the education ministry in Gaza.
Half of all students lack at least one textbook for their coursework this term, the ministry said.
“The war had, and continues to have, a severely negative impact on the entire education system,” Yousef Ibrahim, deputy education minister in Gaza, said. “About 15,000 students from government schools have been transferred to other schools for second shifts, significantly shortening class time.”
He said the damaged schools lacked toilets and water and electricity networks; their classrooms were overcrowded, and they also suffered from shortages of basic items such as desks, doors, chairs and ink for printing.
UNRWA schools affected
More than 80 percent of government-run schools and those run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) now have a second shift, according to Ibrahim.
The 221 primary and secondary schools run by UNRWA (in addition to government and privately run schools) are also struggling to accommodate 200,000 students this school year.
“We have only provided the minimum amount of stationery and textbooks to our students, since it is very difficult to bring in these materials and they are unavailable on the local market,” said UNRWA spokesperson Milina Shahin in Gaza.
UNRWA schools are also missing items such as lab equipment, calculators, desks, tables, chairs, and even crayons, said Shahin.
UNRWA planned to build 100 new schools this year, but has had to give up the idea due to a lack of building materials. Thirty-five UNRWA schools are still without windows as a result of the offensive, due to a lack of glass, Shahin said.
“There is no generator at al-Karmel High. The lack of electricity, often all day, is a real challenge for our teachers,” said al-Karmel principal Yasin.
Truckloads of stationery await clearance
Since the beginning of 2009, Israel has allowed 174 truckloads of educational materials to enter Gaza. Of these, only two were carrying stationery, in July and August, OCHA said.
According to the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade) and local suppliers, there are nearly 120 truckloads of stationery awaiting clearance to enter.
Ghazi Hamad, head of borders and crossings under the Hamas-led government in Gaza, said some educational materials, such as notebooks and clothing, had entered Gaza via underground tunnels from Egypt, but this was only a token amount.
Teaching has also been affected by the Fatah-Hamas rift: Of the 11,000 teachers in Gaza, 7,000 are employed by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah (West Bank). Half of these did not return to teach this school year, according to deputy education minister Ibrahim.
“We had to replace them with less qualified teachers, while they chose to stay at home,” he said.
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Related News
Palestinian child dies due the siege on Gaza, death toll 352
Source: IMEMC
Date: September 09, 2009
A Palestinian child was announced dead on Wednesday after she was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care she needed.
Dinna Al Zakzok, seven years old, had Lymphatic gland tumor, he family had completed all needed documents to leave Gaza but still the Israeli military did not allow he to leave.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of patients who died in Gaza due to the Israeli siege have now reached 352.
Israel placed the Gaza Strip under total siege in June of 2006 leaving the 1.5 million Palestinians living there lacking medial, food, and fuel supplies.
Part 1
Health conditions are worse in Gaza
Part 2
The same as above goes for education in Gaza
OPT: Gaza schoolchildren lack basic equipment
Source: IRINNEWS.ORG
GAZA CITY, 9 September 2009 (IRIN) - Some 1,200 students at al-Karmel High School for boys in Gaza City returned to class on 25 August without history and English textbooks, or notebooks and pens - all unavailable on the local market.
Severe damage to the school - caused during the 23-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip which ended on 18 January - has yet to be repaired. Al-Karmel’s principal, Majed Yasin, has had to cover scores of broken windows with plastic sheeting.
“The entire west side of the school was damaged adjacent to Abbas police station which was targeted on 27 December,” said Yasin. “We have yet to repair the US$65,000-worth of damage, since glass and other building materials are still unavailable.”
Educational institutions across Gaza are still reeling from the effects of the Israeli offensive, compounded by the more than two-year Israeli blockade (tightened after Hamas seized power in June 2007), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
At least 280 schools out of 641 in Gaza were damaged and 18 destroyed during the military operation. None have been rebuilt or repaired to date due to continued restrictions on the entry of construction materials, OCHA reported.
At the start of the new school year, all 387 government-run primary and secondary schools serving 240,000 students - and 33 private sector schools serving 17,000 students - lack essential education materials, according to the education ministry in Gaza.
Half of all students lack at least one textbook for their coursework this term, the ministry said.
“The war had, and continues to have, a severely negative impact on the entire education system,” Yousef Ibrahim, deputy education minister in Gaza, said. “About 15,000 students from government schools have been transferred to other schools for second shifts, significantly shortening class time.”
He said the damaged schools lacked toilets and water and electricity networks; their classrooms were overcrowded, and they also suffered from shortages of basic items such as desks, doors, chairs and ink for printing.
UNRWA schools affected
More than 80 percent of government-run schools and those run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) now have a second shift, according to Ibrahim.
The 221 primary and secondary schools run by UNRWA (in addition to government and privately run schools) are also struggling to accommodate 200,000 students this school year.
“We have only provided the minimum amount of stationery and textbooks to our students, since it is very difficult to bring in these materials and they are unavailable on the local market,” said UNRWA spokesperson Milina Shahin in Gaza.
UNRWA schools are also missing items such as lab equipment, calculators, desks, tables, chairs, and even crayons, said Shahin.
UNRWA planned to build 100 new schools this year, but has had to give up the idea due to a lack of building materials. Thirty-five UNRWA schools are still without windows as a result of the offensive, due to a lack of glass, Shahin said.
“There is no generator at al-Karmel High. The lack of electricity, often all day, is a real challenge for our teachers,” said al-Karmel principal Yasin.
Truckloads of stationery await clearance
Since the beginning of 2009, Israel has allowed 174 truckloads of educational materials to enter Gaza. Of these, only two were carrying stationery, in July and August, OCHA said.
According to the Palestine Trade Centre (PalTrade) and local suppliers, there are nearly 120 truckloads of stationery awaiting clearance to enter.
Ghazi Hamad, head of borders and crossings under the Hamas-led government in Gaza, said some educational materials, such as notebooks and clothing, had entered Gaza via underground tunnels from Egypt, but this was only a token amount.
Teaching has also been affected by the Fatah-Hamas rift: Of the 11,000 teachers in Gaza, 7,000 are employed by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah (West Bank). Half of these did not return to teach this school year, according to deputy education minister Ibrahim.
“We had to replace them with less qualified teachers, while they chose to stay at home,” he said.
es/ed/cb
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Ras Atiya Checkpoint
Ras Atiya Checkpoint:
"The checkpoint of Ras Atiya separates the villages in the seam line enclave of Ras A-Tira from the rest of the West Bank. At 6:30 AM a truck with a permit to transport building materials arrives at the checkpoint. The truck is loaded with building stones. The soldiers detain the truck for long hours and eventually force the truck owner to unload the truck at the checkpoint. The truck owner then has to pay for reloading the truck."
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"The checkpoint of Ras Atiya separates the villages in the seam line enclave of Ras A-Tira from the rest of the West Bank. At 6:30 AM a truck with a permit to transport building materials arrives at the checkpoint. The truck is loaded with building stones. The soldiers detain the truck for long hours and eventually force the truck owner to unload the truck at the checkpoint. The truck owner then has to pay for reloading the truck."
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The Real Deal/ George Galloway interviews Ghada Karmi
The Real Deal/ Khalid Mashal's visit to Cairo /09 /06/ 2009:
George Galloway Interviews Ghada Karmi on current issues concerning Palestine
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
George Galloway Interviews Ghada Karmi on current issues concerning Palestine
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Amira vs. Israel at the ICC
Amira versus Israel:
"Vidéo : 5 minutes en anglais soustitrée en français
Soustitrée par la COBI (Belgique) et EuroPalestine (France)
On August 31st this year, a 15 year-old girl from Gaza made history by filing a law suit against Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Amira Alquerem lost her father, brother and sister during the 22-day Israeli war on Gaza at the turn of the year. She's accusing Israel of homicides against members of her family, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Le 31 août 2009, une jeune fille de 15 ans de Gaza est entrée dans l'histoire en déposant une plainte contre Israël devant la Cour pénale internationale à la Haye. Amira Alquerem a perdu son père, son frère et sa soeur pendant la guerre israélienne de 22 jours contre Gaza, au tournant de lannée. Elle accuse Israël d'homicides contre les membres de sa famille, de crimes de guerre, et de crimes contre l'humanité."
I'm adding this second video in case YouTube deletes the one above under the pretext of copyright. It is the same video as above with an added segment by a PressTV reporter at the start
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Vidéo : 5 minutes en anglais soustitrée en français
Soustitrée par la COBI (Belgique) et EuroPalestine (France)
On August 31st this year, a 15 year-old girl from Gaza made history by filing a law suit against Israel at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Amira Alquerem lost her father, brother and sister during the 22-day Israeli war on Gaza at the turn of the year. She's accusing Israel of homicides against members of her family, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Le 31 août 2009, une jeune fille de 15 ans de Gaza est entrée dans l'histoire en déposant une plainte contre Israël devant la Cour pénale internationale à la Haye. Amira Alquerem a perdu son père, son frère et sa soeur pendant la guerre israélienne de 22 jours contre Gaza, au tournant de lannée. Elle accuse Israël d'homicides contre les membres de sa famille, de crimes de guerre, et de crimes contre l'humanité."
I'm adding this second video in case YouTube deletes the one above under the pretext of copyright. It is the same video as above with an added segment by a PressTV reporter at the start
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
Monday, September 7, 2009
GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Gaza Under Siege
GRITtv with Laura Flanders » Gaza Under Siege:
"Filmmakers Lily Keber and Jordan Flaherty set out to see for themselves what happened in Gaza after the Israeli invasion in January of this year. Nine months later, rebuilding has barely begun and the Israeli blockade continues. In Gaza Under Siege they speak to the people of Gaza about what they need to rebuild their towns and cities."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Filmmakers Lily Keber and Jordan Flaherty set out to see for themselves what happened in Gaza after the Israeli invasion in January of this year. Nine months later, rebuilding has barely begun and the Israeli blockade continues. In Gaza Under Siege they speak to the people of Gaza about what they need to rebuild their towns and cities."
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
Ta'ayush and Internationals at Um Al Kher
Ta'ayush and Internationals at Um Al Kher:
"The Bedouin village of Um Al Kher is one of the most vulnerable inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The villagers were originally forced from their homes in 1948 from the Dead Sea town of Arad. They are officially registered refugees with UNRWA, and have official ownership papers for their lands.
The Israeli army have demolition orders on everything in Um Al Kher, including the tents. Everything that was built after 1984. 1984 was the year the overlooking Israeli settlement of Karmel was established. Karmel is a strategic settlement, and for this reason, there is huge pressure on the villagers to leave.
Settler outposts and roads means villagers are blocked from accessing their traditional grazings lands. If they go further, they are at risk of attack from the settlement of Ma'on.
Across the road, is a huge industrial air conditioned chicken production unit. Um Al Kher has not electricity. The Israeli army has tried to discourage involvement and assistance by international groups. Recently, the IDF sent a stern letter to Oxfam, to warn them that their assistance to this village inside militarized area C was a criminal activity. The villagers are also critical of the Palestinian Authority, which it feels has forgotten them: 'we've had an immense support of words, but nothing practical.'
This short video shows a group of Israeli and international activists trying to break the construction ban, and build a road. The IDF and the police intervene to stop the action."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"The Bedouin village of Um Al Kher is one of the most vulnerable inside the Occupied Palestinian Territories. The villagers were originally forced from their homes in 1948 from the Dead Sea town of Arad. They are officially registered refugees with UNRWA, and have official ownership papers for their lands.
The Israeli army have demolition orders on everything in Um Al Kher, including the tents. Everything that was built after 1984. 1984 was the year the overlooking Israeli settlement of Karmel was established. Karmel is a strategic settlement, and for this reason, there is huge pressure on the villagers to leave.
Settler outposts and roads means villagers are blocked from accessing their traditional grazings lands. If they go further, they are at risk of attack from the settlement of Ma'on.
Across the road, is a huge industrial air conditioned chicken production unit. Um Al Kher has not electricity. The Israeli army has tried to discourage involvement and assistance by international groups. Recently, the IDF sent a stern letter to Oxfam, to warn them that their assistance to this village inside militarized area C was a criminal activity. The villagers are also critical of the Palestinian Authority, which it feels has forgotten them: 'we've had an immense support of words, but nothing practical.'
This short video shows a group of Israeli and international activists trying to break the construction ban, and build a road. The IDF and the police intervene to stop the action."
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
Israeli Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinian Shepherds & Internationals
Israeli Settlers Throw Stones at Palestinian Shepherds:
"Two Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost Havat Ma'on hurl stones with slingshots at Palestinian shepherds and international peace activists.
Palestinian shepherds, farmers, and schoolchildren routinely face harassment from the Israeli settlers of Ma'on and Havat Ma'on. Settlers use violence and intimidation to make privately owned Palestinian land inaccessible to Palestinians in the South Hebron hills."
Related Reports:
AL-KHALIL/HEBRON UPDATE: August 2009 Source: CPT.org 5 September 2009
When Harris went to meet a friend near the Al Sahla checkpoint, he saw two middle-aged Palestinian American men whom soldiers had detained at the checkpoint for two hours. Harris tried to notify TIPH and then called the team, but by the time Schroeder arrived, the men had been released.
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Two Israeli settlers from the illegal outpost Havat Ma'on hurl stones with slingshots at Palestinian shepherds and international peace activists.
Palestinian shepherds, farmers, and schoolchildren routinely face harassment from the Israeli settlers of Ma'on and Havat Ma'on. Settlers use violence and intimidation to make privately owned Palestinian land inaccessible to Palestinians in the South Hebron hills."
Related Reports:
AL-KHALIL/HEBRON UPDATE: August 2009 Source: CPT.org 5 September 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.]
On team during this period were Claire Evans, John Harris, Aida Hayes, Loren Peters, Paulette Schroeder, and Michael Sharp (intern).
General Situation
Although CPTers observe fewer episodes of abuse at checkpoints than they had in some months, Israeli soldiers and border police perpetrated at least two serious incidents: a beating on 8 August and a shooting on 26 August. Israeli settlers encroached on land in the Beqa'a Valley. Settler sponsored tours continued regularly through the souq (market) on Saturday afternoons, even in the midst of Ramadan crowds. Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and prayer began on August 22 and continued into the following month.
Networking
The team attended meetings of the Association of International Development Agencies working in the Occupied Territories (AIDA) (in Jerusalem on 3 August); of the Peace Teams Forum for international groups working in the West Bank (in Huwarra on 5 August); and of Palestinian, Israeli, and international nonviolent activists working in Al Khalil and Hebron District (on 18 August). The team visited Wi'am, a Palestinian conflict resolution center (in Bethlehem on 26 August). CPT was in contact with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and Ecumenical Accompaniment Program in Palestine/Israeli (EAPPI) throughout the month and met with the groups on 25 August to coordinate school patrol duties and other street monitoring to begin in September.
School Patrols
School was in summer break throughout the month. On 18 August, Peters and Schroeder met with the principals of Qurtuba and Ibrahimi Schools to build stronger relationships with the schools in anticipation of the upcoming academic year.
Visits to Palestinian families
The team began to visit families in vulnerable areas of the Old City of Hebron and surrounding areas to familiarize them with the work of CPT and encourage them to call the team in case of soldier or settler harassment.
Saturday 1 August
Peters and Schroeder visited the Sameeh Dana family, whose home backs up to the Kiryat Arba settlement. The family faces challenges every day because of their proximity to the settlement.
Saturday 15 August
Schroeder visited a couple and their four children at their home in the Old City. The father is apparently unemployed and the family is very poor. Schroeder visited the family again on 19 August.
Saturday 22 August
Schroeder and Evans broke Ramadan fast with another family in the Old City. The household included a couple with two sons and two daughters in their late teens or early 20s, together with the married daughter's two little girls, about two and four years old. The married daughter's husband was in prison. The family had moved to this house, newly renovated by the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC), about three weeks earlier.
Wednesday 26 August
Schroeder and Evans broke the fast with another Old City family, a woman and her four children, ranging in age from about one to ten years. The father was absent, working in Israel. The home sits across the alley from the Israeli settlement of Avraham Avinu and the family has experienced frequent harassment from settlers, including shooting into their windows. Israeli soldiers have prohibited the family from putting glass in one of their windows. This house was also renovated by HRC.
Thursday 27 August
A Palestinian partner invited Peters to join him in breaking fast at the Glassblowers' Mosque. HRC sponsored Iftar (the breaking of the fast) in a different venue inside the Old City each evening as a sign of resistance to the occupation.
Saturday 29 August
Members of the team broke fast with women from the Women's Cooperative in the Old City and at the home they had visited on 22 August. Members of EAPPI and ISM also joined in.
Settler Activity
Saturday 1 August
Hayes and Schroeder walked along Shuhada St to the Chicken Gate, just outside the CPT apartment. As they arrived, at the mini-playground Israeli settlers had created there the previous week, they were confronted by two settler boys who said, "You have no right to be here. We will hit you with a stone and kill you."
Peters, Harris, and Sharp tailed the weekly tour of the Old City sponsored by the settler community. At the second stop, two boys on the tour darted away from tour group. Soldiers quickly apprehended one boy. At least two groups of Israeli soldiers ran into the Old City with their guns drawn. The tour eventually withdrew from the center of the souq. Half an hour later, Sharp saw soldiers leading missing boy out of Old City and taking him away in a car.
Monday 3 August
Peters, Schroeder, and Hayes attempted to visit families in Tel Rumeida in the early evening. Taking a back route, they passed through the yard of a settler family. Settler women chided and photographed the team members and tried to grab Schroeder's camera. Israeli soldiers directed the three CPTers past the house. Someone within the house threw an egg at Hayes from above, hitting her in the head. The soldiers called the police, who escorted the CPTers back down to the main road. Neither the soldiers nor the police took action against the settler who assaulted Hayes.
Friday 7 August
About 10:30 a.m., Harris, Peters, and Hayes responded to a call about settler activity on the land of Mohammed Mustafa Jaber, in the Beqa'a Valley. According to Jaber, Israeli soldiers arrived in a jeep about 3:00 a.m. and took some photos. The jeep returned about 6:00 a.m. and waited at the junction of the village road and Highway 60. Forty or fifty settlers arrived between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m., accompanied by about twenty Israeli soldiers in six or seven jeeps. Settlers planted about sixty tree seedlings, each about seventy-five cm in height, on one of the family's garden terraces, sixty meters directly above the family home. The police and soldiers protected the settlers, and prevented the family from talking to them. The settlers left about 11:00 a.m. The civil administration (Israeli military) police told the Jaber family that the settlers should not be planting trees there. The family had just finished uprooting the trees from their land when CPT arrived. CPT observed the last three Israeli police leaving at that time. The family said settlers had done the same thing the previous Friday.
Saturday 8 August
Following a settler-sponsored tour in the Old City, two Jewish visitors were talking with Israeli soldiers at Al Sahla* gate, near the Ibrahimi Mosque. Nearby Palestinian shopkeepers described how one had removed his kipah (head covering) and put it in his pocket and started to walk up into the souq (market). The soldiers stopped him.
Sunday 9 August
Evans and Schroeder, with four members of Michigan Peace Team, walked up "Worshippers Way" to a synagogue outpost that had been set up by settlers about two years ago. As the group stood in front of the outpost opposite Kiryat Arba settlement, an Israeli military jeep pulled up and soldiers questioned the team's purpose there.
Tuesday 11 August
At about 11:45 a.m., Harris and two members of ISM responded again to a call about settler activity in Beqa'a Valley on Mohammed Mustafa Jaber's land. When the team arrived, residents of the Beqa'a informed them that four settlers had come and picnicked on the same land where settlers had planted trees the previous two Fridays. Ten Israeli soldiers had accompanied the four settlers.
Wednesday 12 August
CPTers observed some 150 French Jewish visitors waving Israeli flags, shouting, and processing in front of the Palestinian shops near Al Sahla checkpoint. A group of six to eight pro-Palestinian French people were visiting in the same shops. The two groups began shouting at each other. One leader and one soldier kept the groups separated.
Friday 14 August
Hayes and Schroeder with members of ISM traveled to the Beqa'a Valley where there had been settler tree-plantings on the two previous Fridays. During the several hours they spent on the land of Mustafa Jaber and other families in the Beqa'a, no settlers appeared.
Monday 17 August
A Palestinian shopkeeper was engaged in intense conversation with Israeli Border Police when Schroeder and Peters neared Al Sahla gate on midday patrol. The man explained to the team that loud music was played every day from the nearby Gutnick Center (the settler community center) from 6:30 am until 12:00 midnight. His complaints were to no avail.
Wednesday 19 August
Hayes and Schroeder discovered the Qasaba* Gate locked during morning patrol and saw five Israeli army jeeps by the Qitoun* checkpoint. Palestinian neighbors reported that Jewish holy days were beginning, but the Israeli authorities had not notified them as they had on previous years. Soldiers told members of the Israeli observer group Machsom Watch that this was the first day of the Jewish Holy Month ending with Rosh Hashanah. Large numbers of pilgrims arrived by bus for the day. Later they paraded down Shuhada Street with loud jubilant music.
Saturday 22 August
Schroeder, Evans, and Peters observed the settler tour from 4:40 to 6:10 pm. On this first day of Ramadan, the Old City was full of Palestinian men coming from prayers and shopping for Iftar. TIPH (Temporary International Presence in Hebron), ISM, and EAPPI as well as CPT accompanied the tour, which eight Israeli soldiers also escorted. The soldiers were polite as they held a path open for Palestinians who were making their way through the crowd of people on the tour. The guide spoke first in Hebrew and then in English. Schroeder asked the tour guide, "Have you told the people here that the Jews and Muslims all lived peacefully here in this city at one time?" He said in response, "There is no such person as a Palestinian. That was a name made up in the 15th century."
Thursday 27 August
A Palestinian partner of the team, who is member of the HRC, had seen a photograph of a large new water tank two days earlier near the Avraham Avinu settlement; he was afraid that indicated settlers were about to occupy another building. Peters and Schroeder photographed the area, but the photos showed no evidence of the new tank at this time.
Saturday 29 August
The weekly settler tour entered an abandoned house off the souq. Settlers had regularly invaded this house during previous Saturday tours, even when there was still an elderly Palestinian couple living there. The weekly tour of twenty-thirty visitors was again escorted by Israeli soldiers and observed by CPT, EAPPI, ISM, and TIPH. The Ramadan crowds were not as large as last week.
Soldier and Border Police Activity
Thursday 6 August
Schroeder and Peters responded to a call about a detention at the Al Sahla* checkpoint about 4:00 p.m. By the time they arrived, soldiers had released the fourteen-year-old Palestinian boy, but he was in tears after thirty minutes of detention and harassment.
Saturday 8 August
When Evans and Schroeder approached the Al Sahla checkpoint around 5:00 p.m., they saw a Border Policeman running by the checkpoint barriers. Moments later a young Palestinian boy was crying out in pain, sitting by the barrier. The young sweets seller had been beaten on the back and neck by the Border Policeman. (See article, http://cpt.org/cptnet/2009/08/21/al-khaliilhebron-israeli-soldier-assaults-palestinian-boy-near-ibrahimi-mosque.) Israeli wrote a report about the incident and called the Army captain, who also responded.
When Harris went to meet a friend near the Al Sahla checkpoint, he saw two middle-aged Palestinian American men whom soldiers had detained at the checkpoint for two hours. Harris tried to notify TIPH and then called the team, but by the time Schroeder arrived, the men had been released.
Wednesday 12 August
About 12:30 p.m., Peters and Schroeder observed a young Palestinian man standing with arms up and hands against the wall near Qitoun checkpoint. An Israeli soldier twisted one of his arms behind his back while patting down that side of the boy's body, then the other side. The soldiers released the boy after the search.
Tuesday 25 August
A Palestinian partner from the HRC and a man from the Land Research Center in Jerusalem, stopped at the CPT apartment mid-morning. They were investigating a story that had appeared in the press about the demolition of a three-story building in Al Kayal, the old produce market in the Old City. Schroeder and Evans walked to the area to document the situation, but saw no evidence of demolition.
Tuesday 25 August
Peters spoke with a family of three American Jews who had come through the Old City but were then refused entry back through the Al Sahla gate. The mother was quite upset, arguing with one soldier. When she pointed out that Peters could enter, the soldier looked at Peters and said, "You are Christian, yes."
Wednesday 26 August
About 11:00 am, the team received a call from ISM that there had been a shooting at the Tel Rumeida (Duboyya Street) checkpoint. Making their way to the scene, Schroeder, Peters, and Evans found the Qasaba Gate closed and exited the souq through gate 4/5. After soldiers prevented their going up Shuhada Street, the team went through the Palestinian cemetery and through terraced orchards to get to Tel Rumeida. ISM called about 11:20 to say the victim was being removed. Soldiers stopped the CPTers shortly before the Tel Rumeida checkpoint. TIPH and an ISM member arrived by about 11:35. The ISM member said she heard soldiers telling TIPH that a Palestinian man went through the checkpoint; when soldiers called to him and he did not stop, he reportedly pulled a knife, and two soldiers responded by firing shots, reportedly hitting him in the leg and chest. (CPT members later heard from Palestinians in the souq that the man had died; these reports subsequently proved to be false.)
Thursday 27 August
Peters and Evans watched soldiers who had stopped a man briefly at the Al Rajabi checkpoint about 9:25 a.m. The CPTers asked one of the soldiers if he had any information on the shooting the previous day. The soldier said the victim was in the hospital. A TIPH member later confirmed that the man was in stable condition in the hospital.
Friday 28 August
Peters and Schroeder observed intense Israeli military security presence near the Old City about 9:00 a.m., particularly near the Qitoun checkpoint. Hundreds of people attended the Ibrahimi Mosque for prayers. During Fridays in Ramadan, the entire building is open to Muslims and closed to Jews.
*Based on the suggestion of CPT's Advisory Council, this update uses names for the city gates and checkpoints that reflect the Palestinian neighborhoods where they are located. The list below gives the term formerly used and the new term:
Old: Ibrahimi Mosque / New: Al Qasaba
Old: Gutnick or Abed / New: Al Sahla
Old: Yatta Road / New: Qitoun or Abu Al Reesh
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UN calls for immediate opening of Gaza crossings
UN urges Israel ease Gaza siege for water crisis:
"Press TV, Gaza"
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Gaza water crisis prompts UN call for immediate opening of crossings
Source: UN News Center
3 September 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in the occupied Palestinian territory today joined aid agencies in calling for the immediate opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow the entry of spare parts and materials critical to restoring the area’s water and sanitation services.
“The deterioration and breakdown of water and sanitation facilities in Gaza is compounding an already severe and protracted denial of human dignity in the Gaza Strip,” Maxwell Gaylard said in a joint statement issued today with the NGO Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA).
“At the heart of this crisis is a steep decline in standards of living for the people of Gaza, characterized by erosion of livelihoods, destruction and degradation of basic infrastructure, and a marked downturn in the delivery and quality of vital services in health, water and sanitation,” added Mr. Gaylard, the Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Humanitarian Coordinator.
Israel’s closure of Gaza’s crossing points, imposed since June 2007, has meant that equipment and supplies needed for the construction, maintenance and operation of water and sanitation facilities have not been able to enter the area, leading to the deterioration of these services.
Currently, some 10,000 people do not have access to the water network, while another 60 per cent of Gaza’s population of 1.5 million do not have continuous access to water.
In addition, some 50 to 80 million litres of untreated and partially treated waste-water have been discharged daily into the Mediterranean Sea since January 2008, due to damage to sewage treatment facilities, lack of treatment capacity because of postponed plant upgrade projects, and a critical shortage of fuel and electricity necessary to operate them.
Mr. Gaylard and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on the Israeli Government to take immediate steps to ensure the entry into Gaza of the necessary construction and repair materials to respond to the water and sanitation crisis.
“Without addressing both the immediate basic needs of the population and facilitating the longer-term development and management of the degraded water and sanitation sector, public health and the wider environment will remain at significant risk,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator.
“Pollution does not recognise borders or barriers, and communities throughout the region are threatened by the deficiencies of Gaza’s water and sanitation system,” he added.
Also read:
New UN report spotlights humanitarian crisis triggered by blockade of Gaza
UN, aid agencies call for opening of Gaza crossings to allow rebuilding of schools
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"Press TV, Gaza"
Related News:
Gaza water crisis prompts UN call for immediate opening of crossings
Source: UN News Center
3 September 2009 – The top United Nations humanitarian official in the occupied Palestinian territory today joined aid agencies in calling for the immediate opening of Gaza’s crossings to allow the entry of spare parts and materials critical to restoring the area’s water and sanitation services.
“The deterioration and breakdown of water and sanitation facilities in Gaza is compounding an already severe and protracted denial of human dignity in the Gaza Strip,” Maxwell Gaylard said in a joint statement issued today with the NGO Association for International Development Agencies (AIDA).
“At the heart of this crisis is a steep decline in standards of living for the people of Gaza, characterized by erosion of livelihoods, destruction and degradation of basic infrastructure, and a marked downturn in the delivery and quality of vital services in health, water and sanitation,” added Mr. Gaylard, the Deputy UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and UN Humanitarian Coordinator.
Israel’s closure of Gaza’s crossing points, imposed since June 2007, has meant that equipment and supplies needed for the construction, maintenance and operation of water and sanitation facilities have not been able to enter the area, leading to the deterioration of these services.
Currently, some 10,000 people do not have access to the water network, while another 60 per cent of Gaza’s population of 1.5 million do not have continuous access to water.
In addition, some 50 to 80 million litres of untreated and partially treated waste-water have been discharged daily into the Mediterranean Sea since January 2008, due to damage to sewage treatment facilities, lack of treatment capacity because of postponed plant upgrade projects, and a critical shortage of fuel and electricity necessary to operate them.
Mr. Gaylard and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) called on the Israeli Government to take immediate steps to ensure the entry into Gaza of the necessary construction and repair materials to respond to the water and sanitation crisis.
“Without addressing both the immediate basic needs of the population and facilitating the longer-term development and management of the degraded water and sanitation sector, public health and the wider environment will remain at significant risk,” said the Humanitarian Coordinator.
“Pollution does not recognise borders or barriers, and communities throughout the region are threatened by the deficiencies of Gaza’s water and sanitation system,” he added.
Also read:
New UN report spotlights humanitarian crisis triggered by blockade of Gaza
UN, aid agencies call for opening of Gaza crossings to allow rebuilding of schools
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Saturday, September 5, 2009
Bil'in 4 9 09 Friday demonstration against the wall
Bil'in 4 9 09 Friday demonstration against the wall:
"Bil'in demo 04.09.09-
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?op...
At today's weekly demonstration, two protesters were hit by tear gas canisters, which caused them minor skin burns. One person suffered from severe respiratory problems when being caught in heavy gas. No medical treatment was needed, however.
As the demonstrators reached the wall, the Israeli occupation forces watched passively at first. Then, some time into the gathering, multiple tear gas reached the crowd to disperse it. The protesters remained in the front lines spite of it, claiming their rights, and challenging the Apartheid Wall and the Israeli military occupation.
Some of the demonstrators tried to open the inner gate and then walked toward the Wall with Palestinian flags. They addressed the soldiers from there and attached one of the flags at the Wall. Five soldiers stormed through the door in the Wall in an attempt to arrest anyone at the Wall while tear gas clouded the area. They retreated without making any arrests.
The demonstration ended without any further incident.
Bil'in night invasion 05.09.09
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?op...
Around 2:30am, the Israeli occupation forces invaded Bil'in again. They raided two houses but no arrests were made.
They raided the house where Hamza Burnat (age 16) lives and attempted to arrest him, but he was not at home at the time. They also raided the house where Yaseen Mohammed Ali Yaseen (age 21) lives but could not find him either. And house of Mohamed Ahmed Yaseen.
During the raid at both houses, Palestinian and international activists challenged the soldiers standing guard outside. They were told that they were in a "closed military area," were not allowed to film, and that they had to go home. Since the photographer, Hamde Abu Rahma, who showed his Press ID, continued to take photos, the soldiers pointed the guns at him and chased after him at some point.
After intense arguing on both sides, the soldiers eventually retreated having not succeeded in arresting the wanted men. As the leaving Jeeps were surrounded by Palestinian and international activists, the soldiers threw several sound bombs to disperse them. The Jeeps then exited the village, driving towards the Apartheid Wall without any victims."
Palestine Video - A Palestine Vlog
"Bil'in demo 04.09.09-
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?op...
At today's weekly demonstration, two protesters were hit by tear gas canisters, which caused them minor skin burns. One person suffered from severe respiratory problems when being caught in heavy gas. No medical treatment was needed, however.
As the demonstrators reached the wall, the Israeli occupation forces watched passively at first. Then, some time into the gathering, multiple tear gas reached the crowd to disperse it. The protesters remained in the front lines spite of it, claiming their rights, and challenging the Apartheid Wall and the Israeli military occupation.
Some of the demonstrators tried to open the inner gate and then walked toward the Wall with Palestinian flags. They addressed the soldiers from there and attached one of the flags at the Wall. Five soldiers stormed through the door in the Wall in an attempt to arrest anyone at the Wall while tear gas clouded the area. They retreated without making any arrests.
The demonstration ended without any further incident.
Bil'in night invasion 05.09.09
http://www.bilin-ffj.org/index.php?op...
Around 2:30am, the Israeli occupation forces invaded Bil'in again. They raided two houses but no arrests were made.
They raided the house where Hamza Burnat (age 16) lives and attempted to arrest him, but he was not at home at the time. They also raided the house where Yaseen Mohammed Ali Yaseen (age 21) lives but could not find him either. And house of Mohamed Ahmed Yaseen.
During the raid at both houses, Palestinian and international activists challenged the soldiers standing guard outside. They were told that they were in a "closed military area," were not allowed to film, and that they had to go home. Since the photographer, Hamde Abu Rahma, who showed his Press ID, continued to take photos, the soldiers pointed the guns at him and chased after him at some point.
After intense arguing on both sides, the soldiers eventually retreated having not succeeded in arresting the wanted men. As the leaving Jeeps were surrounded by Palestinian and international activists, the soldiers threw several sound bombs to disperse them. The Jeeps then exited the village, driving towards the Apartheid Wall without any victims."
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