Hagit Ofran, Director of 'Peace Now' on West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements

Viewpoint with James Zogby October 22, 2009:

October 22, 2009
"Dr. Zogby speaks with Hagit Ofran, Director of 'Peace Now' about West Bank and East Jerusalem settlements. Watch the full episode at www.aaiusa.org/viewpoint."



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Israeli settlers [colonists] threaten Palestinian farmers (2 parts)

Settlers threaten Palestinian farmers and cut down trees - part one:

"[Filmed by ISM]: The footage you are about to view shows Israeli settlers threatening Palestinian olive harvesters from Jamain on two recent occasions, as well as trees belonging to Burin cut down underneath the settlement of Yitzhar. As a result of an Israeli High Court decision, Israeli security forces have been setting dates in which they protect harvesters from attack. However, they are not fulfilling their obligation to protect Palestinians and their property at all times."

Part 1


Part 2


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Dr. Mustafa Barghouti on "Viewpoint with James Zogby" October 29, 2009

Viewpoint with James Zogby October 29, 2009 Episode:

"Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, former Palestinian presidential candidate, speaks about current politics in the Palestinian arena."



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Rabbis Protest Jerusalem Mayor Joining NYC Marathon

Rabbis Protest Jerusalem Mayor Joining NYC Marathon:

"Rabbi Weiss of Neturei Karta International www.nkusa.org, speakes at a demonstrated on Friday, Oct 30, 2009, in Central Park, New York City, in a protest of anti Zionist Orthodox Jews, while Mr. Nir Barkat, the so called Mayor of Jerusalem, head a press conference in the Tavern on the Green. Barakat is personally visiting NewY to run in the New York City Marathon, to attract tourism to the occupied Jerusalem. Orthodox Jews declared that the State of Israel and its representatives hijacked Judaism and stole the identity of the Jewish people. It denies Jewish teachings which forbid the existence of a Jewish State. It occupies the land of the Palestinian people and oppresses the religious Jewish communities in Jerusalem, as well, because of their opposition to the Zionist philosophy and the State of Israel."



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Bil'in weekly demo against the apartheid wall and in solidarity with jailed activists 30.10.09

bilin demo 30.10.09 by haitham a katib:

"Two injured and several demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation from canisters thrown at them by the Israeli occupation soldiers in their attempt to suppress the weekly protest of Bilin citizens and solidarity groups.

The demonstration was called by the Popular Committee Against the Wall and started directly after the Friday prayers. Bilin citizens were joined by a group of international and Israeli peace activists and together they raised Palestinian flags and banners condemning the occupation, racist policy of building the Wall and settlements, land confiscation, road closures and detention and killing of innocent people. Adeeb Abu Rahmah, a leading activist and organizer from the West Bank village of Bilin has been held in detention since his arrest during a demonstration on 10 July 2009 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqaO8lFYuM0).

Bilins weekly demonstration against the Wall and settlements was devoted to calling for the release of Abu Rahmah, as well as to protesting the ongoing attempts to eliminate the villages resistance. Protesters marched on Friday wearing masks of Adeeb, declaring We are all Adeeb Abu Rahmah.

Abu Rahmah, who has been detained for over three months, is not suspected of committing any violence, but was indicted with a blanket charge of 'incitement to violence', which was very liberally interpreted in this case to include the organizing of grassroots demonstrations. A judge had initially ruled that Abu Rahmah is released with restrictive conditions, but an appeal filed by the military prosecution had the decision overturned, and he was remanded until the end of legal proceedings. Since the arrest, the defense has appealed this decision four times. Trials often last up to a year and Abu Rahmah is the sole provider for a family of eleven.

Abu Rahmah's arrest came amidst an Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign that began concurrently with preliminary hearings in a Bilin lawsuit against two Canadian companies responsible for the construction in the settlement of Modiin Illit. In almost five years of protest, 75 Bil'in residents were arrested in connection to demonstrations against the Wall. Of them, 27 have been arrested in the recent, ongoing arrest campaign. Israeli forces have been regularly invading homes and forcefully searching for demonstration participants, targeting the leaders of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, as well as teenage boys accused of stone throwing. Sixteen currently remain in detention, nine of which are minors.

On 23 June 2009, the Canadian court heard the preliminary arguments for a suit brought by Bilin against two companies registered in Canada (Green Park International & Green Mount International). The village is seeking justice against the construction of settlements on its lands under the 2000 Canadian Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Statute, which incorporates international humanitarian law into Canadian federal law. Some of the people arrested in the latest wave of arrests have reported being questioned in regards to this suit during their interrogation."



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Supremacy and Control - Israeli Soldiers beat and humiliates Palestinians

YouTube - IDF Soldier beats Palestinian:

Yesh Din footage of IDF soldier beating and humiliating Palestinians, October 2008

Related news:
Beating Arabs is not a Crime (unless it causes major injury) - Israeli Attorney General - The following article is from YNet, Yediot Aharanot on-line. It concerns the beating by Border Guards, in a video they themselves took, of 2 Palestinians i...
Source: Tony Greenstein's Blog



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Supremacy and Control - IDF soldier: Salute me!

IDF soldiers beats Palestinian:

Yesh Din footage of IDF soldier forcing a Palestinian young man to salute him.



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Israel's Child Detention in OPT: Mohammad's Story

Child Detention in OPT: Mohammad's Story:

"Mohammad (14 years old at the time) was playing with friends on a hill near his village (Biddu, near Ramallah) on 4 February 2008 when he was suddenly apprehended by four men dressed in civilian clothes. The men grabbed Mohammad knocking him to the ground; they struck him several times on the head with a gun whilst his face was sprayed with tear gas. The men then blindfolded him and tied his hands and feet with plastic cuffs before throwing him into the back of a vehicle. Mohammad was interrogated in the absence of a lawyer, deceived into signing a confession to throwing stones, and imprisoned in Israel for four-and-a-half months."



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Thousands of students face misery in schools attacked and besieged by Israel

Gaza under siege:

"Al-Aqsa 091027 | Press TV 091029
[LinkTV/Mosaic]"



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Ensuring Israel is safe from retaliation after a strike on Iran, Israel & U.S. hold anti-missile drill

Israel, U.S. hold anti-missile drill | Video | Reuters.com:

"Oct 29 - A major air defense exercise launched with Israel this week will help the United States craft its European missile shield, a U.S. commander said Thursday.

Pavithra George reports."



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GRITtv: Alia Malek: Not So Foreign

GRITtv: Alia Malek: Not So Foreign:

"After 9/11, most Americans' view of Arab-Americans changed--often for the worse. Alia Malek, author of the new book A Country Called Amreeka: Arab Roots, American Stories, notes, though, that there were multiple shifts in American perception of Arab-Americans. ?We keep seeing Arabs as only foreign but I wanted to place in the consciousness the idea of the Arab American,' Malek tells us. Her book weaves together the narratives of Arab-Americans from a football player in Birmingham in 1948 to a Republican (yes, Republican) campaign volunteer in 2000, creating a picture of Arab America that is far outside the stereotype perpetrated during the Bush era."



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GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: Israel Discourse has Changed

GRITtv: Phyllis Bennis: Israel Discourse has Changed:

"Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and the Transnational Institute wants politicians, particularly President Obama, to know that criticizing Israel is no longer political suicide. Despite Republican fearmongering, 78% of Jewish voters supported Obama, and the rise of the new, pro-peace J Street lobby, which held its first convention this week, did not happen in a vacuum. The discourse, she notes, has changed and Americans no longer wholeheartedly support militaristic policies in Israel. There is room for debate on these issues, and politicians should fear hiding from it more than they fear addressing the issues."



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Palestinians homeless again after eviction - 29 Oct 09

Palestinians homeless again after eviction - 29 Oct 09:

"The United Nations is calling on Israel to immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem.

The UN says 60,000 Palestinians may be at risk of being forcibly evicted.

Israel says the houses are built without construction permits, which Palestinians say are almost impossible to obtain.

Our correspondent Jacky Rowland is in Sheikh Jarrah where Israeli police dismantled a tent set up by a Palestinian family already evicted by Israeli orders in August."



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The Daily Show | Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 2

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website | Current Events & Pop Culture, Comedy & Fake News:

"In this complete, unedited interview, Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti stand up for peace between Israelis and Palestinians." Part 2

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Exclusive - Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 2
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

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The Daily Show | Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 1

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Official Website | Current Events & Pop Culture, Comedy & Fake News:

"Anna Baltzer and Mustafa Barghouti advocate a non-violent approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this complete, unedited interview."

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c
Exclusive - Anna Baltzer & Mustafa Barghouti Extended Interview Pt. 1
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis

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Montreal Jews Condemn Israeli Atrocities against Religious Jews In Jerusalem

Montreal Jews Condemn Israeli Atrocities against Religious Jews In Jerusalem:

"In a series of global demonstration by various Orthodox Jews communities world wide, the Canada community sent a delegation on August 31, 2009, in front of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, to protest the recent oppression of the religious Jewish community in Jerusalem,"



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Single state Palestine: Principled demand or cul-de-sac? London Communist Forum

Single state Palestine: Principled demand or cul-de-sac? on Vimeo:
October 11, 2009
"London Communist Forum debate between:


Jack Conrad (CPGB)
Tony Greenstein (Alliance for Green Socialism)
Moshe Machover (Matzpen co-founder)"

Single state Palestine: Principled demand or cul-de-sac? from Communist Party of Great Britain on Vimeo.

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CrossTalk: Israel on Trial

CrossTalk: Israel on Trial:

"The UN-sponsored Goldstone report on the Gaza conflict found Israel and Hamas committed war crimes. Peter Lavelle asks his guests whether either party, particularly Israel, is willing to be held responsible for any wrongdoing under the watchful eyes of the international community."



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Israel demolishes Palestinian homes - 28 Oct 09

Israel demolishes Palestinian homes - 28 Oct 09:

"Israeli authorities have demolished five Palestinian homes in occupied East Jerusalem, saying they were built illegally without permits.

But Palestinians say Israeli authorities have made it nearly impossible to obtain such permits.

Human rights groups have accused Israel of using the demolitions to tighten its hold on the occupied territory, despite international calls to halt the practice.

Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports."



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Inside Story - [Israeli caused] Palestine water shortage - 27 Oct 09

Inside Story - Palestine water shortage - 27 Oct 09:

"We discuss the effect of Israel cutting water to Palestine and the political impact in the possible peace process in the region."



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Talk to Jazeera - Judge Richard Goldstone - 22 Oct 09 (2 Parts)

Talk to Jazeera - Judge Richard Goldstone - 22 Oct 09 - Pt 1:

"Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi talks to Judge Richard Goldstone about the investigation into the Gaza war. He travelled to the United Nations in New York to find out if the war on Gaza has transformed Richard Goldstone from a sober jurist into a man on a mission to discredit Israel on an international stage."

Part 1


Part 2


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Tom Hickey: 'We have a duty to challenge Israel through Boycott'

Tom Hickey: 'We have a duty to challenge Israel through Boycott':

"University lecturer and Trade Union executive Dr Tom Hickey argues that we have 'not just a right, but a duty' to speak of boycotting Israel, in the light of Israel's cultural assault on the Palestinian people.

Dr Hickey is principal lecturer in Philosophy and Politics at the University of Brighton, Chair of the Brighton University & College Union and a member of the National Executive Committee of the UCU.

Published by Sussex Palestine Society, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid..."

Part 1


Part 2
Dr Tom Hickey calls upon Sussex students as 'citizens of conscience' to take action and 'vote YES' to boycott Israeli goods.



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The Middle East's water war - 27 Oct 09

The Middle East's water war - 27 Oct 09:

"Amnesty International, the human rights organisation, is accusing Israel of deliberately denying Palestinians fair access to water. But the Israeli government has called Amnesty's report 'preposterous,' and says Palestinians have failed to develop their own water infrastructure. Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports on how Israeli rules make life difficult for Palestinians."



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Israeli blockade stifles learning for Gaza's children

Israeli blockade stifles learning for Gaza's children:

"Gaza's schoolchildren may be back in class, but many are working without books or even writing paper, as the enclave still feels the effects of the Israeli blockade imposed in 2006. Duration : 01:44"

Oct. 08, 2009. 06:10 AM EST



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Lack of water in Gaza refugee camps - from CNN video

Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com:

"CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on the lack of water in Gaza refugee camps."



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Protest against Daniel Ayalon at london school of economics

Protest against ayalon at london school economics:

"The LSE invited 'Daniel Ayalon, the Israel Beitenu' MK and deputy Foreign Minister (Avigdor Liebermans No 2) to speak last night (26/10/2009); there was a noisy protest in the dark street outside the venue by students and several Palestine support groups."

Related Reports:
Israeli minister's speech disrupted at London university
Students protested and disrupted a lecture on Monday at the London School of Economics (LSE) by Daniel Ayalon, the controversial Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel. More than 50 students and activists greeted Ayalon outside of the lecture on LSE's campus with placards and banners, while inside audience members heckled the controversial minister as a "racist" and "murderer" in relation to the illegal occupation and violence carried out by the Israeli state. (Read More)



here's a second video of the protest outside LSE Building


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ISM video - Israel's violent treatment and arrest of a Greek diplomat in Sheikh Jarrah, 26-10-2009

Greek diplomat arrested in Sheikh Jarrah, 26-10-2009:

"On Monday 26 October 2009 at 4pm, a group of about 40-50 international and Israeli citizens, taking part in a tour organised by the Alternative Information centre visited the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israeli police units summoned by the settlers occupying the Gawi family house, arrived at the scene and responded to what they claimed was an illegal demonstration by clearly disproportionate violence. In an attempt to disperse the crowd, the police arrested three participants of the tour - an Israeli rabbi, Yehiel Grenimann from Rabbis for Human Rights, a Greek diplomat, Tina Strikou and two international visitors."

First: Video of the Arrest of rabbi Yehiel Grenimann


Video of the Arrest of Greek diplomat, Tina Strikou


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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]



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Inside Story - Al-Aqsa clashes - 27 Oct 09

Inside Story - Al-Aqsa clashes - 27 Oct 09:

"Does the increasing frequency of confrontations indicate another intifada is imminent?"



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Steve Clemons Interviews Khaled Meshal

Steve Clemons Interviews Khaled Meshal:

"New America Foundation Foreign Policy Programs Director Steve Clemons interviews Hamas leader Khaled Meshal for 'The Palestine Note' on 17 October, 2009.
Clemons also publishes 'The Washington Note'."



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Right wing Knesset Members from Likud and National Union incite Jewish extremists to invade the Al-Aqs Sanctuary

Jpost Video: Right wing MKs call for Jews to also defend the Temple Mount:

Right wing Knesset (Israeli Parliament) members from Likud and National Union Parties calling on Jewish extremists to violate the sanctity of Al Aqsa [Third Holiest site in Islam], calling their actions "defending the right of Jews to defend the temple mount" a temple that does not exist and hasn't existed for thousands of years, and whose location has not been found and proven to date." Leave it to the zionist settlers [colonists] to twist words out of shape and call aggression a defense. How else was Israel able to cover up its colonialist crimes.



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Palestinians in Gaza rally in support of Al-Aqsa and protesting Israel's violent attack on the Holy Sanctuary

Hamas supporters rally in Gaza | Video | Reuters.com:

Palestinians in Gaza rally in support of Al-Aqsa and protesting Israeli Occupation Forces violent attack and storming of the Holy Sanctuary injuring many inside.

violence in the Old City erupted after the Israeli police fired tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian students and youths in the area. The youths retaliated by throwing stones at the police.

here is a short Reuters video on the rally in Gaza:


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Peacefully Resisting Occupation: Fatima Borjia, Al-Ma’sara village

Fatima:

"They demolished the wall in Berlin, we will demolish the one in Palestine."

"In this short video produced with the support of the NoVa Center for Social Innovation, Palestine Monitor would like to introduce you to fatima Borjia, a non-violent activist and from Al- Msara village (Bethlemmelocated 15 kilometers south of Bethlehem)."

Every Friday since 2006 the villagers of Al-Ma’sara have organized weekly, and sometimes daily, non-violent demonstrations against the wall and the settlements surrounding it.The village is located 22 kilometres from the internationally recognized Green Line, the armistice line set out in 1949, and is surrounded by Israeli settlements Gush Atsyoun and Efrata to the north and west and Tequa settlement to the east, inhabited by more than 50 000 Israeli settlers. The village has already lost 30% of its land and if the plans to build the wall proceed, it will lose another 30%.



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U.N. Goldstone Testimonies Israel War Crimes al Samouni (2 Parts)

U N Goldstone Testimonies Israel War Crimes al Samouni 1:
Al Samouni Family lost 29 members during Israel's criminal assault on Gaza.

"A family destroyed by the Gaza War, this father touching testimony is hard to ignore"

Part 1
U N Goldstone Testimonies Israel War Crimes al Samouni 1


Part 2
U N Goldstone Testimonies Israel War Crimes al Samouni 2:


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Qalandia Checkpoint - Ramadan 2009

Qalandia Checkpoint - Ramadan 2009:

"Residents of the West Bank have to go through the Qalandia checkpoint to get to El Aksa. On the Fridays during the Ramadan women over the age of 45 and men over the age of 50 are allowed through. Tens of thousands get to Qalandia hoping to get to the prayers on time, thousands go through and still thousands are left behind. This is what it looks like.

Filmed by Hadass Shuve and Merav Amir.
Editing: Hadass Shuve.
Translation from Arabic: Hasan Masri."


Also see this telling video posted here on September 29, 2009 at the same checkpoint on the third friday of the holy month of Ramadan

The Women's Line - Qalandiya Checkpoint Sept 11, 2009

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Israel's nuclear capabilities - 25 Oct 09

Israel's nuclear capabilities - 25 Oct 09:
"While Israel is one of the loudest voices calling for a tougher line on Iran's nuclear programme, its own nuclear capability has never been put to inspection.

Israel has two nuclear research centres - at Dimona and Soreq. The latest estimates suggest that Israel has produced at least 118 warheads with weapons grade plutonium.

The Jericho ballistic missiles are capable of carrying such weapons.

The Jericho One, which is now obsolete, had a range of 500 kilometres, and could carry a 20 kiloton nuclear warhead - 20 times more powerful than the US bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.

The Jericho Two has a range of 1500 kilometres. It could just reach Iran - and is believed to be able to carry a one megaton nuclear bomb, which is 1,000 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb.

It is believed a Jericho Three missile is now being developed - that will be able to travel around 5,000 kilometres, bringing all of Iran and Europe into its range.

Al Jazeera's Nicole Johnston reports."



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Jordan's ties with Israel turn cold - 26 Oct 09

Jordan's ties with Israel turn cold - 26 Oct 09:

"Jordan and Israel mark 15 years of peace today, but ties between both countries are cooler than ever.

Since the right-wing Israeli government of Binyamin Netanyahu took office in May, Jordan has been left further disappointed with its neighbour - saying they are the ones sacrificing more than they are getting from an agreement with Israel.

It has been 15 years since Jordan became the only Arab nation, other than Egypt, to normalise ties with Israel.

Pushed by the United States the two warring nations signed the historical Wadi Arabah Peace treaty (or the Camp David peace accord) on October 26, 1994.

The treaty set a border between the two countries on the River Jordan that aimed to fully normalise diplomatic and security relations.

In 1996, the US signed an additional trade treaty allowing Jordan to export products to the US duty free if they contained inputs from Israel.

US aid to Jordan has grown more than 24 times since the signing of the treaty.

But 15 years on, the Jordanian parliament is calling for the treaty to be annulled.

Jordan's King says trade is almost non-existant and it is almost impossible for Jordanians to enter Israel.

Al Jazeera's Nisreen el-Shamayleh reports from Amman."



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Judge Goldstone on Bill Moyers (3 Parts)

Judge Goldstone on Bill Moyers 1:

"www.tigerbythetail.wordpress.com
The UN Human Rights Council released a report on the recent fighting between Hamas and Israel in Gaza. While concluding that both Israel's military and Hamas likely committed war crimes during the fighting, the report was particularly harsh in its condemnation of Israel's actions, saying they were 'a deliberately disproportionate attack designed to punish, humiliate, and terrorize a civilian population, radically diminish its local economic capacity both to work and to provide for itself, and to force upon it an ever increasing sense of dependency and vulnerability.'"

Part 1
Judge Goldstone on Bill Moyers 1


Part 2
Judge Goldstone on Bill Moyers 2:


Part 3
Judge Goldstone on Bill Moyers 3:


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Clashes ignite as extremist Jewish group threatened to invade Al-Aqsa mosque - 20 Oct 09

Clashes ignite over Al-Aqsa mosque - 20 Oct 09:

"Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinians at al-Haram al-Sharif, comprising al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem.

Several Palestinians were arrested and many were wounded in Sunday's clashes.

Al Jazeera's Jacky Rowland reports from East Jerusalem."



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IRTACH Checkpoint - Tulkarem District (2 Parts)

Palestinian workers at the privatized IRTACH gate:

The absolute majority of Checkpoints (over 600 checkpoints and roadblocks) lies within the West Bank itself, between Palestinian villages, towns, and cities, or even within Palestinian cities or villages themselves, controlling the movement of Palestinians and limiting their access to work, schools, health facilities etc. However, this Particular checkpoint is one of the few that are different, in the sense that it controls the movement of Palestinians between Israel and the Tulkarem District in the West Bank, although the checkpoint physically lies within the West Bank.
Israeli settlers [read: Jewish settlers] in the area do not have to go through checkpoints. They usually have other designated Israeli only roads leading them unhindered into Israel, which roads cannot be used by Palestinians (shot or detained if found on such roads.)

The first video shows workers who have a permit to work in Israel as they exit the checkpoint, but shows non of the conditions within the checkpoint itself.

It is worth mentioning that as the majority of Palestinians in the West Bank are refugees who were forcibly removed from 78% of historic Palestine, now Israel, most of these workers you see in the video are refugees returning to their historic land (pre 1948 Palestine) in the form of slave-like workers with no rights, social security benefits or even work security.

"An ordinary morning at Sha'ar Efraim Check Point (IRTACH) in the Tul Karem district.
Filmed and Edited by Eran Torbiner"

Part 1


This second video highlights an even uglier aspect of control and petty apartheid at the above-mentioned checkpoint, limiting the type and quantities of food and drink Palestinian workers passing through the checkpoint carry with them, measured in oz's, grams or liters of course.

"Filmed by Dalia Golomb and Raya Yaron.
Edited by Hadass Shuve. "


Part 2


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Ni'lin and Internationals protest the Apartheid Wall 23 10 09

Ni'ilin 23 10 09:

Ni'lin villagers protest the apartheid wall. Friday 23 October 2009



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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"



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Richard Falk addresses the National Lawyers Guild

Talk - Prof. Richard Falk - Keynote Address at 2009 NLG Convention:

"Talk by Richard Falk, Professor Emeritus of International Law at Princeton University and U.N. Human Rights Rapporteur for the Palestinian Occupied Territories given October 15, 2009 at the National Lawyers Guild 'Law for the People' 2009 Convention in Seattle."



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Shministim and Internationals join the Bil'in weekly demo 23-10-09

bilin demo 23-10-09 by haitham al katib:

"Bil'in demo 23-10-09

At today's Bil'in demonstration we were joined by around 200 people, including many Israeli shministim who have chosen to refuse to join the army but, instead, to fight the occupation with their brothers and sisters from around the world.

In conjunction with a week of action taking place in the UK, a group of British activists made statements of solidarity with a group of anti-war protestors awaiting trial for taking action against the production of weaponry sold to the Israeli military as an immediate response to the siege of Gaza. (See more at www.smashedo.org.uk)

The soldiers responded to the nonviolent protest with tear gas and sound bombs, injuring one international who was taken to hospital to be treated for burns and tear gas poisoning. Despite such heavy repression, the demonstration continued for over an hour and a half and ended with everybody leaving together singing and clapping through the clouds of tear gas.

In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians!"





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EYE WITNESS REPORTS FROM GAZA - Ewa Jasiewicz

EYE WITNESS REPORTS FROM GAZA Video Free Gaza News Oct22,2009:

"Ewa Jasiewicz was a witness to the horrors in Gaza before and after Israels brutal massacres in December and January during Israel's Operation Cast Lead.
Listen to her eloquent speech in Berlin, Germany and watch the images taken by volunteers in Gaza during Israel's brutal assault.
If you are interested in a speaker from Free Gaza, please go to http://www.freegaza.org/join-in/speak... and you will find several speakers there who would be happy to come and speak.

Images of Ewa speech : Doris and Björn, German Palestine Solidarity Organization publicsolidarity.de

Footage by :
Volunteers of ISM GAZA
Alberto Arce
Ramattan Video Studios Gaza
Al Jazeera

Images of prisoners:
B'TSELEM.ORG,
SABR, palestinianprisoner.blogspot.com
TADAMON! tadamon.ca"



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Women Under Occupation

Women Under Occupation:

"The Israeli occupation affects the daily lives of Palestinians, especially for women.

The deterioration of the economic, social and health conditions in Palestine is directly linked with violence inside the home. The militarization of space and restrictions imposed upon women is causing a growing crisis in violence against women.

Dr. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, university Professor and author of recent book Militarization and Violence Against Women in Conflict Zones in the Middle East, speaks about the ordeals of Palestinian women under occupation.

AIC also speaks with Saida Atrash Director of Mehwar Center, the only shelter for women in the West Bank of Palestine."



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Riz Khan - Amira Hass: Covering the other side- 22 Oct09- (2 parts)

Riz Khan - Amira Hass: Covering the other side- 22 Oct09-Pt1:

"One of the most powerful vpices of dissent in the Israeli media joins the show."

Part 1


Part 2


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International Women's Media Foundation Honors Israeli Journalist Amira Hass with 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award

International Women's Media Foundation Honors Israeli Journalist Amira Hass with 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award:

"Amira Hass is a regular columnist with Israel’s Ha’aretz newspaper and the only Israeli journalist to have spent several years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank. On Tuesday, Hass was awarded the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Women’s Media Foundation. CNN’s Christiane Amanpour described Hass as “one of the greatest truth-seekers of them all.” Hass joins us to talk about covering the Israel-Palestine conflict, the Goldstone report on the Israeli assault on Gaza, and the need to understand the issue in the context of military occupation."



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Citzens arrest and mass disruption of former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco

Citzens arrest and mass disruption of former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert in San Francisco:

"Bay Area residents attempted a citizen's arrest of former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, while he gave a speech to the World Affairs Council in San Francisco on 22 October 2009. Twenty-two people were arrested for challenging Olmert directly and demanding he be tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon. Olmert has faced protests at Tulane University, University of Kentucky and the University of Chicago. The recent International Independent Fact-Finding Mission, headed by Judge Richard Goldstone, found evidence that Israel had committed war crimes and crimes against humanity during a three-week long attack on the Gaza Strip last winter, killing more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and destroying much of the area's infrastructure. In 2006, similar Israeli attacks on Lebanon killed 1,200 people. Olmert has refused to be held accountable."



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Israeli Occupation Forces Vandalize and Burn Palestinian Cars

Officers suspended on suspicion they vandalized cars:

Two accused Israeli occupation army officers were suspended but not arrested [oh, god forbid! After all, the victims were only Palestinians]

"Following B'Tselem's intervention, the army opened a military police investigation into the vandalizing of cars in the southern Hebron hills and suspended two officers suspected of involvement. On 12-13th of October, B'Tselem documented 8 cars used to transport Palestinian workers that were vandalized, allegedly by soldiers."



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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"



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GRITtv: In Solidarity: Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine

GRITtv: In Solidarity: Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine:

"There are lots of connections between the indigenous communities in the United States and the Palestinian community: both the corporations and governments that have oppressed them and the strategies of resistance that they've used to fight back. Organizers from across the U.S. put together The Indigenous Youth Delegation to Palestine, which connected Native and immigrant youth from the U.S. with youth in Palestine. Ora Wise of the Palestine Education Project, Ras K'Dee of SNAG Magazine, and hip-hop activists Invincible of Detroit and the Narcicyst join us in the studio to talk about their experiences organizing across borders, creating solidarity between communities of struggle, and being part of a new generation of activists forming their own connections. If you're in New York, Thursday evening, October 22, Ras K'Dee, Invincible and the Narcicyst will be performing at Public Assembly in Brooklyn. Check it out!"



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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."



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Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report

Goldstone challenges US over Gaza report:

"The United States has criticised the Goldstone report into Israel's war on Gaza, calling it one-sided.

In an interview with Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi, Justice Richard Goldstone challenged the US government to justify its claims that his findings are flawed and biased.

Goldstone said the attacks on him have become personal and he believes most critics have not even read the report."



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"Follow the Women" in Bil'in

Follow the Women in Bilin 20/10/2009 by haitham al katib:

"Follow the Women came to Bilin today (20/10/2009). An international women's group made up of many different nationalities including from Italy, Britain, Germany, Japan and many others. 120 cyclists arrived to cheers from local children and after meeting the villagers they cycled to the apartheid wall and to hold a peaceful demonstration calling for peace. Whilst there they also visited the grave of Bassam Abu Rahmah, a local man killed by a high velocity tear gas canister on one of the weekly Friday demos on April 17th this year."



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Azmout Village Facing Settlement Sewage

Azmout Village Facing Settlement Sewage:

"The Palestinian Azmout village is located 5km southeast of the city of Nablus. According to recent statistics, the population of the village is about to 3000 inhabitants."



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Conditions in Gaza: Head of Gaza Operations for UNRWA, John Ging

Head of Gaza Operations for UNRWA, John Ging:

"In February 2006 John Ging was appointed Director of UNRWA (www.unrwa.org)
Operations in Gaza to manage a program which in 2009 is valued at over $500 million. He manages a staff of over 10,000, delivering education, health care, social services and microfinance and microenterprise support to over one million refugees. To mitigate the worst effects of the current humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the Gaza Operation also includes an Emergency and Quick Recovery Program, of Job Creation, Food Assistance (900,000 beneficiaries), Cash Assistance and a range of other relief measures."



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Alison Weir's Lecture at the University of Michigan (4 Parts)

Alison Weir from ifAmericansknew.org Part 1:

"Alison Weir is a journalist and founder of the Web site ifAmericansknew.org. In this lecture at the University of Michigan, Flint she gives a first hand account of life for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank under the illegal occupation of the Israeli government and explains what Americans can do to stop the genocide of a people that goes on in American's names because it is paid for with American tax dollars."

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


Part 4


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Breaking the Seige of Gaza by Mairead Maguire (3 parts)

Breaking the Seige of Gaza by Mairead Maguire part 1:

"Noble Peace Prize Laureate, Mairead Maguire talks about how the violent situation in Ireland was ended not with a military solution and she says the same could happen in Palestine if there was the political will,. She says Israel is protective of the Gaza shore line because of the gas pipe line that comes from there into Israel. She was arrested and deported when trying to take medicines by boat into Gaza"

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3


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Are there Israeli spies in the United States?

Are there Israeli spies in the United States?:

"On Tuesday, a Maryland man was arrested and accused of spying on the United States for Israel on Tuesday, but RT contributor and investigative journalist Wayne Madsen says that he's not surprised. Madsen says there is proof that Israeli intelligence exist and are active on Nevada air force bases."



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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

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Rani Bornat and peaceful resistance

Rani Bornat and peaceful resistance:

"The video is a portrayal of a non-violent activist and photographer from Bilin, Rani Bornat. Rani was shot by Israeli snipers during the first days of the second Intifada during a peaceful protest in Ramallah. His injuries have left him confined to an electric wheelchair with only the use of his right hand. In 2004 Israel began to construct the apartheid wall in his village, Bilin, stealing 60% of the villages land. Since then, villagers have organized weekly, and sometimes daily, non-violent demonstrations against the wall and the settlements surrounding it, making Bilin a centre of non-violent resistance in the West Bank. Rani, one of the organizers of the villages popular resistance, has attended and photographed every single demonstration, and compiled a huge archive of photographs."


From: Palestine Monitor

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UNICEF: Mia Farrow in Occupied Palestinian Territory

UNICEF: Mia Farrow in Occupied Palestinian Territory:

"NEW YORK, USA, 19 October 2009 In her first official visit to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow joined fellow Goodwill Ambassador Mahmoud Kabil to witness the impact of conflict on children.

The children appear traumatized. The teachers say that when they hear a loud noise they look to the sky and cry out and weep. They dont know what the future holds. They deserve better, Ms. Farrow said.

Nearly nine months after the end of conflict, around 20,000 residents are still displaced. Homes, vital infrastructure and 280 damaged schools still cannot be repaired. Children remain at risk of death or injury from unexploded ordnance and there are ongoing security risks. Approximately more than half of the population of Gaza does not have daily access to safe water.

The longstanding blockade on Gaza violates fundamental child rights to health, education and protection. Palestinian children have the same rights as all children everywhere and these rights need to be upheld, Mr. Kabil said.

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



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Tony Blair heckled on West Bank tour | Video | Reuters.com

Tony Blair heckled on West Bank tour | Video | Reuters.com:

"Oct. 20 - A Palestinian man heckles Middle East envoy Tony Blair, calling him a 'terrorist' during tour of a West Bank mosque before being subdued by bodyguards.

The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting the ancient Ibraheemi Mosque, a location sacred to both Muslims and Jews, during an official trip to the West Bank city of Hebron.

Blair afterwards played down the incident as untypical of local feelings."



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The World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Bethlehem

The World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Bethlehem:

"the first ever World March that travels the world asking for the end of wars, the dismantling of nuclear weapons and for an end to all forms of violence (physical, economic, racial, religious, cultural, sexual and psychological)."



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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."



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"Follow the Women" Cycle for Peace in the West Bank

Women intl peace activists cycle for Palestinian cause.:



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Locked in Gaza vox pops - Ahmed Abu-Hamda - 14 oct 09

Locked in Gaza vox pops - Ahmed Abu-Hamda - 14 oct 09:

"Ahmed Abu-Hamda is a TV producer in Gaza, we hear how the siege affected him."



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Locked in Gaza vox pops - Fadi Bakheet - 14 Oct 09

Locked in Gaza vox pops - Fadi Bakheet - 14 Oct 09:

"Fadi Bakheet is a manager of a hip hop group in Gaza. We hear his views on how the siege affacted his buisness."



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Locked in Gaza vox pops - Fadi Bakheet - 14 Oct 09

Locked in Gaza vox pops - Fadi Bakheet - 14 Oct 09:

"Fadi Bakheet is a manager of a hip hop group in Gaza. We hear his views on how the siege affacted his buisness."



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Locked in gaza vox pops- Mohammed el-Sharif- 15 Oct 09

Locked in gaza vox pops- Mohammed el-Sharif- 15 Oct 09:

"Mohammed el-Sharif is a Palestinian-American, he works as an executive director for the society for deaf children in Gaza. He is currently trapped in Gaza trying to get out to get his daughters their US citizenships."



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