Israel/Palestine News

 

The US blocks a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements.

 

A rightist MK leads neighborhood residents in protesting African refugees living in tents in Levinsky Park in Tel Aviv.

 

Israeli political parties launch their campaigns for the January election.

 

Palestinian prisoners continue to hunger strike against Israel's administrative detention without trial.

 

A Welcome to Palestine delegation visits Gaza thru the Rafah border crossing.

 

Hamas & Fatah are closer to reconciliation, with Hamas releasing Fatah prisoners in Gaza.

 

Palestinians in refugee camps in Gaza still insist on their Right to Return.

 

The Real News looks at how Israel has undermined & then shored up the PA.

 

The children of Gaza are still coping with trauma from war.

 

The IDF bulldozes a mosque in the South Hebron Hills for a second time.

 

Thirty law students from three Gaza universities have taken part in the International Criminal Law Moot Court.

 

Palestinians & foreign tourists celebrate Christmas in Bethlehem.

 

A committee of the Knesset votes to ban MK Hanin Zoabi from next month's elections.  But since it is expected the Supreme Court will overturn the ban, this may just be posturing to appeal to voters.

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Al Jazeera's Fault Lines looks at the situation in Sinai.

 

The civil war in Syria is causing Palestinians to flee their refugee camps for Lebanon.

 

Rabbi Haim Amsalem of the party Am Shalem discusses their new election strategy. 
His party will push for the Ultra-Orthadox serving in the armed forces & seeking jobs.

 


Foreign minister  Avigdor Leiberman has resigned after being indicted for financial misconduct.

 

Protests occur in Nabi Saleh every Friday.

 

Youths In Nabi Saleh pelt IDF vehicles with stones & paint bombs.

 

Palestinians in Gaza show solidarity with prisoners in Israeli jails in a march.

The IDF expels Palestinians from their land next to the settlement of Avigayil in the South Hebron Hills.

 

Yousef Al Helou looks at the weapons used against Gaza by the IDF,

A female Israeli soldier has killed 17 year old Mohammed Salaymeh in Hebron after claiming she mistook a toy pistol for a weapon.  Witnesses claim he had no toy pistol.  Protests followed, including a march by Hamas.

 


Gaza residents face power & heating fuel shortages this winter.

 

Activists name the IDF soldier who killed Mustafa Tamimi last year & claim the IDF has a culture of impunity on killing Palestinians.

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Jeff Halper tells solidarity activists in an UK college what house demolitions is like in the West Bank.

 

  

 

Tzipi Livni tells the international community it doesn't matter what they think about settlements, Israel will keep them.

 

 Avigdor Liberman condemns Europe for condemning new settlement construction.

 

In Tel Aviv, an event takes place that is a Hanukkah celebration, a political rally for the Strength for Israel Party, & an anti-African refugee protest.

 


Qatar's influence on Gaza is moderating Hamas, The Real News says.

 


Haitham Khatib presents We Reject The Occupation.

 


A delegation of artists visits Gaza.

 

After Israel seizes tax revenues due the PA, the Arab League promises to give $100 million a month in aid.

 

In Hebron, a Palestinian is arrested at a checkpoint.

Hamas celebrates its' 25th anniversary.

 


A demo takes place in Nabi Saleh.

Hamas is investigating the killings of seven accused collaborators.

 


The IDF demolishes a mosque in the South Hebron Hills.

 

In Gaza, the PFLP celebrates its' 45th anniversary.

In Kafr Qaddum, the IDF is forced to flee under a fusillade of stones.

Ynet

 

Another demo in Ni'ilin.  This time it takes place on a rainy day, & the IDF responds to rock throwing with gunshots.  Later, an IDF Jeep is firebombed.

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The attack on Gaza was a demonstration of the Iron Dome anti-missile system, Shir Hever says, which will be sold privately to other countries.

 


The Real News looks at how Canada has become Israel's staunchest ally.

 

Shir Hever talks about PM Netanyahu's embrace of Avigdor Lieberman.

 

Israelis demonstrate in support of the Palestinian UN bid in Tel Aviv.

 

Hazem Abu Qwedar, a Bedouin living in an unrecognized village near Beersheba, talks about teaching karate.

 

Many delegations visit Gaza after the ceasefire.

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh, Ni'ilin, & Karyut.

 

Fatah & Hamas have united in Gaza after the UN Vote.

Amir Darwish, 9 years old, talks about his arrest & detention by the IDF.

 

Gazans are still assessing the recent Israeli attacks.

 

Mahmoud Abbas, after the vote in the UN granting Palestine observer status, returns to cheering crowds in Ramallah.

 

In a response to Palestine getting observer status in the UN, Israel has announce it will build 3,000 new settlements east of Jerusalem in the West Bank.

 

West Bank businesses are hampered by the Occupation.

 

Khaled Meshaal, the head of Hamas, visits Gaza for the first time since 1967.

Israel/Palestine News

 

The UN General Assembly grants the Palestine Authority the status of 'non-member observer State', letting the PA join UN organizations, including the International Criminal Court.

 

The ceasefire in Gaza leads to joyful celebrations.

 

Palestinians assess the situation in Gaza after Israel's attacks.

 


French & Russian teams exhume Yasser Arafat's body in Ramallah.

 

A demo takes place in Nabi Saleh.

 

Rushdi Tamimi is shot by a soldier at a demo.  He dies several days later.

 

Likud holds party primaries, electing hard rightists over more moderate candidates.

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After several days, Israel stops bombing Gaza & agrees to a ceasefire with Hamas.

 

WARNING: graphic images

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh & Ni'ilin.

Two men kiss in front of the Rabbinate in Tel Aviv to protest religious control of marriage.

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MK Zvulun Orlev from the National Religious Party-Jewish Home talks about a Jewish State.

 


A Turkish court has started a trial of Israeli Generals for the deaths on the Mavi Marmara,

 

Internationals escort Gaza fishermen again.

 

There were demos in Nabi Saleh & Ni'ilin.

 

Al Jazeera's Inside Story reports Russia will send experts to help in the investigation of Yasser Arafat's death.

 

The big story is PM Netanyahu's decision to launch an attack on Gaza.  Here are several videos.

 

(At wedding in Beersheba)

Israel/Palestine News

 

Al Jazeera looks at the relationship of the US & Israel, especially concerning Iran.

 


Microsoft & the Israeli Ministry of Finance sign agreements.

 



Israelis march in Tel Aviv Oct. 28 demanding the expulsion of African refugees.

 

The Prohibition Game looks at Palestinian farmers with land behind the Wall.  Press 'CC' for English captions.

 

The Association France Palestine Solidarité helps plant olive trees in Ni'ilin.

 

The IDF flattens a Palestinian concrete & stone house in the South Hebron Hills.

 

A demo takes place in Nabi Saleh.

 

The IDF searches a house in the village of Tuwani.

 


Mehmet Kaya, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation Gaza Representative, talks about the lawsuit filed against Israel in Istanbul, set to start Nov. 6.

 


The IDF tries to roust Ta'ayush activists.

 

Bir Nabala, a Palestinian village next to Jerusalem, is totally surrounded by the Wall.

 


Activists escort Gazan fishermen & are confronted by the Israeli Navy, which sprays their boat with water cannon.

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The Real News has Michael Ratner comment on the Holy Land Five.  The US Supreme Court declined to hear their appeal of their sentence.

 

The Israeli Cabinet approves implementing the Iron Dome defense system along the Gaza border.

 




15,000 people attend an anniversary rally in Tel Aviv remembering Yitzhak Rabin's assassination.

 


Refugee Jacob Berry talks about why he came from Darfur to Israel.

 


AIC Video profiles Palestinian artist Yousef Katalo.

 

The IDF arrests activist Abed Salaymeh's mother, who flat freaks out.

 

The activities of Youth Against Settlements are examined in this video.

The IDF stops Palestinian farmers from building a new cistern.

 


Palestinian companies are gaining a reputation for excellence in the IT field.

 

Al Jazeera reports on how international volunteers are helping Palestinians bring in the olive harvest with their presence.

Israel/Palestine News

 

Netanyahu says no limits will be placed on construction in Jerusalem in response to international condemnation of Gilo construction plan.

 

An interviewer asks Israelis at the President's Conference how many non-Jewish refugees Israel has admitted.

 

Eritrean refugees protest the Israeli government roundup.

 

AIC Video focuses on Palestinians living in Akka, Israel.

 

Israeli affairs expert Adnan Abu Amer declares Israel will attack Gaza soon.

 



Soldiers expel Palestinian shepherds from their land.

 

Gazans celebrate the anniversary of the prisoner exchange.

IDF & border police demolish several structures in the South Hebron Hills.

 

Professor Noam Chomsky visited Gaza to attend a linguistics conference at the Islamic University.  He also spoke at the Al Mathaf Hotel.

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh, Ni'ilin, Beit Ommar & Al-Ma'asara.

 

The Emir Of Qatar visits Gaza.

Activists briefly occupy the Rami Levy supermarket in the Sha'ar Binyamin Industrial Zone in the West Bank to call for a boycott of Israeli goods.

Israel/Palestine News

 

Israeli musician Izhar Ashdot's song 'A Matter of Habit' has been banned from the IDF radio station.  Press the CC button for English captions.

 

Social justice activist hoild another demo in Tel Aviv (NSFW) & may become involved in the coming elections.

 Irit Rosenblum criticizes modern marriage.

 


Sudanese refugees protest Israeli government policies in Tel Aviv.

 


One of Israel's oldest newspapers is closing down due to competition from Sheldon Adelson's free right wing newspaper.

 

Settlers from Karmei Tsur go where they damn well please in Beit Ommar with the escort of the IDF.

Khalil Shahin, Mohammed Al Bakri, & Issam Younis welcome the Gaza aid ship the Estelle.

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh & Beit Ommar.

 



Several videos on the olive harvest in Gaza & the West Bank.

 



The Palestinian brewers of Taybeh beer celebrate Oktoberfest.

 


The Israeli human rights group Gisha won a court order forcing the Israeli government to release plans from 2007 to put Gaza 'on a diet.'

 

During a protest against settler attacks, Palestinians & solidarity activists block Highway 443, which runs from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem thru the West Bank.

Israel/Palestine News

 


Netanyahu has backed off war with Iran.

PM Netanyahu has called for  Knesset elections for February of next year.

 


Interior Minister Eli Yishai checks the progress of construction of the detention centers in the Negev planned to hold 10,000 African asylum seekers.

 


Fear of miscegenation is why a leader of an anti-refugee group opposes admitting African asylum seekers to Israel.

 



In South Hebron Hills:  the IDF expels more Palestinian shepherds by declaring their land a closed military zone.

 



The Stream looks at the Russell Tribunal in NYC.

 


In South Hebron Hills:  When the Ja'asra family comes to harvest olives on their land, the IDF fires tear gas at them.

 



In a night raid on Beit Ommar, the IDF arrests 14 year old Hamza Abu Hashem, & set off tear gas & concussion grenades.

 



In South Hebron Hills:  the IDF declares Palestinian land a closed military zone.

 


In Gaza, Israel attacks with a drone & tank fire, killing one & wounding five.

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In the South Hebron Hills:  the IDF tries to declare Palestinian land a closed military zone.

 


In Gaza, the siege has caused 70% of Palestinians to live in poverty.

 


In the South Hebron Hills:  IDF soldiers show up, watch settlers chase Palestinian sheep, finally stop them, then stand around & argue with Israeli activists . .

 

An Italian activist goes to the beach where the IDF killed Gaza fisherman Fahmy Abu Ryash on Sept. 28, 2012.

 

A demo takes place in Nabi Saleh.

 


Egypt has closed 35% of Gaza's border tunnels, causing a fuel shortage & unemployment.

Israel/Palestine News

This Land Is Mine from Nina Paley on Vimeo.








Nina Paley gives her take on the history of the Holy Land.

 

The Real News reporter Lia Tarachansky makes a pitch for her film Seven Deadly Myths.  You can contribute here.

 

Activists demonstrate in Tel Aviv in solidarity with protesters in Spain & Greece.

 

What will happen if Iran is seen not to kow-tow to Israeli pressure over nuclear activities?

 

Al Jazeera looks at the deterioration of relations between Turkey & Israel.

Ami Ortiz in March 2008 was the victim of a bomb planted because his family were Messianic Jews.

 



Vandals thought to be settlers spray offensive slogans on the Franciscan convent on Jerusalem’s Mount Zion.

 


In Gaza, Islamic Jihad celebrates the 25th anniversary of its' founding.

 



Activists in the South Hebron Hills film settlers abusing a cow. 

 


Since 2007, travel between Gaza & the West Bank has been almost nonexistent.

 

A demo takes place in Ni'ilin.

 


The siege on Gaza is still causing hardship for Palestinians.

 


Local elections take place in the West Bank on Oct. 20, but some question whether  elections under Occupation matter.

 

The Swedish ship Estelle is now in Naples, Italy, & plans to sail to Gaza.

Israel/Palestine News

 

Jonathan Schell discusses whether Netanyahu is trying to influence the US election with his talk of 'red-lines' for Iran.

 


Richard Silverstein talks on the Israel Lobby's efforts to start a war with Iran.

 

Nadia Hijab talks about how international aid affects Palestinian society & the Occupation.

 


The Israeli government is asked to act on hate crimes.

 


Activists protest the treatment of Eritrean refugees in front of Defense Minister Barak's home in Tel Aviv.

 

 Rami Gudovitch talks in three videos on how Israel treats African refugees.

 

For Israeli's reaction to this speech, go here

In a speech before the UN General Assembly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel is committing ethnic cleansing & asks for non-member observer status for Palestine.

 


In Gaza, Hamas announces the retirement of leader Khaled Meshaal.

Hamas bans the import of Israeli fruits except for bananas & apples into Gaza.

 

Gunmen kill one IDF soldier & have 3 of their number killed in an attack on Egypt's border near Gaza.

 

Gazans demonstrate in solidarity with prisoners on hunger strike.

 




In the South Hebron Hills, settlers attack Palestinian farmers with stones, activists browbeat soldiers into doing something, but IDF still screams at activists to leave.

 

Demos take place in Ni'ilin & Nabi Saleh.

 


Human rights groups accuse the IDF of abusing Palestinian kids they arrest for throwing stones.

 


Al Jazeera's Listening Post documents how news networks have ignored the story of the mass hunger strike by Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

Israel/Palestine News

 


The Real News looks at how Netanyahu is effecting the US election.

 

The Stream asks if the Israeli public will back war on Iran.

 


Palestinians in Tel Aviv & Gaza join in the protests against the You Tube video attacking Mohammed.

 

When the IDF makes a night raid on Nabi Saleh, stones are thrown, grenades set off & shots fired.

Three videos about life in Gaza.

 

Demos took place in Ni'ilin & Nabi Saleh.

 

Youssef Abu Mghasib, a Gaza farmer, describes how Israeli tanks & bulldozers wiped out his farm.

Chasing sheep again?  What is this, a new amateur sport for settlers?

 


Al Jazeera looks at the economics of occupation in the West Bank.

 

Yousef Al-Helou looks at the future of Gaza's tunnels.

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Defense Minister Barak has reportedly changed his mind about war with Iran.

 

The White House declines to meet with PM Netanyahu.

Social protesters march in Tel Aviv & occupy the lobby of a bank.

 


Jerusalem police discover a weapons cache in East Jerusalem of either a Hamas cell or weapons dealers.

 


Breaking The Silence presents two videos of ex-soldiers talking about their part in the Occupation.

 

A Gaza mother reacts to the deaths of her two sons, killed by an Israeli drone.

 


Hashem Azzeh was able to walk down the street in front of his house in Hebron for the first time in years escorted by activists.

 

Demos take place in Nabi Saleh & Ni'ilin.

 


Settlers chase sheep off Palestinian land, then soldiers back them up in the South Hebron Hills.

 

Palestinians in the West Bank protest the policies of the Palestinian Authority that has led to higher prices, & win concessions.

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Democracy Now! reports on the push back from delegates at the Democratic Convention as the DNC attempts to change the party platform on Jerusalem.

 

Activists try to deliver bread to Eritrean refugees stranded at the Sinai border, but are blocked by the IDF.

 

Israelis & Eritreans protest against the internment of refugees in the Negev desert.

 


In Tel Aviv, protesters against war with Iran listen to a speech by Manal Timraz, a Palestinian who had 15 family members killed by a bomb in Gaza.

After a 'price tag' attack on the Latrun monastery, over 100 people visit to show solidarity, including Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon.

Settlers in East Jerusalem evict Palestinian family members from a room in their house.

 


Domestic violence is increasing in the West Bank, Al Jazeera reports.

 

Two videos from Breaking The Silence, presenting ex-soldiers who testify about the specifics of the Occupation.

 



An Israeli patrol boat shoots into the water near fishermen two miles off the coast of Gaza.

 

The Alternative Information Center presents another edition of AIC Vision.

 


A demo took place in Ni'ilin.

 


The Real News reports on the UNRWA report finding that Gaza may be uninhabitable by 2020.

Israel/Palestine News

 

Activists protest war with Iran in Tel Aviv in front of the Ministry of Defense office.

 

French prosecutors have opened a murder investigation into Yasser Arafat's death  after a complaint lodged by his widow Suha.

 

The Inside Story looks at how an Israeli court denied the family of Rachel Corrie justice.

 


Palestinians fleeing the violence in Syria are unwelcome in Lebanon, Al Jazeera reports.

 

Israeli club-goers in Zion Square declare that Arabs should be beaten in this video recorded by Ynet.

 


The Real News reports that the US State Dept. has called settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank terrorism.

 

Two IDF soldiers in the South Hebron Hills chase a Palestinian shepherd & his sheep off his land.

 


The Alternative Information Center presents their second edition of AIC Vision.

 


Two Palestinian girls get upset when the IDF arrests their mother.

The Freedom Theater of Jenin does a creative writing workshop.

 


During a training exercise, IDF soldiers injure two Palestinians by setting off flash grenades.

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh & Bilin.

 

We watch Israeli patrol boats harass Gaza fishermen from the shore in this video.

 

The Real News looks at how the Shin Bet controls Palestinians in their everyday lives.

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As prices in Israel rise, the media debates the cost of war with Iran.

 


Last Sunday, activists in Tel Aviv protested war with Iran outside the Defense Minister's home.

 


Al Jazeera's The Cafe discusses the prospects of the two state solution & other outcomes.

 


Mob violence in Jerusalem leads to a Palestinian being hospitalized & the police arresting seven Israelis.

 


The Young Turks look into the story of Rep. Kevin Yoder skinny dipping in the Sea of Galilee while on an AIPAC junket to Israel.  I think Richard Silverstein nails this story:

It would be unfortunate if Aipac came out of this smelling like a rose.  It certainly knew of the misbehavior.  One wonders what other sorts of behavior have occurred on Israel junkets and whether there has been creative accounting used on other trips.  The main point is that these trips and those who sponsor them and even those who participate in them are engaging in corrupt acts.  I don’t mean this legally since unfortunately these junkets aren’t illegal (though they should be).  I mean, rather, that the trips, the enormous amounts spent on them, the wining and dining, the influence peddling–all of it is corrupt.  It nourishes the dysfunction which characterizes the Congressional approach to Israel issues.

 


First episode of AICVision, a news digest put together by the Alternative Information Center, a joint Israeli-Palestinian non-profit.

Activists film the IDF blocking roads to Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills.

 

Mustafa at a shooting gallery.

 


A demo took place in Nabi Saleh.

 

Haitham Khatib  does a music video for singer Mohammed Kabaha.

 


Yousef AlHelou for The Real News, describes what it is like inside Gaza with the Rafa border crossing closed by Egypt due to terrorist attacks in the Sinai.

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Egypt continued military operations in the Sinai, & closed the border with Gaza.

 

Demos took place in Bilin & Ni'ilin.

 


Rahwi Qarqaz from Gaza describes how he was arrested & held for 13 days when he sought medical treatment in Israel.

 


Rochelle Davis, author and Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Georgetown University, discusses her book Palestinian Village Histories: Geographies of the Displaced.

 



In  Beit Shemesh, three women fight against an Ultra Orthodox campaign to exclude women from public.

 


Activists in Tel Aviv protest outside Defense Minister Barak's home in Tel Aviv.

 

The Israeli media has reported that Israel will attack Iran before November.

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Activist in Tel Aviv protest war with Iran.

The social justice movement heats up, causing PM Netanyahu to cancel some tax hikes on average Israelis.

 


After assailants attack police stations in the Sinai, the Egyptian military responds with airstrikes & a buildup.

 


Ethiopians demonstrate against higher rents at center & the agency cancels all non-emergency programs because of it.

 

Jerusalem hosts another Gay Pride parade.

 

+972 Magazine writer Roi Maor talks about how Israeli laws are discriminatory & unequal.

 UNRWA trains women in Gaza to improve their status.

Sajed Aboulebeh is a skater in the West Bank.

 

Demos took place in Nabi Saleh & Ni'ilin.

 



The IDF searches a Palestinian home in the middle of the night in January 2012.

 

Two videos about pharmaceuticals: about the problems of selling Palestinian made drugs in East Jerusalem, & the problems in the West Bank with medical waste.

 


Activists document the damage to Palestinian olive trees done by settlers in the South Hebron Hills.

 

Mamoun Ahmad Dalloul describes how Israeli bombing in Gaza has destroyed his dairy factory five times.

 

Palestinians living in caves south of Hebron are being harassed by the IDF (which claims their land for military uses) despite the fact they have successfully sued in Israeli courts for their right to stay.

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Gareth Porter on The Real News gives his take on the Bulgaria bombing & Israel's and Iran's reactions.

 

Defense Secretary Panetta goes to Israel to pressure them not to attack Iran.  Meanwhile, Richard Silverstein at his site has posted the story of how Defense Minister Ehud Barak censored the Israeli press from reporting that Chief of Staff Benny Gantz criticized any attack on Iran.

 



Religious Jews gathered at the Western Wall to mark Tisha Be'av, the date set to mourn the destruction of both the First and Second Temples.

 

Last Saturday Israelis & African refugees protest in Tel Aviv against racism & government policy.

A NGO has provided funds for West Bank Palestinian women to refurbish a kindergarten.

 


 Bassam Abu Muelieq of Gaza tells how his son was shot dead by the IDF when he tried to sneak into Israel to seek a better life.

 


Demos took place in Nabi Saleh last Thursday & Friday.

Maher Abu Rmeileh, a Palestinian from East Jerusalem, has qualified for the Olympics in Judo & will represent Palestine, though the Occupation has thrown up roadblocks.

 


Mitt Romney claimed in his trip to Israel that Palestinians aren't getting ahead because of their culture.  Three videos from UNRWA show how one side of the Occupation, the Wall, holds Palestinians back.

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Moshe Silman, who set himself on fire at a Tel Aviv social justice protest, has died, inspiring more protests for social justice.

 

The death of senior leader  Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv was mourned by Ultra Orthodox Jews at a funeral in Jerusalem.

 

PM Netanyahu talks to his cabinet about Syria, the Bulgaria bombing, & universal service in Israel.

 


Next, we have several videos showing settlers from Havat Maon harassing Palestinian shepherds & Israeli activists in the South Hebron Hills.