Friday, August 25, 2017

Israel/Palestine News

 





August 22nd was the first day of school in occupied Palestine, but when
these kids showed up for class, there was no school to be found.

One
night before school was set to start, Israeli forces came and
dismantled the school in Jubbet al-Dhib and confiscated everything
inside, with the exception of a few dozen chairs.

Now these kids,
who live in a remote village outside of Bethlehem, will either have to
make a six-kilometer trek to the nearest school or try to learn out in
the open air.
 



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Despite protests, the Israeli government will displace the Bedouin
population of Umm al-Hiran to a temporary area until a new neighborhood
is built for them nearby. However, residents won't be welcome to return
to the new Jewish-only city of Hiran
 





A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was assaulted by Israeli occupying forces
on yesterday evening during a raid in the occupied Ramallah
neighbourhood of Umm Ash-Sharayet.

Footage obtained by the
Palestinian Information Centre shows Israeli occupation forces punching
and kicking the child, before he is dragged into a military vehicle.






Heavily-armed Israeli Soldiers raid the house of a Palestinian family at 1:15 to search for "forbidden' items and identify stone-throwers.
 





On the one hand, Israel is guarding the Green Line, in order to prevent
Palestinians from crossing it, and on the other, it blurs it to allow
the establishment of settlements inside it. After the first chapter,
which described the blurring and even disappearance of the Green Line in
the education system, we examined what Palestinians think of the Green
Line, what is its importance among the Palestinian leadership, and why
this line is so important to Zionist peace organizations.
 





Activists & soldiers argue near sign (0:44) that states it's illegal for Israelis to enter PA controlled territory.
 



Two years have passed since the death of Jessica, a woman in
prostitution who committed suicide in the brothel where she lived for
fifteen years and was exploited by dozens of clients every day. In
commemoration of her and of fifty-nine additional women in prostitution
who have died in recent years, and marking the passing of the client's
criminalization law bill in preliminary reading , a march and rally were
held to commemorate and combat prostitution.
 





On 29 May 2017 Israeli soldiers ordered the closing of a grocery shop in the Palestinian
neighborhood of Jaber, Hebron, for the benefit of a belligerent parade by settlers.
A B’Tselem volunteer then filmed soldiers going up to
two local boys, and forcibly removing them from the street.
The video was edited by B'Tselem.
 



The Intifada within the American, Israeli, Islamic Triangle was a debate
that took place on the 8th of November 1989 at the University of
Pennsylvania .

The debate is famous for the exchanges between
Professor Norman Finkelstein and CNN Newscaster Wolf Blitzer. The Panel
also hosted Father Martin Jenco and intellectual, Zafar Bangash.

Friday, August 18, 2017

israel/Palestine News

 



Pro-Israeli groups are pushing the White House to transition from neoconservativism to Alt-Right, says Shir Hever
 





The Israeli government is compiling a list of BDS (Boycott, Divestment,
Sanctions) activists who are not allowed to travel to Israel. Asa
Winstanly of the Electronic Intifada talks about the effort to expose
this secret list
 



Richard Spencer, a white nationalist and de facto leader of the
so-called “alt-right,” described himself to a reporter on Israel’s
Channel 2 News as “a white Zionist” on Wednesday evening and argued that
Israelis “should respect someone like me.”
 





Palestinian activist Mohammed Othman, American website designer Adam
Abel and pro-skater Kenny Reed are making dreams come true for the
teen-skaters in the West Bank city of Qalqilyah.
Not only do they
aim to normalize the lives of the local children but also promote gender
equality. And even though skating is considered to be a "boys' sport",
in Qalqilyah girls do come to skate. Read
 





Israeli forces this morning demolished a two-story building in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Issawiya.

   





TRNN's Shir Hever discusses the reasons for the rapid rise in Palestinian incarceration, including hundreds of children
 





"Hadas always swam according to her compass, and not with all the other
fish. And her compass has led her to this courageous act."
So said
this week, the father of conscientious objector Hadas Tal, who declared
her refusal on grounds of opposition to the occupation.
 



In late July, dozens of Israeli settlers raided and occupied the Abu
Rajab family home in the Old City of Hebron near the Ibrahimi Mosque.
Since then they have slowly moved in under the constant protection of
armed Israeli soldiers. Abu Rajab family members are now subjected to
daily harassment from the settlers, while soldiers control the family’s
every move in and out of the parts of the home where they have been able
to remain.
 



“The mother has undergone a sex-change operation and today she’s a man” —
this is the opening of a social services’ paper listing the reasons for
taking Erez Cohen’s son away from him. Cohen, 44, was raised as a girl
and lived as a woman, but since he discovered that he was born an
intersex person, he has been living as a man.
 



The Green Line is in fact the border of the State of Israel under the
1949 armistice agreements. So where does lack of knowledge about this
line come from? First and foremost, it is important for look at the
Israeli educational system, perhaps the most significant system for
shaping our personal or collective consciousness.
 





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Demo takes place in Ni'ilin.
 



Hundreds of demonstrators called on Minister Uri Ariel to dismantle the
Bedouin Settlement Authority, dismiss the director-general Yair Maayan
because of his racist statements and immediately stop the house
demolitions.
 





On 21 July ‘17, dozens of Israeli police raided al-Makassed hospital in
East Jerusalem seeking to arrest a critically injured Palestinian.
B’Tselem found that armed officers entered various wards. Officers tried
to seize the man’s bed on the way to surgery and pushed medical staff
and persons protecting him. The man died meanwhile. Such violent,
life-endangering conduct cannot be justified. The police can use other
means, without harming staff or patients or violating the convention
that medical staff and clinics are a safe haven.

Friday, August 11, 2017

israel/Palestine News

 



The growing corruption scandal threatening Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu's political future now includes casino mogul Sheldon
Adelson
 





Her twin sister joined the IDF but Hadas decided to refuse to enlist.
She receives full support from the parents, who she says are already
part of her struggle. Watch the personal interview with Hadas in which
she explained the reasons that led her to refuse to enlist.
 





An Israeli soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant has
begun serving time in a military prison following one of the most
divisive trials in Israel's history.
 





Shabaab of Rafah become the first Gazan team to win football's Palestine
Cup in more than a decade, despite Israeli restrictions keeping 10 of
its players off the pitch. (AFP Video)
 





Settlers began throwing stones at Palestinians while making their way
back from shabbat prayers. Local sources say that three Palestinians
were injured in the settler attack, including at least one broken arm
and one head injury. Soldiers failed to disperse the settlers, but
rather chose to disperse the Palestinians present with stun grenades.
 



Israeli forces attacked demonstrators in Khursa, near Dura, occupied Hebron governorate. 4th of August, 2017.
 



Strangely, the state manages to translate from Arabic documents related
to security and intelligence, but when it comes to translating into
Arabic signs, such as "Line 42 will arrive in ten minutes" it suddenly
fails, delays and presents excuses. See the Knesset debate on the
translation and accessibility of public transport to Arab society. The
discussion was held as part of the Arab Language Day in the Knesset.
 



Another demo in Ni'ilin.
 





The subject of Israeli settlements on Palestinian land occupied by
Israel since the 1967 war is one of the most divisive between the two
peoples.

Now Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has laid
the foundation stone for Bitar Illit, in the West Bank. This new
settlement will rehouse residents of Amona, an illegal settlement shut
down by the Supreme Court.
 




 





Some relatives of Palestinian prisoners say Israeli authorities are
keeping them from visiting their loved ones. Israel admits the
visitation restrictions are part of an attempt to force Hamas into talks
about a possible exchange of prisoners. Rahul Radhakrishnan has more.






Israeli settlers seize Palestinian family homes in Hebron

The
flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank has seen a rise in
tensions after Israeli settlers moved into three Palestinian apartments
by force just over a week ago.

Within hours the army turned the
site into a closed military zone, in effect providing protection to the
settlers, and restricting the Abu Rajab family access to their own home.


The Abu Rajabs are slowly being forced from a cluster of apartment building, in which they have lived for decades.

Friday, August 4, 2017

israel/Palestine News

 





What is the Green Line, and what does it symbolize for you? Has the
Green Line been forgotten in our consciousness? We went out to check
what the public thinks of the Green Line, and heard about borders,
occupation and separation.
 





On 13 June 2017, Border Police knocked on a door in Silwan, East
Jerusalem. When no one answered, they demanded that the brother who
lives next door give them the keys to the house. An argument ensued;
Border Police then assaulted the man and his son, broke the man’s arm,
and arrested both father and son. The footage shows part of the incident
as recorded by a neighbor on his cell phone. This incident illustrates
how unbearably easy it is for police to abuse East Jerusalem residents.
 



Adopting is complex, we recognize it, but the complexity is not related
to the parents' sexual orientation." Thousands protested against the
state's petition to the High Court that it would forbid non-straight
couples to adopt children on the grounds that single-sex families are
different and may add additional burdens on the child.
 





On 10 March 2017 Palestinians and Israeli security forces clashed in
Silwad. A Border Police officer fired a sponge round, injuring D.T., 17.
The officer then hit him in the head with a gun. D.T., who lost
consciousness, was taken to Hadassah Hospital, Jerusalem, where he
underwent surgery for a cranial fracture and subdural hematoma. During
his 12 days in Hadassah Hospital, his parents were not allowed to
approach him, and he was kept in restraints. While shocking, this case
is not at all unusual, nor is the fact that no one will be held
accountable, guaranteeing these injustices will continue as long as the
occupation does.
The incident was captured on the gas station’s security cameras
Please note: The security cameras' timestamps are inaccurate.
The video was edited by B'Tselem
 





The truth about desert detention centers.
 





The Defamation League's hypocrisy.
 



Between the Hebrews of Dimona & the refugees of Africa.
 





Israeli forces attacked unarmed demonstrators with live ammunition
following a protest against the new access restrictions at Jerusalem's
al-Aqsa mosque.
  





Another demo in Ni'ilin.
 





Al-Khalil/Hebron, 26th July 2017, 8pm. A small group of Palestinians were
protesting outside Checkpoint 56 in central Hebron when they were
attacked, entirely unprovoked, by around 30 Israeli soldiers. The
heavily-armed soldiers rushed into the crowd without warning, throwing
sound grenades at the demonstrators.
 





Noa Gur Golan came to the recruitment center and declared a
conscientious objection, but was sentenced in the meantime to five days
in prison. Her family and the "Refusers" support network came to support
her and her decision.
 





Eight months after completing the "Women's Boat to Gaza" solidarity
sail, the participants gathered in the Swedish Parliament and presented
the Gazan status quo,and specifically the state of women under the
blockade.
 





Huda Ghalia graduates 11 years following the 2006 Gaza beach tragedy that killed seven members of her family
 







More than 100 settlers stormed a residential building in occupied Hebron
on 25 July 2017 and evicted its Palestinian residents under the
protection of occupation forces.