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The IDF tussles with settlers at Yeshuv HaDaat.

  



Activists argue with IDF.

 

Yousuf Massaeed talks about the harsh reality under the occupation, in which he has 150 dunams of land, but he can process only 20 of them because of the water shortage.  Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

 

Khulusi Haj Muhammed arrives every day to the destroyed house of his family which he can't get a permit to renovate. He longs for peace, to live his remaining years with dignity. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

 

Um Ahmed Masaeed is the mother of nine children, whose studies are top priorities. She dreams of getting a permit to renovate the house, so that it will be organized and fit for living. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

 

Fatimah has a degree in law and Islamic law and dreams of being a judge. In the meantime, she talks about the difficulties of a student in the Jordan Valley, without access to the Internet and that can not get to school, when in the winter all roads are filled with mud. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

  

Gaza's Health Ministry spokesman, Ashraf al-Qidra, said 24-year-old
Zakaria al-Kafarneh was struck with a bullet in his chest during clashes
along the Gaza border (with Israel) north of Jabalia, and died shortly
afterwards, Arabic-language Safa news agency reported.

Mohammed Nabeel Mohaisen, 26, was also killed by live gunshots during
scuffles between dozens of youths and Israeli soldiers east of Gaza.

 



Turkey's Foreign Minister speaks at UN.

  



Another demo in Nabi Saleh.

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Abed stands on the remains of his demolished house and remembers the family experiences and memories that were created there. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

 







The US had to veto the Security Council resolution rebuking the US for moving its' embassy to Jerusalem.  Vijay Prashad analyses the vote.

 

Tawfik Haj Mohammed, head of the village council of Porush Beit Dajan and school principal, claims that killing a child is not just to take a gun and shoot him. To deprive a child of everything, without a safe haven or a house to live in, is like killing him. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

  

 As the US vetoes a UN Security Council resolution on Jerusalem, it is protecting Israel's attacks on Palestinian civilians.  We speak to Yousef Munayyer of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

   

 

Zohdi Hamed, a young man from the Jordan Valley, says that people in Palestine are busy with basic living needs instead of dreaming big, and know that he has no future in his place of residence. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

 

Single mothers who began to engage in prostitution, workers who wish to work without a pay slip - these are part of the life restrictions brought about by the Deposits Law for Asylum Seekers. The law, which came into force in May 2017, states that employers are required to deduct 20% of the net salary of the receiver and transfer them to a deposit fund. The cumulative amount will be returned to the workers upon leaving Israel as an incentive mechanism for "voluntary resignation." However, it turns out that the asylum seekers who left the country were unable to receive the sums accumulated for them.

 

Ahmed is standing on the rubble of his house, which was built for three years and destroyed last month by the IDF. His children want to leave, but he hopes they'll stay and help him gather the strength to move on. Voices from the Valley - A series of interviews Palestinians who talk about life in the Jordan Valley.

  

On 15th of December 2017,Israeli Occupation soldiers arrest three children from the center of Hebron amid a barrage of sound bombs on journalists and foreign volunteers after the mass march that started today after Friday prayers, rejecting the decision to transfer the embassy to Jerusalem and consider it the capital of the Israeli occupation.

 

On 15th of December 2017,A Occupation soldier apparently unaware of how to handle a tear gas grenade as he fell after throwing it in a crowd of Palestinians .

 

On 15th of December 2017,Israeli occupation soldiers arrest five young men from Wad al-Tifa Street from Hebron city and were taken to al-Shuhada 'Military checkpoint and transferred to unknown destination.

  

On 15th of December 2017,Israeli occupation soldiers fired a volley of tear gas canisters towards the peaceful march that started from al-Husayn Mosque after Friday prayers and assaulted the journalists and press .

  





IDF cuts hole in fence around activist's house

 

Ni'ilin Friday 15.12.2017 protest against the separation wall cutting them off from their land, against the occupation and against apartheid. Also responding to U.S. president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

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        Palestinians will continue to protest as long as they are not liberated, says Mariam Barghouti.

  

MK Cohen from the "Zionist Hope", congratulates the public on the occasion of International Human Rights Day and describes groundbreaking achievements that are particularly relevant to Palestinians rights. (satire)

  

"I make a very clear distinction between right and return. And there is no doubt that within the framework of a comprehensive peace agreement, there will have to be an answer to the Palestinian issue of return. I think there will be a return to the Palestinian state." Zahava Galon (Meretz chairperson) respects the aspiration, but does not see the possibility of a return to the territory of the State of Israel. Knesset members talk about return - a fifth interview in the series.

 

"The refugee issue is a kind of shadow that everyone is so afraid of, and I say - on the contrary, this is exactly the place where Israeli Jewish society should show humanity." Avraham Burg on the return of displaced people and Palestinian refugees. Knesset members talk about return - a sixth interview in the series.

  

"This is a right, and we are not going to give it up, we are not people who demand to correct an injustice by causing injustice to others. We will find a way." MK Ayman Odeh (The Joint List) believes that the state must recognize and find the way to rectify this historic injustice. Members and Knesset members talk about return - a fourth interview in the series.

  

"The right of return is part of any solution, there is no solution without recognition of the right of return, there can be no solution, the right of return is a universal right and it is for everyone, and our idea is that every Palestinian will be entitled to return to being a Palestinian citizen of the state of Palestine." Meron Rappaport talks about the right of return in the context of the "Two States, One Homeland" initiative.

  

"It is important to ask the question not only whether it is possible to realize the right of return in practice, but based on what principles do we accept or reject the right of return ... I think the Palestinian leader to give up the right of return was yet to be born, nor will they ever." Ilan Pappe on the right of return and the practice of its realization, the perception of the issue among the Palestinian public facing the Israeli public and the attitude of the authorities.

  

On 31 Oct. 2017, a soldier fired at a passing car in the West Bank, injuring driver Muhammad Musa and his sister, Latifah. Israeli personnel did not offer first aid, stopped treatment by Palestinian paramedics and carelessly transferred the driver to an ambulance that took him to an Israeli hospital, where he died. B’Tselem’s investigation found that the shooting was unjustified. MPIU is reportedly investigating, but experience shows this will likely end in nothing. Musa is the 36th casualty of Israeli security forces in the West Bank in 2017.

  



The Palestinian protests over Jerusalem come on the 30th anniversary of the First Intifada & amid declarations that the peace process is dead.

 

 

Khaled Bahar, a 13-year-old 8th grader, is the youngest of four siblings who live with their parents in the a-Dahar neighborhood of the village of Beit Ummar, in the Hebron District. At about 6:00 PM on 16 October 2017, Khaled was sitting with his cousin ‘Abed Bahar, 12, his brother Ahmad, 19, and five other boys from the neighborhood. The boys were sitting opposite a closed storeroom and chatting.

 

        

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On 9th of December 2017, there was an extremely heavy presence of Armed Israeli Occupation Soldiers who stormed the city of Hebron. Dispersing sound bombs, and tear gas into crowds of people . They also physically forced shop owners in the area to close their stores

   

On 9th of December 2017, an activist of human rights defenders' group in Bab al-Zawiya was injured in the city of Hebron during an incursion by Israeli soldiers this afternoon. He was taken to Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.

 

On 9th of December 2017,The Israeli occupation army targets the journalists in the city of Hebron with sound bombs and trying to prevent them from documenting their harassment .

 

On 9th of December 2017; this is the army that frightens Arabs and Arab countries.

  

On10th of December, Israeli soldiers arrest two Palestinian youth from the health center in Hebron and took them to an unknown location.

 

On 10th of December 2017,Journalist Amir Abu Ghalioun and Sa'id Nassar were injured when they inhaled tear gas after Israeli soldiers stormed the city today and escorted them to the Hebron Governmental Hospital for treatment.

  



      

 

Friday 8.12.2017 demonstration at the Palestinian village of Qusra in the West Bank, 8 days after 47-year-old Mahmoud Za’al Odeh was killed on the village's land by settlers, and following U.S. president Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

  





As the Israeli crackdown on Protests in the Occupied Territories turns deadly, Noura Erakat says the Trump Administration's decision on Jerusalem is only the latest US attack on Palestinian self determination.

  





Another demo in Ni'llin.

 



Anti-Zionist Orthodox Jews protest the decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capitol.

 

In response to Donald Trump's announcement the U.S. is recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and preparing to move its embassy there, activists in the West Bank city of Bethlehem burned photos of Trump outside the Church of the Nativity. Activist Munther Amira tells Mondoweiss, "Today we tried to send a message to tell Trump you crossed all the red lines."

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As protests erupt over over the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, Mustafa Barghouti says Trump & Netanyahu won't succeed in displacing Palestinians from their homeland.

 

"The right of return is an explosive issue and Meretz opposes it, in order to reach compromises," says MK Ilan Gilon (Meretz), but he believes that the state must compensate for decades of discrimination against this population. Knesset members talk about return - the first interview in the series.

 

"What is at the center of things right now is not the right of return, but the very recognition of two states as a solution." Ran Cohen, former Meretz MK and Minister of Industry and Trade, on whether refugees should be allowed to realize their right of return. Knesset members talk about return - a seventh interview in the series.

 

"In the political platform of the Joint List, the right of return is clearly stated, but in the current political climate it is necessary to fight for survival and not to leave and open new fights." MK Aida Touma Suleiman (the Joint List) on the difference between a political stance and a practical program on the subject. Knesset members talk about return - a second interview in the series.

 

"Let's agree on the principle, the right, the practice will already come. There is a right for the children of the Jews and the children of the Arabs to live in a free and democratic society and to enjoy a future of prosperity for the benefit of all." MK Jamal Zahalka (The Joint List) Knesset are talking about return - a third interview in the series.

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Six part videos of EU/US Fall 2017 speaking tour of journalist David Sheen.

 

 



By recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capitol & moving the US embassy there, Trump is catering to the US right wing while risking a new revolt against his agenda, says scholar Rami Khouri.

 





Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capitol & move the embassy there.  Ali Abunimah says years of US policy set the stage.

 

Israeli Occupation soldiers and intelligence closed the Shuhada Street checkpoint in Hebron on 3rd of December 2017 , preventing residents from entering and leaving It was not opened again until after soldiers and intelligence had entered the street.

 

Children of extremist settlers attack the children of Raed Ghanem from Tel Rumeida on 4th of December 2017 in Hebron.

 

 Michael Flynn's guilty plea on lying to the FBI falls short on Russian collusion, but points to the Trump Administration acting on Israel's behalf, says Michael Blumenthal.

 


Demo in Ni'ilin.

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This is the first time the IDF is using an eviction order against Palestinians based on a military order meant to enable the evacuation of unauthorized settlement outposts.

 





Max Blumenthal & Paul Jay on Mike Pence's announcement that Trump is planning to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, plus answering questions from viewers.

 

The residents of Jabal Al-Baba Bedouin community, east of Occupied Jerusalem held a rally a week after receiving an eviction notice from the Israeli authorities. The protest, in cooperation with the Avazz organization and international activists aimed to send the message they are refusing Israeli orders and are determined to remain on their land.

  





Paul Jay talks with Larry Wilkerson.