Friday, August 30, 2019
Friday, August 23, 2019
This dabke team in Gaza is comprised of Palestinians who use
wheelchairs.
Dabke is a Levantine folk dance often performed at weddings and other
celebrations.
Abeer al-Herkali, 25, has loved the traditional dance since she was
young.
“At celebrations, I would wait for the dabke segments and I would watch
them. I wanted to do what they were doing,” al-Herkali told The
Electronic Intifada.
She founded the team in January. It now has nine members and they train
at the Peace Sport Club for Persons with Disability in Gaza City.
“People would look at me with pity, saying we wish we could help you,”
al-Herkali said. “The pitiful looks made me determined.”
The team members were determined to learn how to dance.
Dabke traditionally relies heavily on leg movement, but the team came up
with their own style.
“We substituted leg movements with our hands and we make some moves with
the wheelchair,” dancer Ali Mohammed Jibril said.
“We care so much about Palestinian tradition and Palestinian dabke,”
al-Herkali added.
“We work to improve it. Even though we’re people with disabilities,
we’re part of this homeland.”
Video by Amjad Ayman Yaghi, Yousef Mashharawi and Ahmed Abu Hatab.
These are the words tweeted by Rep. Ayanna Pressley in response to the
Israeli decision to ban the entry of Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Rashida
Tlaib. The story has a striking resemblance to South Africa and Rhodesia
blocking the entry of African American Democratic Representative
Charles C. Diggs Junior in January 1972
Israel’s ban on Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib from entering
the country is an effort to stop them doing their jobs, the officials
said in a press conference yesterday.
Speaking to member of the media, the pair explained that they had
planned a trip to meet with members of Israel’s Knesset, former
soldiers, Palestinians groups, UN officials and international
organisations in the occupied territories.
Dima Khalidi discusses Trump’s support for banning entry to Occupied
West Bank on the basis of political opinion, such as Ilhan Omar's and
Rashida Tlaib's support for the boycott movement against Israel. In the
process, Trump also implicitly supports Israeli sovereignty over the
Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Friday, August 16, 2019
Aliyah Strauss, 83 years old, among the founders of the "Women in Black"
movement, is one of the strongest symbols for feminine activism in the
history of Israel. In a personal interview with a Social TV reporter,
Aliyah talks about the awareness that awoke in her regarding the
Palestinians, about her achievements, her hopes and let downs , and
about Ideological heat that is burning in her to this day. Aliyah takes
part in protests, and tries to change perceptions about coexistence of
Jews and Arabs in the country, while resisting the occupation
Friday, August 9, 2019
Israeli settlers carry out attacks in Palestinian villages in the West
Bank, June 2019
In June 2019 (up to 18 June 2019), Israeli settlers carried out attacks
in five Palestinian villages in the West Bank. Footage of three of the
attacks was captured on security cameras. The first two assaults took
place at around 10:30
on the morning of 5 June 2019: In the first, in the village of Yasuf,*
Salfit District, settlers threw stones at the home of a Palestinian
family and vandalized the family’s car. In the second attack, settlers
came to the village school in Jalud, Nablus District, and some of them
threw stones at the building. Several minutes later, some of the
settlers went into a nearby olive grove and set it on fire. Palestinian
firefighters were called in but were unable to contain the fire due to
the difficulties posed by the terrain. Six Israeli firetrucks from the
nearby settlements of Shvut Rachel and Ahiya arrived on the scene, but
their crews did nothing to help until the fire began spreading towards
the settlements. Only at about 1:00 P.M. did the Israeli teams begin
extinguishing the fire, using helicopters. The fire was finally put out
at around 5:00
P.M., by which time it had consumed about 1,000 fruit trees and about a
dunam [1,000 sq. meters] of Jalud’s wheat fields. About ten days later,
at around 1:00 A.M. on the night of 17 June 2019, a group of settlers
came to a neighborhood on the outskirts of the village of Kafr Malik,
Ramallah District. They slashed the tires of five cars, three of them
owned by a single family, and spray-painted graffiti on the village
mosque.
Two attacks that were not captured on camera took place in the villages
of ‘Einabus, Ramallah District, and Deir Istiya, Salfit District. On 13
June 2019, settlers slashed the tires of five vehicles in the village of
‘Einabus and spray-painted graffiti on the mosque, the medical clinic
and a home. On 18 June 2019, settlers slashed the tire of 23 cars in
Deir Istiya and spray-painted graffiti on some of the homes.
*The clock on the security camera in the village of Yasuf had not been
set, so the timestamp on the footage shown is incorrect
The Jerusalem District DOC-Reality Series is not only popular with the
Jewish public in Israel. Apparently, the residents of East Jerusalem and
Issawiya in particular, have carefully followed the series' episodes
and are personally acquainted with its heroes. We went out for a day in
Issawiya, to listen to the residents' views on the series.
The "Fighting for our Life" protest march (28/7/2019), led by the #trans_community , Attended by members of the #LGBT
community. The tranc community protested against the daily violence
incitement and hate speech, and against the government's silence.
Fadi Abdullah Thabet is a stills photographer from Gaza who has received
international recognition for his unique works, which document the Gaza
children. In a conversation with Raja Nator, the Social TV reporter,
Faddy explains how it feels to be an award-winning international
Palestinian artist who cannot leave Gaza to receive them. While Paddy’s
artwork spreads wings and reaches the entire world, their creator is
incarcerated.
Maya Brernad-Feigenbaum was in the military prison for seven days for
refusing to enlist in the military. Just before she went to the
Induction Center to declare her refusal (25/7), she was interviewed on
social television and told her motives for refusing the reactions of
people around her, and the effectiveness of the refusal action. Maya
hopes she will inspire young men and women before recruitment - Part of n
interviews series #i_refused - draft refusers who refuse to take part in the army to support the #occupation.
Friday, August 2, 2019
Israeli occupation forces summoned the father of a six-year-old child
from the city of Jerusalem for interrogation yesterday evening after
accusing the child of throwing a juice carton at occupation forces.
The child, named Qais Firas Obaid from the East Jerusalem neighbourhood
of Issawiya was stopped by Israeli occupation forces yesterday after he
allegedly threw a carton at them, soldiers told him to provide them with
his mum’s ID card. They then return to him home and issued a summons
for his father, ordering him to come to the city’s interrogation centre
at 8am today.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump try to shut down
criticism of Israel with accusations of anti-Semitism.
During a radio interview with Ibrahim ‘Ebro’ Darden on New York station
Hot 97 FM, Ocasio-Cortez said: “The Right wants to advance this notion
that if you engage and critique an Israeli policy you are anti-Semitic,
but it’s the furthest thing from the truth.”
Israeli occupation forces shot Sari while he was on a trip near
al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza on 22 January 2006.
Three shots to the chest, stomach and back led to a partial paralysis
for which Rubaiya has still not received proper treatment.
In October 2017, Rubaiya says he met the Palestinian Authority’s de
facto prime minister at the time, Rami Hamdallah, at a youth program in
Gaza City’s al-Mashtal hotel. He says Hamdallah promised him that the PA
would pay for his treatment in Germany.
Despite being given an official document in August 2018 confirming this,
Rubaiya says nothing has been done.
Video by Amjad Ayman Yaghi, Yousef Mashharawi and Ahmed Abu Hatab. Main
image by Mohammed Al-Hajjar.
House Democrats, including key progressives, have passed a measure
condemning the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). Why
are Reps. Ro Khanna, Tulsi Gabbard, and Ayanna Pressley denouncing a
global movement for Palestinian rights?
Guest: Ali Abunimah, co-founder of the Electronic Intifada. His latest
book is the The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
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If you are not made of stone, Ismail Abadiyeh's experience of losing his home will shake you. And the terror and devastation caused by the military raids and demolitions in Sur Baher (where 72 homes were destroyed) will break your heart.
If you are not made of stone, Ismail Abadiyeh's experience of losing his home will shake you. And the terror and devastation caused by the military raids and demolitions in Sur Baher (where 72 homes were destroyed) will break your heart.
What more can we all do to stop this horror?
Video by Israeli activist Yuval Abraham and photographer Racheli Shor
Video by Israeli activist Yuval Abraham and photographer Racheli Shor
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