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Life under occupation

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In summer, West Bank towns have little waterJudith Sudilovsky - Imemc News - "I feel so angry when I see (the Israelis) watering their fields. They have lots of water and we don`t have water to drink," said Ali, who lives with his parents and three siblings in the last house of the village bordering the fencing and security road. With no running water in the village, Ali has to determine every morning whether his family has enough water in their tank for him to take a shower. 2/9/2010
In the Heart of Hebron, `America` is Light Years Away Nijim Dabbour - MIFTAH - Sure, the dark blue US passport gives its bearer some protection, but the string of questions got the message across that it doesn`t matter what this document says my nationality is: I am a Palestinian Arab Muslim and I was not going to be treated with kid gloves this time. The officer who took my passport started looking through my camera and said we were seen taken pictures of checkpoints, security cameras, watchtowers and soldiers which is illegal under the military authority. He asked why I would take such pictures. “I’m touring the city,” I said. “In America if you’re in public you can take a picture of anything you can see from the street.” 2/9/2010
B’Tselem invites theatre heads to field visit to view harm caused by Ariel settlement to Palestinian human rights B`Tselem - B’Tselem wrote today to the managers of Israel’s theatres, calling them to visit the Northern West Bank and see for themselves the heavy damage to human rights inflicted by the continued existence of the Ariel settlement. B’Tselem’s letter followed the managers’ decision to perform plays for the first time in the West Bank, in the newly built theater in Ariel. In her letter, B’Tselem executive director Jessica Montell wrote that millions of Palestinians living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank are denied their basic rights, including the right to culture, largely as a result of Israel’s settlement project. 2/9/2010
Ramadan in Gaza: its in the detailsLaila El-Haddad - Gazamom - "Ordinarily, one can find ways around this by staying indoors or cooling off in front of a fan of air conditioning. But no so in Gaza, where we were enduring continuous 9 hour electricity outages."1/9/2010
Electricity blackouts put lives of Palestinian patients in Gaza at extreme riskPIC - "I almost died when the electricity current failed and dialysis machine that was connected to me stopped" said Saleema Al-Agha, one of the kidney patients treated at Naser Medical Complex in Khan Younis 31/8/2010
Settlers shoot at Deir Istiya villagersMa`an - Mounted settlers rode past and fired on three young villagers who were tending their family land. They were not hit. The incident occured near the settlement of Immanuel, built on lands confiscated from Deir Istiya and other villagers. 31/8/2010
Israeli `security zones` inside Gaza Strip enforced by shooting and bulldozing Saed Bannoura - IMEMC - A shooting in in the northern Gaza Strip in which two Palestinian workers were wounded, and an incursion in the southern part in which land was bulldozed are the latest incidents in the daily enforcment of Israeli `security zones` on the Palestinian side of the border fence. 31/8/2010
Facing jail, the unarmed activist who dared to take on IsraelDonald Macintyre--The protest by Lady Ashton, who was yesterday accused by Israel`s foreign ministry of "interfering" in the country`s judicial process, follows mounting concern by Western diplomats over the severity of measures taken by Israeli security forces against the mainly rural protests. Officials from several European countries, including Britain, were present for the verdict in the Ofer military court on Monday. 29/8/2010
Gaza Inventor Changes Lives (+VIDEO)Mundhar Al-Qassas, a taxi driver from Gaza City...An inventor by night, he designs assisted living devices for the disabled in his community...With a continued ban on materials for Mundhar`s inventions, he salvages scraps from other equipment, and puts together unique devices for friends and neighbors. 28/8/2010
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Oct. 3-18: Two-Week Sanghaseva Olive Harvest Work Retreat with RHRCost: 350 Pounds not including flight. Contact sangha_seva@yahoo.co.uk28/8/2010
The Book of Amos: On Gideon LevyLevy`s real subject, even when he`s writing about events in Rafah or Khan Yunis, is Israel, its hypocrisy, the myths and delusions with which it cloaks itself.....Levy holds up Gaza like a mirror....Gaza`s streets are thick with trash and sewage, but the real pollution, Levy says, is the moral kind, and it lies on the Israeli side of the wall. 28/8/2010
IDF arrests Red Crescent medical team during Friday demonstration in Ni’ilinThe medical team was a part of the weekly protest against the separation wall and continued Israeli settlement expansion. Also arrested: one Israeli camerawoman from the human rights organization Btsleem and one Palestinian photographer. ao28/8/2010
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VIDEO Aug. 27 Bilin DemoFour demonstrators wounded. From Haitham Al-Katib. ao28/8/2010
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Bethlehem enters record books with largest QatayefThe pastry, traditionally made during Ramadan, weighed approximately 50 kg and was made in just under two minutes, 40 seconds, beating the previous 10-minute record. ao 28/8/2010
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Israeli troops fire on nonviolent anti-wall protest in Al Ma’sara (+Video)A group of Palestinian, Israeli and international protesters gathered in the afternoon and peacefully chanted "no to occupation" and "no to settlements". After a short time, Israeli soldiers began using sound bombs and tear gas as a means of riot dispersal against the protesters. ao28/8/2010
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Palestinian Legislators From Across Political Spectrum Opposed To ‘direct Talks’by IMEMC Staff "Mustafa Barghouthi wrote that these negotiations without preconditions, "are more dangerous than the Camp David talks, since they are not based on the cessation of settlement activity, have no clear guidelines and can only lead to a dangerous failure." 27/8/2010
Israeli Army Escorts 500 Jewish Israelis Into Controversial Settlement Near Nablusby Saed Bannoura - IMEMC News "500 Israeli citizens, escorted by dozens of military vehicles, drove by bus deep into the West Bank on Wednesday in a provocative visit to a West Bank settlement. The settlement has been the home of a number of violent attackers of local Palestinians, and many incidents of violence originated from the settlement." 27/8/2010
Silwan residents say settlers provoked clashMa`an News Agency "Israeli forces arrived as locals said they were attempting to drive the settlers out of the mosque area. Two settler cars were torched, and several windshields smashed in the violence. " 27/8/2010
Parents accuse state of trying to take over mixed Jewish-Arab school By Nir Hasson - Haaretz "The Max Rayne bilingual school in Jerusalem may not open its doors at the beginning of the school year due to a dispute over the school`s joint Jewish-Arab management. The students` parents are threatening not to send their children to school after its two principals were recently replaced, accusing the municipality and Education Ministry of scheming to take control of the facility and change its character. "27/8/2010
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For Gaza Tailors, Market is Flooded, External Markets Are BannedGisha - Newsletter - The Israeli cabinet decision to ease the closure on the Gaza Strip did not change the sweeping ban on Gaza exports. While industrial raw materials were allowed into Gaza beginning in July, the limited capacity of the crossings meant only small quantities entered (raw materials were 4% of the total amount of goods that entered in July), while at the same time Israeli-made consumer products, no longer banned, flooded the market. The combination does not bode well for manufacturers in particular and the economy in general, as evidenced by the story of Jihad Abu Dan, aged 22, married and the father of two, whose family owns a textile factory in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya26/8/2010
Missed opportunities for a peaceful Middle EastDr Richard Horton - Guardian - "If the full truth about the health of people living in the occupied Palestinian territory was more widely known, the international community would no longer tolerate Israel`s apparent indifference."25/8/2010
Math program taps potential of young students in Gaza Eva Bartlett - The Electronic Intifada - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 2010 report on the psycho-social situation of education in Gaza notes the effects of the Israeli attacks and siege on Gaza, saying 83 percent of students surveyed had difficulty concentrating in school; 48 percent had difficulty concentrating during home study; and 81 percent found it difficult to recall their class studies. One of the benefits of the UCMAS program is improved concentration, along with observation, imagination, memory, and creativity. 25/8/2010
The Peaceful IntifadaR.M. Schneiderman and Joanna Chen - Newsweek - For decades, it’s been a refrain among moderates in Israel and the West: Where is the Palestinian Gandhi, King, or Mandela? Why is there no Montgomery-style bus boycott in Ramallah, no hunger strike in Bethlehem? The question could soon become passé. Ever since the violent second intifada subsided, a small but growing number of Palestinian residents have explicitly renounced armed struggle and turned to nonviolent civil disobedience. 25/8/2010
Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, 1.January 2009 - 30.April 2010B`Tselem - Annual Report - 1. One Big Prison 2. Predictable Attacks - Predictable Leniency 3. Harm To Us All 4. A more Comfortable Occupation 5. Settlements as a Barrier25/8/2010
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Bil`in`s Abdallah Abu Rahmah Cleared of Stone-Throwing; Convicted of IncitementJonathan Pollak - " The court did, however, find Abu Rahmah guilty of two of the most draconian anti-free speech articles in military legislation: incitement, and organizing and participating in illegal demonstrations. It did so based only on testimonies of minors who were arrested in the middle of the night and denied their right to legal counsel, and despite acknowledging significant ills in their questioning. The court was also undeterred by the fact that the prosecution failed to provide any concrete evidence implicating Abu Rahmah in any way, despite the fact that all demonstrations in Bil`in are systematically filmed by the army. "24/8/2010
Neglect of Education in E. J`lem PersistsACRI, Ir Amim in New Report...East Jerusalem schoolchildren need a thousand classrooms, but only 39 classrooms built this year...More than 40,000 pupils have to turn to private schools who charge high tuitions · Approximately 5,300 children do not study at all · About half of the classrooms in East Jerusalem are not standard..."The severe neglect of the education system in East Jerusalem is brewing a catastrophe", adds Attorney Tali Nir. "24/8/2010
DCI-Palestine Concerned by Effects on Lives of Children of House Demolitions in Area CWafa - " displacement of over 1,100 Palestinians, including 400 children, according to Badil. More than 50% of these demolitions occurred in July alone...Israel is obliged to respect and apply the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the Palestinian children in a non discriminate manner. In 2002 the Committee on the Rights of the Child indicated that Israel should refrain from the demolition of civilian infrastructure, including homes, water supplies and other utilities. "24/8/2010
Soldiers Kidnap 12 Palestinians in the West BankSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - " The kidnapping is part of a daily campaign carried out by the Israeli army against Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank, including areas that are “controlled” by the Palestinian Authority and the security forces of president Mahmoud Abbas. "24/8/2010
Behind a Shabak squeezeMya Guarnieri - Maan - " Not only do interviews create a general environment of fear, Monterescu explained, the so called “chats” can have a lasting impact on the interviewees. Some even suffer from depression following a Shabak interview, Monterescu added.Shabak usually intensifies its activity - putting stress on Palestinian citizens of Israel and the nation`s left - during times of political turmoil, and the recent spike in interviews could reflect Israel’s march right. Critics have said that increasing hostility to dissent - on both the state and public level - is a symptom of the erosion of democracy in Israel. "24/8/2010
Eco-Resistance in the West BankFadi Elsalameen - The Washington Note - So, if you can`t use traditional materials to build and are denied electricity and water, which nearby illegal Israeli settlers use day and night, what do you do? You do as the Palestinians do - go green and eco-friendly. You get your electricity from windmills and solar panels, you build your schools from recycled car tires, and you refuse to give up your land. 20/8/2010
Jordan Valley is a microcosm of Israel`s colonisationby Ben White - The Guardian "Israeli land seizure and ethnic cleansing should be met with arrest warrants – not arms sales and diplomatic games"20/8/2010
Women breaking barriersAgence France Presse (AFP) "two sisters from the Gaza Strip, aged 13 and 16, who went to work in the fishing industry to support their family following their father’s illness. The report drew much interest and was translated and published on several Arabic language websites."20/8/2010
Globalisation -- the Palestinian contextby Jamil Salman - Al-Ahram Weekly "Palestinian officials have remained steadfast in their desire to expose the Palestinian economy to the effects of globalisation."20/8/2010
Even ‘Haaretz’ has moral blindness re Gazaby Jerome Slater - Mondoweiss "What accounts for this astonishing moral blindness, all the more painful considering its source as well as its concern about the “ethical profile” of Israel?"20/8/2010
Three Palestinians seized by Israeli troops in overnight raids in Abu Dis, Hebronby Saed Bannoura - Middle East Media Center Editorial Group "In two separate invasions Tuesday night, Israeli forces attacked the east Jerusalem town of Abu Dis, and the southern West Bank city of Hebron, to search for men listed on the army`s `Wanted` list."20/8/2010
Palestine: Occupied, Divided, Isolated, Oppressed And Unaided Stephen Lendman - Countercurrents - Imagine the following: You`re ruthlessly oppressed in an occupied country under a system of institutionalized racism, affording rights solely to Jews. You have no recognized nation, no right of citizenship, no democratic freedoms or civil liberties, including no power over your daily life. You live in constant fear, collectively punished, politically denied, and economically strangled in a continuing cycle of violence. Military orders deny free expression and movement, enclose population centers, close borders, and impose curfews, checkpoints, roadblocks, separation walls, electric fences, dispossessions, land seizures, and domination over all aspects of life under draconian military orders like the following: 20/8/2010
A picture is worth a thousand lives ROI MAOR - The Jerusalem Post - According to information analyzed by the human rights organization Yesh Din, between September 2000 and the end of 2009, less than six percent of nearly 2,000 investigations opened against IDF soldiers suspected of crimes against Palestinians ended in indictments. During the same period, according to various estimates, thousands of Palestinian civilians were killed as a result of IDF activities. How many of these fatalities resulted in convictions? Four. 20/8/2010
New Peak in Arbitrary Razing of Palestinian Homes : Discriminatory Israeli Policies Demolish Village, Forcibly Displace West Bank ResidentsHuman Rights Watch - For Immediate Release - The Israeli government should immediately stop the arbitrary destruction of Palestinian homes and other property in the West Bank and compensate the people it has displaced, Human Rights Watch said today. Israeli authorities destroyed 141 Palestinian homes and other buildings in July 2010, the largest number in any month since at least 2005, and have already carried out dozens of demolitions in August. 20/8/2010
Report Criticizes Gaza RestrictionsETHAN BRONNER - The New York Times - A United Nations report issued on Thursday says the Sweleims are part of the 12 percent of the population of Gaza — 178,000 people out of 1.5 million — who have lost livelihoods or have otherwise been severely affected by Israeli security policies along the border, both land and sea, in recent years. These include the establishment of “no-go zones” and frequent incursions. 20/8/2010
Fighting expulsion and Western hypocrisy in Jerusalem Rahela Mizrahi - Electronic Intifada - Since the Red Cross is supposed to protect Palestinian inhabitants of occupied East Jerusalem but has never fulfilled that role, Totah, Attoun and Abu Arafeh have put Red Cross officials in a difficult and awkward position. Since Israel occupied the city in the June 1967 War, 86,226 Palestinians have been stripped of their residency rights. By seeking refuge in the Red Cross compound, the three men have drawn attention to the hypocrisy of the international donor community which funds both the aid organizations and underwrites Israel`s apartheid policies. The principle is clear: human rights organizations multiply in direct proportion to the deepening of oppression. They keep real activists out of the struggle, compete with authentic local organizations, blur the signs of oppression and create an illusion of normality in the overall situation. 20/8/2010
Wallaje in the balanceNir Hasson - Common Ground News - The residents of Wallaje can go and see what their future will look like (provided they will be allowed to cross the check point) in northern Jerusalem, in the village Akeb and the Shalom neighbourhood, and in other places which have been artificially severed from the city by the barrier. The barrier has made life in these places impossible. Due to the agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the PA is not allowed to operate services in these neighbourhoods, but due to security concerns, the Israeli services are not available in the neighbourhoods beyond the barrier. This has created areas which lack the rule of law, where infrastructures are falling apart and civil and public security is deteriorating. 19/8/2010
Baby caught in checkpoint turnstile; face cut, hand fracturedSaed Bannoura - IMEMC - "... the baby`s arm was caught between the metal bars, wresting the baby from her arms and jerking him through the turning metal, where his hand was broken and face and body bashed until he became unconscious." 18/8/2010
Palestinian minors held 3 weeks on suspicion of arsonAmira Hass - Haaretz - "They were each detained for a total of three weeks, including 10 days in a Shin Bet security service facility in Petah Tikva. Six of those 10 days were spent in isolation. In the end, they were released without charge." id18/8/2010
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The girl who became the only fisherwoman in GazaCatrina Stewart - The Independent - With an invalid father and a family to feed behind the blockade, 16-year-old Madeleine Kulab has learnt to brave dangerous waters16/8/2010
UN Committee Starts Collecting Testimonies In GazaSaed Bannoura - IMEMC News - "A U.N. special committee started Sunday collecting testimonies from residents in the Gaza Strip, the process is an implementation of recommendations set by the report of Judge Richard Goldstone who headed the U.N. Committee that investigated Israel’s war on Gaza during the period between December 27, 2008 and January 18, 2009"16/8/2010
Gaza doctor writes book of hope despite death of three daughtersHarriet Sherwood - The Guardian - Izzeldin Abuelaish`s moving book charts harsh realities of life in Gaza and details harrowing family tragedy that may have halted Israeli offensive16/8/2010
Jordan Valley village to be razed for third timeMa`an - " Several rebuilt structures in a Jordan Valley village will be razed again, after Israel`s Civil Administration handed out demolition warrants Sunday morning..."The spate of demolitions raises concerns over whether Israeli authorities could further escalate demolitions throughout Area C," a UN report said, noting more than 3,000 demolition orders handed down by Israeli officials to locals were still outstanding. "15/8/2010
Israeli army close down shops opposite Shuhada street in HebronISM - " August 10th, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon, in response to peaceful Palestinian resistance to the military occupation of Hebron – and ongoing settler violence – the Israeli army decided to collectively punish Palestinian shopkeepers in the Old City...After finishing welding the doors, the soldiers went back to their base. Before leaving, they threw a sound grenade. The loud noise shocked many people. It was an action targeted at innocent civilians who were being punished for daring to peacefully raise their voices for their human rights. "15/8/2010
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E. Jerusalem resident hunger striking in BerlinJesse Bacon - Al Haq - " Al-Haq is deeply concerned about Firas Al-Maraghi’s hunger strike that he has been holding since 26 July 2010 opposite the Israeli embassy in Berlin, Germany. Firas, a Palestinian resident of occupied East Jerusalem who is married to a German national, is protesting a decision which was taken by the Israeli embassy to ban the couple’s new-born daughter from being registered as a Jerusalem resident. This decision breaches Firas’s right to live in Jerusalem with his family. "15/8/2010
The latency phase - of "terrorist babies" and "dead children strategies"Portraying "enemy" infants as proto-terrorists has obvious propaganda value: if what you thought was an innocent baby is in fact a weapon... you will be less likely to protest when it is killed. Murder becomes self-defence. The slaughter of children becomes disarmament. But there is an extension that’s worth noting: not only are we supposed to view ‘their’ children as latent terrorists; we’re supposed to believe that this is the only value they hold for their parents as well. 14/8/2010
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Over 150 Irish artists pledge to boycott IsraelThese artists are aware of the Israeli Foreign Ministry`s statement in 2005 that “We see culture as a propaganda tool of the first rank, and...do not differentiate between propaganda and culture.” These artists refuse to allow their art to be exploited by an apartheid state that disregards international law and universal principles of human rights, but look forward to the day when normal cultural relations can be re-established with an Israel that fully complies with such laws and principles."14/8/2010
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Israeli product boycott debate in Olympia cordial, passionateAbout 300 people filled Olympia Center on Thursday night for a passionate debate on a recent controversial decision by the Olympia Food Co-op board to boycott Israeli-made products. Nine of the 10 board members were at the meeting, and co-op members and nonmembers lined up early for the 6 p.m. start. By 5:30 p.m., more than 100 people stood in line; some had arrived as early as 3 p.m.14/8/2010
Palestinian reclaims land from settlementby Brian Ennis - IMEMC & Agencies "A farmer with the help of the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committee reclaimed land which had been inside of an illegal Israeli settlement."13/8/2010
Ramadan on zeroby Saleh Al-Naami - Al-Ahram Weekly "While some extra goods are now available to people in Gaza, few have the money to buy them."13/8/2010
WAFA: Hamas Security Forces Harass Palestinian Journalist In Gazaby George Rishmawi - IMEMC "WAFA said that the Hamas security forces have been harassing Husam Mughanni for the past three weeks, and summon him up to three times every week." 13/8/2010
Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (05 -11 August 2010)Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) "Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)" 13/8/2010
Netanyahu Testimony on Gaza Flotilla: PR over Human Rights and SecurityGisha - If the limitations really were, as Netanyahu claimed, necessary "to prevent the entry of weapons and war materiel into Gaza", easing them just in order to improve Israel`s public relations would seem grossly irresponsible. If they weren`t necessary for security – why were they imposed in the first place? 12/8/2010
IDF bans Israelis from Palestinian villages along West Bank highwayChaim Levinson - Haaretz - The Israel Defense Forces has decided to implement the narrowest conceivable interpretation of the verdict. For example, it is setting up much more meticulous checks along entries to the highway than those imposed on vehicles leaving Ramallah to travel on Route 60, the cross-West Bank highway used by Palestinians, settlers and Israelis. 12/8/2010
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Older Gazans recall Israelis, youth sees only armyBEN HUBBARD - The State - This means Gaza`s youth - 68 percent of its 1.5 million residents are under 25 - have no contact with people outside, which critics warn could make them more susceptible to militant groups and calls to violence. "We have a whole generation that has no chance to see the other, whether that other is an Israeli, a European, another Palestinian, anyone," said Hamdi Shaqqura of Gaza`s Palestinian Center for Human Rights. "This will push people more and more toward self-containment, further from other communities, and widen the gap with Israel." 12/8/2010
Gaza goes organicLaila El Haddad - Blog - "“Here, insects and birds are welcome. We send them personal invitations” joked Abu Yasir. The project was initially funded by Norwegian People’s Aid."11/8/2010
Foundation says hundreds more tombstones disinterredMa`an News Agency - Israeli bulldozers entered the Mamilla (Ma`man Allah) cemetery in West Jerusalem on Monday night, and began taking down headstones from Muslim graves, a statement from the Jerusalem-based Al-Aqsa Foundation for Waqf and Heritage said. The destruction of graves was the third in just over a week, with Israeli officials telling Ma`an that the graves were destroyed because they were "built illegally with the aim to take over the plot." 10/8/2010
Palestinians Denied Access To Water Stephen Lendman - Countercurrents - In 2009, Amnesty International (AI) addressed the problem in its report titled, "Troubled Waters - Palestinians Denied Fair Access to Water," explaining that water is life, stealing it a crime, without it "we can`t live; not us, not the animals, or the plants," said Fatima al-Nawajah, a South Hebron Hills area resident. Throughout the Occupied Territories, the problem is longstanding, exacerbated by Israeli water policies, denying Palestinians for themselves, preventing their right to their own resources. 10/8/2010
A movie theater opens in Jenin - video"After two years of work, the cinema of Jenin, northern West Bank, opened its doors to the public. An important day for the city residents." ob9/8/2010
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Case studies: Child workers in GazaBBC - " With Gaza`s economy devastated by years of sanctions and decades of conflict, many families send their children to work in the city`s rubbish dumps, streets and workshops...My father has been out of work for years now. I`m the only breadwinner. One of my younger brothers quit school a year ago to work but he is doing nothing because there aren`t any jobs in Gaza." ob9/8/2010
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HEBRON REFLECTION Shuhada Street: Keeping the quiet (when there’s no peace to be kept)Sarah MacDonald - CPTHebron - In November 1999, the Israeli military closed Shuhada Street to Palestinians. They locked or welded shut the doors of Palestinians shops. Even the Palestinian residents who still live on Shuhada Street can no longer use their front entrances. Instead they must take back exits and circuitous routes to stay off the street, sometimes even climbing ladders or ropes and crossing rooftops to get in and out of their homes. 9/8/2010
Doron Zahavi Accused Of Running Israel’s Abu GhraibJonathan Cook - Countercurrents - Jerusalem : A police officer known as “Major George” who is accused of torturing Arab prisoners in his previous role as chief interrogator in a secret military jail has been appointed to oversee relations with Jerusalem’s Palestinian population, it has emerged. The decision has been greeted with stunned disbelief from human rights groups, who say unresolved allegations against Major George that he brutally abused Arab prisoners for many years should disqualify him from such a sensitive post. 9/8/2010
Sep. 5 - Oct. 21, Haifa: Corrie Trial Help NeededHaifa District Court. Audience support and translators needed. Contact Jen Marlowe at donkeysaddle@gmail.com. 9/8/2010
Gaza-the prison camp that is not?Laila El-Haddad - Gazamom - "...the siege is not a siege on foods; it is a siege on freedoms – freedom to move in and out of Gaza, freedom to fish more than three miles out at to sea, freedom to learn, to work, to farm, to build, to live, to prosper." 8/8/2010
Gaza Suffers Heat and Electricity Shortage WAFA - "Amid the heat wave, from which suffers the region, Gaza Power Plant was forced to shut down due to lack of fuel." 8/8/2010
Shooting Back, With VideoDON DUNCAN - IHT - "Footage captured by Btselem’s volunteers has been key evidence in Israeli court rulings in favor of Palestinian plaintiffs."" 8/8/2010
WE DO NOT OBEYIt is not us who break the law - the State of Israel has been the chief lawbreaker for decades. It is not us, women with a civic and democratic awareness, who have gone too far. The State of Israel has gone too far and is driving us all off a precipice, perhaps even into self-destruction. -ao7/8/2010
VIDEO 5 year old Palestinian child tries to stop police from dragging his dad away Watch Fadel Jaber brutally dragged from his home near Hebron for "stealing" water (ahh, the rich irony). His son almost gets trampled by police in the attempt to stop them. Unfortunately for police, Sky News were there. - ao7/8/2010
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Contact Authorities about the Harrasment of Prof. Mazin QumsiyehOn Monday Aug. 9 Qumsiyeh, a dual Palestinian-American citizen and nonviolent organizer, is summoned to 2 "interviews" at military locations. Contact authorities to prevent his arrest.7/8/2010
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Emily Henochowicz Speaks Out: Art Student Who Lost Her Eye After Being Shot by Israeli Tear Gas Canister in West Bank Protest Discusses Her Life, Her Art, and Why She Plans to ReturnAMY GOODMAN: You also have Israeli citizenship? EMILY HENOCHOWICZ: I do. They haven’t taken that, so... You know, my heart has been there, and now that I have been changed physically for my whole entire life, I have to go back there. It is part of me... I must say that one reason that I’ve felt so strongly about supporting the Palestinians is that they’ve been so incredibly friendly and open to me and other internationals — just really warm people... So I have to go back. -ao7/8/2010
Hamas wing welcomes Egyptian resistanceGaza City - Ma`an "Hamas` armed wing the Al-Qassam Brigades released a statement late Thursday night attesting total non-involvement with the Monday rocket launches that hit Eilat and Aqaba." 6/8/2010
Police and settlers clash following West Bank outpost demolitionsBy Chaim Levinson - Haaretz "Four people arrested; Settlers torch Palestinian fields in response to the demolition of several wooden structures at the outpost Mitzpe Avihai near Kiryat Arba."6/8/2010
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Shooting back : Palestinian filmmaking culture grows from NGO projectDon Duncan - Le Monde Diplomatique - The presence of cameras, now on both Palestinian and Israeli sides, has deterred violence and abuse. But three years after launching the project, Btselem has seen another, unintended consequence. “People started to take this tool, the video camera, and use it as a way to express themselves, to tell stories,” said Gross. “We didn’t train them to do that. We trained them to document human rights violations. But pretty soon we got the sense that this can be a powerful tool for them to empower themselves.” 5/8/2010
Coordinator of the Popular Struggle Committees denied exit at King Hussein’s BridgeIyad Burnat - friends-of-freedom-and-justice-bilin - On August 4, 2010 about 1 PM, Mohammed Khatib from Bil’in was denied exit to Jordan via King Hussein Bridge. Khatib was on his way to Spain via Amman when Israeli border officials prevented him from crossing the border to Jordan. Denying the leaders of the non-violent Popular Struggle to go abroad is clearly an attempt to silence Palestinians who speak about human rights violations committed by Israel. 5/8/2010
Preserving Palestine: The Environmental Politics of the Green Intifada Leah Hunt-Hendrix - MIFTAH - Bustan Qaraaqa is part of the wave of grassroots activism around the world, which identifies a connection between politics and lifestyle, between developing a healthy relationship with the environment and social empowerment. Living simply and sustainably can become a method of getting beyond a dependency on party politics, delinking oneself from the interest-driven system of money and power that dominates official political programs. Bustan Qaraaqa identifies itself as part of a Green Intifada, a grassroots democratic movement based on an ethic of caring for the environment and community. 5/8/2010
Sending Palestinian Student Delegation to USA WAFA - "The students included Palestinians from the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and over 20 from the Gaza Strip."4/8/2010
Hamas "morality" campaign restricts civil liberties in Gaza Mel Frykberg - The Electronic Intifada - Gazans are caught between a rock and a hard place. While Israel continues to apply a crippling siege on the coastal territory, Gaza`s Hamas government is cracking down on civil and political liberties in what appears to be a campaign to slowly Islamicize Gaza. 4/8/2010
Four hours, forty minutes and three Jewish women- that’s all it took a father to pass Qalandiya checkpoint so that he could identify the body of his deceased son Tamar Fleishman - Machsomwatch - Would an inquiry make it possible for us to understand this reality? A reality in which every action which seems simple to us, for the Palestinians is really an excruciating procedure? A reality in which nothing in their life is simple, and everything is either extremely complicated or utterly impossible?4/8/2010
The Music Man of GazaLaila El-Haddad - Gazamom - "I was shocked to learn that the institute was bombed multiple times and ultimately burned completely to the ground by Israeli forces during their assault on Gaza. Abu Anas told me that no instruments were spared." 4/8/2010
Bil`in, Monday: three 14-year-olds driven away in an army ambulance Iyad Burnat - They were detained by soldiers behind the wall for three hours. While behind the wall their families tried to negotiate for their release to no avail. Then the three were taken away in an army ambulance. 3/8/2010
Report from the latest settler takover in the Old City Hagit Ofran - Eyes On The Ground in East Jerusalem - Nine Palestinian families, about 50 people in all, lived in the house. They went to a wedding in the evening. When they came back, they found their homes occupied by a group of some 30 settlers, protected by the police.3/8/2010
In Gaza, a Hamas informer and a UAV have just one nameAmira Hass - Haaretz - "There are three types of zanana - the first kind watches us and photographs every movement and every person; the second type shoots missiles at us ... " Thus spoke an official of the Prisoners` Affairs Ministry in Gaza, formerly a Fatah stronghold. He looked very serious as he sorted through the various types, but when he got to the third type, his eyes twinkled in a way typical of many Gazans: "And the third type, the only purpose of the third type is to annoy us, to give us a headache." [bz]3/8/2010
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Week 2252 of Occupation Daniel Breslau - Occupation Magazine - When talks are bad for peace - The prison diet improves - Wave of West Bank demolitions continues2/8/2010
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