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Action Friday: Celebrate Five Years of Anti-Wall protest in Bil’in.
Last week, 2.5 years after an Israeli Supreme Court decision deeming the path of the Wall on the lands of Bil’in illegal, preliminary infrastructure work to reroute the barrier in accordance with the ruling has finally began. Since the ruling, the state has twice been found in contempt of the court, for not implementing the decision. This Friday, the people of Bil’in, joined by Israeli and international supporters, will mark the five year anniversary to demonstrations … Read entire article »
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Bilin Weekly Demo Against the Wall: February 5, 2010.
Working on getting a translation but images pretty much speak for themselves. … Read entire article »
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Yeela Ranaan: RCUV(Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev) Action Alert
Blows, Arrests, Home Demolitions and Crop Destruction in the Unrecognized Bedouin Villages in the Negev And what you can do to help! by Yeela Raanan, Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev (RCUV) On Tuesday this week the Government of Israel destroyed crops in the Bedouin village of Al-Mazraa. “Crops” hardly describes the one inch-high wheat that the community has managed to grow in the desert land. The Bedouin farmers do not have water allocations like … Read entire article »
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Al-Tal’a by David Shulman.
January 30, 2010 Al-Tal’a, Um Zaituna “The most desperate fights are often the most hopeful,” Istvan says to me as we stand on the hill looking down at the shepherds and their sheep. You can always rely on Istvan for the surprising Hungarian perspective on things—not usually an optimistic one, but humane and morally acute in a dark, perhaps ironic way. This is his fourth trip with us to South Hebron. He likes the Ta’ayush mode, which he thinks exemplifies the central Gandhian principle: what is inside shapes what is outside; if you can overcome your own weaknesses and fear, you will have an incalculable effect on the most recalcitrant situation. Besides, there’s another consideration of a totally … Read entire article »
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Female Soldiers Break the Silence
The organization Breaking the Silence heroically collects testimony from soldiers about crimes committed against Palestinians. They are releasing their first report by female soldiers. It contains an account of a child killed by a rubber bullet to the abdomen, whose death was covered up. “A female Border Guard detailed to protocol she called ‘dismantling rubber’ – the dismantling of rubber bullets from clusters of three to single bullets, and peeling the rubber off of them. She … Read entire article »
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“You have a choice! Israeli Anti-Militarists Speak”
Four Israelis—Dorothy Naor, Sergeiy Sander and Eli Fabrikant, and Ofer Golani—talking about their personal histories, political views and activism in 132 short films.