Israel

Israeli settler kids stoning Human Rights Observer

Hub Interns 2008 — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:03:07 -0700

In Hebron there are about 500 jewish settlers living in tiny settlements in the city of Hebron among around 250.000 Palestinians, whom they terrorize on a daily basis. There are around 4.000 soldiers to protect the settlers in the city. Usually its necessary to protect the palastinians from those settlers, but the army fails to do that.

B'Tselem: Demolition of houses, Tulkarm District

btselem — Sun, 04 May 2008 01:11:36 -0700

On 31 January 2008, the Civil Administration delivered to two homeowners in Far'un, a village south of Tulkarm, notice that orders had been issued to demolish their houses, which lie close to the Separation Barrier. In 2007, the Civil Administration demolished seven houses in the village that were situated near the route of the barrier. The authorities claimed that the houses were constructed without a building permit. www.btselem.org

Pen World Voices Festival: BOMB panel, May 1, 2008

Denise — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:59:44 -0700

WRITING PLACE, FINDING REFUGE

An event of the PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature

Event Details
When: Thursday, May 1
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
Time: 7 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Featuring authors Fatou Diome, Xioalu Guo, Etgar Keret, and Nuruddin Farah; moderated by Rick Moody

Co-presented by BOMB Magazine and the Brooklyn Public Library

BOMB Magazine

B'Tselem: West Bank road for Israelis only - Route 443

btselem — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:30:23 -0700

Route 443 serves Israeli commuters traveling between the two largest cities in Israel – Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The road runs through the West Bank, but Palestinians are strictly prohibited from using it. In the past, Route 443 was the main thoroughfare serving the southern Ramallah district. In 1988, Israel expropriated land from Palestinian villagers living along the road in order to widen it, claiming that the road would serve their villages as well. However in 2002, the army prohibited Palestinian traffic on the road, stating 'security reasons'. www.btselem.org

Israeli military attacks weekly Bil'in protest - 17 injured including 7 journalists

emadbronat — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:25:57 -0700

Friday March 28, 2008 16:51

Scores of residents of Bil'in, a village near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, along with their international and Israeli supporters, took to the streets on Friday to conduct their weekly nonviolent protest against the Israeli Wall and illegal confiscation of the village's land.
Israeli troops manning the wall and its gate that cuts off the villagers from their land showered the protesters with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets immediately after the protesters reached the gate.

Checkpoint part 6

Krillian — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:17:44 -0700

An Israeli Human Rights group details the daily grind of Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints throught the occupied territories.

B'Tselem

Drying up Palestine - part 1

gournafilms — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:52:04 -0700

This is the first 'chapter' of Drying up Palestine, a 28-minute documentary on water issues in the occupied West Bank, made by Rima Essa and Peter Snowdon.

Nablus: Military Operation Hot Winter - Day 4

a-films — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:47:55 -0800

http://a-films.blogspot.com
This is the third video clip dealing with the military operation "Hot Winter" in Nablus, occupied Palestine.

After temporarily withdrawing part of their troops, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) re-invaded the city and particularly the Old City around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, February 28, 2007. Since then, the IOF have resumed their operation in the Old City and the Ras al-Ein area right above it.

The footage of this clip was filmed on Wednesday, 28th of February 2007.

This short clip can be downloaded in full quality at:

Nablus: Military Operation Hot Winter - Day 2

a-films — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:35:56 -0800

http://a-films.blogspot.com
Here's the clip of the second day of the IOF's operation "Hot Winter" in Nablus. The Israeli army kept going from house to house, looking for what they call "wanted" people. However, they haven't found those they were actually looking for but instead arrested and detained scores of other residents.

This video can be downloaded in full quality at:
http://a-films.blogspot.com/2007/01/video-operation-hot-winter.html

This short clip is a co-production of a-films and RJI.

Nablus: Military Operation Hot Winter - Day 1

a-films — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:32:20 -0800

http://a-films.blogspot.com
This is part of our work on the military operation (named "Hot Winter") in Nablus, Palestine.