Pictures are frrom Hamde Abu's photostream. On facebook, Hamde reports that CRH refers to an Irish cement company.
Four people were arrested today, including a female journalist and an international activist. Prior to the demonstration, two Israeli activists broached the Wall and attempted to post flyers calling for the arrest of the soldier who shot Emad Rizka in the forehead at last Friday’s demonstration. When soldiers approached them, they moved away, and soldiers instead arrested two Al-Jazeera cameramen who were sitting in a car by the Wall.
Injuries this week consisted of a girl who was struck from behind with a tear gas canister. Cameraman Haitham al-Khatib was also hit in his stomach by a canister. The international activist who was arrested was treated roughly by the soldiers, who ripped off his gas mask and threw him to the ground, resulting in a 3-inch gash on his leg and a wound to his ear.
Today’s demonstration was held in solidarity with the actions of IPSC – the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign – which is organizing major demonstrations this week against the Irish multinational company CRH. CRH acquired a 25% shareholding in the Israeli group Mashav Initiating and Development Ltd, which is the holding company for Nesher Cement. Nesher is the sole Israeli cement company, meaning it supplies cement and building materials for the ongoing construction of the illegal Separation Wall, the Jerusalem Light Railway project, the illegal colonial settlements and the network of apartheid settler-only roads, underpasses, bridges and tunnels in occupied Palestine.
I continue to find myself at a loss for words when I see this. Part of me doesn’t want to believe that human beings could still do this sort of thing to other human beings in the 21st century.
I could not agree with you more, Chaos.
Israel: the symbol for barbarity masquerading as a democracy, as a matter of national policy. That’s where the disgust lies. At least African countries dont hold themselves as some phony ideal; it’s tribe against tribe, dictator against dictator. And at least in this country, which promulgates the same democratic bullshit, there are those among us who say that we are criminal, immoral, in our behavior towards other countries.
The question that drives me is always: What can I do? How can I best make a difference?
The only answer I find is to keep trying to tell the world what is happening, to counter Israeli lies.
potsherd, simply being educated on issues you are doing a great service. We mustn’t forget that ignorance, most importantly perpetuated ignorance, is one of the biggest enemies to be defeated in this conflict.
Potsherd ~ If you have the time/money/inclination you could go to Palestine and volunteer with ISM. They extend an open invitation to people around the world.
link to palsolidarity.org
As of right now the page is down – it may have been hacked, I’m sure it’ll be back up again in a day or two.
I’m seriously considering doing that myself, though I’d like to finish my degree. I suppose ideally, I’d want to finish school, help out the ISM and then get involved in an NGO/non-profit working with the Palestinians.
Me also Chaos – a few things need to fall into place but I’ve set myself a goal of getting there within a year.
I’m a photographer so as well as ISM work I’ll be pursuing that as well. I was working in the UAE 2007/08, and even visited Jordan and met Palestinians – but didn’t have a grasp of the issue at the time, “thank you” mainstream media for appalling coverage. I’m kicking myself now, because it would have been very easy to go to Palestine while working in the region, but so be it. You get to things as you get to things..
I find the prospect a little daunting given the IDF are responding to NV-protest with live rounds but ISM does much more attend Palestinian rallies – it’s an acceptable risk. Maybe I’ll see you there :-)
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I’m not sure that my spirit can stop Israeli bullets.
I just want to report that the link to Hamde Abu’s facebook page returns this:
OK, this is what I meant:
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