Category Archives: Reports/Video

Video: Paterson, NJ raises the Palestinian flag over city hall for Palestinian-American Day

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Annie Robbins

One day after the Palestinian flag reached the top of the world, a flag raising ceremony was held in Paterson, New Jersey (video 3:12) accompanied by the Palestinian national anthem and cheers of “Long Live Palestine”.

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Clashes break out across the West Bank as Palestinians mark the Nakba

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Allison Deger

Clashes broke out across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, yesterday as Palestinians marked the 65th anniversary of the Nakba. Allison Deger reports from Ofer prison where protesters faced off with Israeli soldiers.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports, Reports/Video | 29 Comments

Video: Palestinian refugees from Syria speak out

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Mosireen

Listen to these Palestinians, now yet again refugees in another land. First the Zionist armies exiled them from their villages in Palestine in 1948, now the armies of Bashar exiled them from Syria, which had became a temporary home.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Middle East, Reports/Video, syria | 16 Comments

B’Tselem Video: Mass arrest of Palestinian children on their way to school in Hebron

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Annie Robbins

B’Tselem this morning urgently contacted the Army’s Legal Advisor for Judea and Samaria, demanding his emergency intervention regarding the detention of numerous children, including some as young as 8 to 10 years old, by the Israeli military this morning in Hebron.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, On the ground reports, Reports/Video | 20 Comments

Illegal outpost ‘security officer’ caught on tape beating Palestinian tending herd as Israeli soldiers stand around

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Annie Robbins

Incidents caught on tape of settlers and soldiers working in synchronization have been stacking up. This incident occurred last Saturday near the illegal expanding outpost ‘Avigail’ in the South Hebron Hills near the Palestinian village of Susya.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video | 8 Comments

Video: Israeli settler lecturing Palestinian farmers — ‘You’ll all be our slaves, if you’re worthy, if you behave well’

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Annie Robbins

Above is a video recorded December 27, 2012 by a B’Tselem volunteer in Yasuf, a Palestinian village located in the heart of the West Bank. It documents a Jewish settler attempting to convince Palestinian farmers he is the rightful owner of their land. Yasuf is almost completely surrounded by settlements and villagers have been denied access to thousands of dunams of their land since 2001. In addition, Yasuf has suffered violent settler attacks for years.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, Reports/Video | 134 Comments

Existence is Resistance does the Harlem Shake

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Harlem Shake videos from New York and Palestine.

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In solidarity with Hebron, London shops get a taste of the occupation

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Nancy Kiousi

On Saturday, February 23rd activists in London staged a multiple boycott action and protest at the Israeli Embassy, in support of the Palestinians in Al-Khalil (Hebron).

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video | 6 Comments

For Samer Issawi: Tribute to a Jerusalem son

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Susan Abulhawa

Video of a poem by Susan Abulhawa.

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Video: ‘TMZ’ interviews Emad Burnat on LAX detention

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

TMZ covers what it calls, “the story of the day” and interviews Emad Burnat on being detained at Los Angeles International Airport on his way to the Academny Awards this Sunday.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video, US Politics | 15 Comments

Following Palestinian call, protests held in 40 European cities demanding end to international trade with Israeli agribusiness

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

In Europe, protests targeted Mehadrin, a large Israeli export company that supplies citrus fruits, dates and other fresh produce to supermarkets across Europe. The company operates in illegal Israeli settlements, is involved in the theft of Palestinian land and water and employs Palestinian workers forced to work in illegal settlements in unsafe conditions for as little as €11 per day.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video | 6 Comments

Video: Israeli Foreign Ministry film on Jerusalem features the Dome of the Rock being replaced by a Jewish temple

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Kate

Ynet: The Foreign Ministry created an elaborate video titled The Truth about Jerusalem, in which Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon presents Israel’s capital as a diverse and pluralistic city. The result, however, seemed potentially problematic to the ministry – as it featured a segment in which an animated Dome of the Rock was essentially disintegrating.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Reports/Video, Today in Palestine | 14 Comments

UN fact-finding mission: Israeli settlements violate intl law; Israel must ‘immediately initiate a process of withdrawal’; Governments and companies must ‘[terminate] their business interests in the settlements’

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

A U.N. fact-finding mission into “the implications of the Israeli settlements on the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of the Palestinian people throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory” has issued a blockbuster report on the Israeli settlement project warning of “creeping annexation” of the occupied territories and making the closest call yet from the U.N. for sanctioning Israel over its violation of Palestinian human rights and international law.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Reports/Video, Settlers/Colonists | Tagged | 146 Comments

Lupe Fiasco removed from inauguration event after criticizing Obama

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Adam Horowitz

Lupe Fiasco was removed from the stage at an Obama inauguration event after he performed his song “Words I Never Said” which criticizes President Obama for remaining silent during Operation Cast Lead.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Media, Reports/Video, US Policy in the Middle East, US Politics | 21 Comments

Activists steadfast as Bab al-Shams violently evicted by Israeli soldiers – ‘We will not remain silent as Israel continues to build Jewish-only colonies on our land’

Posted on January 13, 2013 by Popular Struggle Coordination Committee
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Last night, shortly before 3 a.m. local time, hundreds of Israeli soldiers and police officers raided the Palestinian protest encampment of Bab al-Shams (Gate of the Sun), and violently evicted its 150 inhabitants. The massive police force began by removing journalists and proceeded to drag people away, beating some of them. Six Palestinians required medical care at the Ramallah Hospital.

Posted in Activism, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, On the ground reports, Reports/Video | 3 Comments

Australian activists: ‘Don’t buy Israeli apartheid for Christmas’

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Kim Bullimore

On December 7, more than 140 Palestine solidarity activists and human rights supporters in Melbourne staged a peaceful BDS action as part of the “Don’t Buy Israeli Apartheid for Christmas” national week of action around Australia.

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The mosque too small to die

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Annie Robbins

Two weeks ago Israeli authorities demolished this mosque in the occupied West Bank. In this video, villagers recover the loudspeaker that called them to prayer and prop it on the rubble, as a symbol of resistance to occupation

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Nakba, Occupation, Reports/Video | 1 Comment

Hebron teen was killed by Israelis minutes after buying cake for his 17th birthday — PCHR

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Allison Deger

More doubts have emerged over the shooting of a Hebron 17-year-old who was on his way home with birthday cake. Today B’tselem posted the above video of Mohammed Salayme moments after he was killed by an Israeli border police officer on Wednesday, December 11, 2012.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Occupation, Reports/Video | 21 Comments

Video: Writers reflect on the Palestine Festival of Literature in Gaza

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

More on the 2012 Palestine Festival of Literature in Gaza here.

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Video: Palestinian women occupy Israeli military base in West Bank to protest Gaza attack

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

Video of a daring protest in the West Bank where activists protested the Israeli attack on Gaza in an Israeli military base.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, On the ground reports, Reports/Video | 4 Comments

A witness to history: Report from the UC Irvine divestment vote

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Estee Chandler

Estee Chandler writes about witnessing the historic UC Irvine vote for divestment on November 13, 2012.

Posted in Activism, BDS, Israel/Palestine, Occupation, Reports/Video | Tagged | 11 Comments

Video: Survivors of Israeli attack on Gaza says bombs continued to fall on the al-Shoja’iya neighborhood as civilians raised white flags

Posted on November 12, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

A video that interviews two survivors of the Israeli attack on the al-Shoja’iya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

Posted in Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Reports/Video | 8 Comments

Video: Children in Nabi Saleh stand up to Israeli military

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Kate

WATCH: Palestinian child chases the occupation forces after they arrested her brother Waed al-Tamimi in the village of Nabi Saleh 2 Nov — They are the children of the prisoner Bassem Al Tamimi and the recently released prisoner Nariman Al … Continue reading →

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Israeli leader of movement to expel African asylum-seekers driven by fear of miscegenation

Posted on October 10, 2012 by David Sheen

A leader of the movement to expel all non-Jewish African asylum-seekers from Israel reveals the real reason for much of the racism: opposition to inter-racial relationships.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Reports/Video | 5 Comments

Tel Aviv and the failure of the Zionist dream

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Allison Deger

Mondoweiss Assistant Editor Allison Deger just arrived in Israel/Palestine and will be based in the West Bank for the next three months. Here she describes arriving in Tel Aviv, the supposed crown jewel of the Zionist movement. But whereas Herzl imagined theatres in every major European language, the real “old new land” is part dump and part shopping malls, with no Palestinians in sight.

Posted in Israel/Palestine, Nakba, On the ground reports, Reports/Video | 349 Comments