Category Archives: On the ground reports

Why young Palestinians chant the word ‘thoura’

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Philip Weiss

I ask a Palestinian student if he has ever been to the sea, which he can see from his home. His answer reflects the widespread desperation among Palestinians and the call for revolutionary change.

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‘Cruelest demolition’ kills Palestinians’ sheep and signals political tension with Europeans

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Philip Weiss

German government has defied Israeli occupation in supporting solar project in a Palestinian village crowded by settlements

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Gaza sit-in, rally back Khader Adnan; general strike set for Tuesday

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Joe Catron

Every Monday morning the families of 445 Gaza Palestinians detained by Israel occupy the courtyard of Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross headquarters to demand that the ICRC fulfill its obligation to protect the rights of their imprisoned relatives. This week’s gathering was infused with fresh energy and a singular focus as Khader Adnan.

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In Jerusalem, the Nakba is a fresh memory

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Everywhere I went in Jerusalem my first day here, I heard talk of the Nakba

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Checkpoint snapshot

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Omar Barakat

We were moving at snails pace through the checkpoint of one of the Palestinian territories. That is where his voice keeps echoing, “How could you do this to an old man, he did nothing to you.”

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Khader Adnan is honored at Bil’in protest

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Philip Weiss

Palestinians unfurl huge image of hunger striker Khader Adnan at weekly Bil’in protest in occupied Palestine

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Book Review: ‘A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship’

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Annie Robbins

The Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) book A Child’s View from Gaza: Palestinian Children’s Art and the Fight Against Censorship offers a behind the scenes window into a continued struggle to give voice to a people whose cultural identity has been assaulted, ignored, hidden, repressed, attacked and stolen.

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Khader Adnan, 61 days on a hunger strike, near death

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A Palestinian prisoner on his 61st day of hunger strike while shackled to a bed in an Israeli hospital is in immediate danger of death, according to a medical report submitted to the supreme court in an effort to secure his release.

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Hadad (mourning)

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Morgan

A bus crash tragedy killing 10 Palestinian children near Jerusalem quickly becomes political.

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News roundup on the 59th day of Khader Adnan’s hunger strike

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Today in Palestine

As Khader Adnan entered his 59th day on hunger strike, his wife Randa appealed for the international community to end his isolation and save his life.

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Thirsting for justice

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Ishraq Othman and Leila Al-Najjar

Participating in “Youth for the Right to Water and Sanitation” project (YRWS) has opened our eyes to a deeper and wider range of information regarding the water crisis that Palestinians have been suffering from, for years.

Posted in Activism, Gaza, Israel/Palestine, Israeli Government, Middle East, Nakba, Occupation, On the ground reports | 15 Comments

Israeli military escalating arrests in Hebron of boys aged 12-15 years old; at least 10 children arrested last week

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Hebron: At least 10 children arrested by Israeli military in one week The extreme Golani Unit of the Israeli military is escalating its arrests of Palestinian children in Al Khalil (Hebron), targeting boys between the ages of 12 to15 years … Continue reading →

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Israeli military court extends administrative detention for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq

Posted on February 11, 2012 by International Solidarity Movement and Tanweer Enlightenment Forum

The Israel military court has extended administrative detention for two months in addition to three months already detained for civil rights lawyer Dr. Yousef Abdul Haq, a lecturer at An-Najah National University and the Cultural Coordinator for the Tanweer Palestinian Cultural Enlightenment Forum.

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As Khader Adnan struggles through his 55th day on a hunger strike, a reminder that he has not been charged with a crime

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Khader Adnan enters the 55th day of his hungry strike in Israeli detention, he has not been charged with anything Palestinian hunger striker nearing death A Palestinian prisoner on a hunger strike for 55 days to protest against his detention … Continue reading →

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The journey to the border

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Sarah Ziyad

We published the sequel to this journey before the journey itself. This is an amazing first journey of one young Palestinian woman to the home of her father, who was expelled in ’67. It’s important, it’s revealing and sometimes startling. … Continue reading →

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Settlers spray ‘Death to Christians’ on a monastery, ‘Death to Arabs’ on a school and ‘Mohammad is a pig’ on village entrance

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Today in Palestine

More “pricetag” attacks by Israeli settlers

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Palestinian cars sprayed with unknown materials at Israeli checkpoints

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Abir Kopty

Abir Kopty investigates the spreading of a strange unknown chemical–now used in a Jenin checkpoint–which gasses Palestinian cars in searches by the Israeli military.

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Israeli police shoot international activist in the neck during weekly Nabi Saleh protest

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Adam Horowitz

A French woman was hit in the back of her neck with a tear-gas projectile shot directly at her by a group of Israeli Border Police officers during the weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh yesterday. The IDF reported she was hit by a protesters stone. More that 20 were injured during the demonstration.

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New Knesset bill, ‘Regulation of the Bedouin settlement in the Negev’ seeks to turn Bedouin dispossession into law

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Today in Palestine

A new bill seeks to turn the controversial Prawer Plan into Israeli law. If the Knesset passes the legislation, it will pave the way for Israel to step up its efforts to disposess the Negev’s Bedouin and relocate them to impoverished townships.

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Tadamun: Israel detained student because of computer engineering graduate project

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Tadamun: Israel detained student because of his graduate project The international Tadamun society for human rights said the Israeli occupation forces detained about one month ago a university student from Tulkarem city because of his graduate research project. link to … Continue reading →

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Witness to the occupation in the South Hebron Hills

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Rosamond Robertson

‘A Country is Not Just What it Does-it is Also About What it Tolerates’. – Kurt Tucholsk. Words at the entrance of Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial museum. All day it rained and rained relentlessly, turning to stinging hail at … Continue reading →

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In the last 24 hours an orgy of land theft and political arrests of children

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Today in Palestine

Land Theft & Destruction / Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Restriction of Movement / Apartheid / Refugees Breaking: Israeli bulldozer, soldiers destroy entire community of Beit Arabiya in West Bank, Philip Weiss Tne tragic night in the West … Continue reading →

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Israel’s Al Jalame prison: ‘Palestinian children are locked in solitary confinement for days or even weeks’

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Annie Robbins

The Guardian published a scathing article over the weekend by Harriet Sherwood on human rights abuses suffered by Palestinian children in Al Jalame prison in northern Israel.

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Children in Nabi Saleh play their favorite game called ‘Mustafa Tamimi’ during weekly protests

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Today in Palestine

this is the game #NabiSaleh kids were playing yesterday..the one called #MustafaTamimi facebook.com/photo.php?fbid… it’s their fave from what i hear — Linah Alsaafin (@LinahAlsaafin) January 21, 2012 Attacks on Protests Against Land Theft / Land, Property Theft & Destruction / … Continue reading →

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Gaza youth hear about Israel lobby’s role from Abunimah via Skype

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Yousef M. Aljamal

For the second week in a row, the Center for Political Development Studies holds a video link on the role of the Zionist lobby in US elections. Ali Abunimah, the founder of The Electronic Intifada, joined Gaza activists via Skype … Continue reading →

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