From the video’s YouTube page:
On Israeli Independence Day, same day that marks the premeditated ethnic cleansing of ~700,000 Palestinians in order to create a Jewish majority by force, the Israeli police besieged the offices of Zochrot at the heart of Tel-Aviv in order to prevent the activists present from holding a very symbolic memorial activity for that day.
This video shows arriving at the place already besieged by the police, the people inside prevented from leaving and those outside prevented from entering the office building.
At the time of writing this, police is still present as well as over 100 citizens demonstrating outside the offices. The police attacked and arrested some demonstrators, while preventing entry-exit to the office.
Activists from Zochrot were planning on commemorating the Nakba on Israel Independence Day by publicly reading the names of Palestinian villages that were destroyed in 1948, similar to actions they have taken in recent years.
Update: Here are photos from Activestills —
Israeli anti riot police arrest a left wing activist, after Israeli police blocked the exit from an event of Zochrot organization, commemorating the Palestinian Nakba, in central Tel Aviv, April 25, 2012. Israeli police blocked the exit from the event, claiming activists were planning to take part in actions commemorating the Nakba during celebrations of Israel’s Independence day in Tel Aviv. 3 activists were arrested, while all the people at the event were asked to show their ID’s in order to be able to leave the place. (Photos & Caption: Activestills)
We’ll post updates as we receive them.
The state has decreed that memories are banned and must be destroyed. Big Brother is watching you.
“We’re allergic to the truth, so every time you guys open your mouths we get rashes and heartburn. That’s not fair, very inconsiderate, rude and anti-semitic!” – IDF
pokemonspokesmani’m reading the #nakba hashtag on twitter. this is making me cry.
Hi Annie,
One more correction:
celebrations of Israeli Independence day = celebrations of Israel’s Independence day
No need to thank me, Annie. I want Mondoweiss to be a success and you know how easy it is for the usual suspects to sidetrack very important topics and subjects with their claptrap, distortions, half-truths and baloney. United we stand strong.
Daniel
My telephone number used to end with “1115” which was (I thought) the date of the PLO’s declaration of the Palestinian State in 1988. For a while my answering message made some reference to this, but my wife made me change it. Just 6 months after 5/15 which I thought was Israel’s B-day.
Happy 15th of November anybody? Keep it in mind, I don’t know why.