Tag: Bethlehem
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Destroying the Wall in Umm Salamuna
Two Israeli solidarity activists arrested on Nakba commemoration day by the ISM Media Crew, 18 May 2007 On May 18 2007, a demonstration commemorating the Nakba (the “Catastrophe,” when Israel forcibly displaced three quarters of a million Palestinians from their homes, massacred civilians, and the razing to the ground of hundreds of Palestinian villages) took…
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Please don’t shit on the apricots
by: Yifat Appelbaum this is an infographic Today I feel frustrated. I sat in a cute little apricot orchard in a village near Beit Lahem as the army watched us through binoculars from the hill, a menacing bulldozer in the background. They’re going to ‘doze this orchard to make way for sewage pipes from the…
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“(VIDEO) Don’t s**t on our apricots!”
“Don’t S**T on our apricots!” by Martinez, 16 May 2007 Mohammad Abu Swai, who holds the deeds to this land, explains the situation in Artas village Maybe it was because the word was spread, the call was headed, and 4 Israeli and 9 international solidarity activists joined Palestinians in the village of Artas today to…
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Call to Action: Israeli army to uproot trees in Artas village
Bulldozers waiting to uproot Palestinian trees in the morning in Artas village by the ISM Media Crew, 15 May 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 15 May 2007 Artas Village, BETHLEHEM– At 10am tomorrow, Wednesday May 16, Israeli Occupation Forces will demolish a field of olive trees in the Palestinian village of Artas, according to residents of…
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AIC: Paying for the Occupation
The Village of Husan Near Bethlehem by Cara Loverock, 14 May 2007 In the Palestinian village of Husan , Mahmoud, like so many farmers in the West Bank, faces daily challenges in having his land close to a settlement, which brings harassment, destruction and abuse with no help in sight. Mahmoud lives in the village…