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LAST YEAR'S POSTS (Summer 2006) Visiting Occupied PalestineUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger51125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-82289119284784546812008-06-20T05:57:00.000-07:002008-06-21T02:13:02.633-07:00Update on Ibrahim (shot in leg last Friday)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxOncq2pUKgatFzHuY2LTz_3HmH0Z51NMKRli9TooIvj6jeLtjo5sTI86q4qWBByzkqeBwe3LEbtViV_YzMZ_Sl8z9NyFoUCirSHLTSEQ9Rl7IWYeMv0TvEHzqZ1jhrP3l-_S/s1600-h/ibrahimbanner%2520optimized.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214259749213674738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxOncq2pUKgatFzHuY2LTz_3HmH0Z51NMKRli9TooIvj6jeLtjo5sTI86q4qWBByzkqeBwe3LEbtViV_YzMZ_Sl8z9NyFoUCirSHLTSEQ9Rl7IWYeMv0TvEHzqZ1jhrP3l-_S/s400/ibrahimbanner%2520optimized.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Just called a couple of internationals staying in Bil'in -Good news, Ibrahim is doing much better. After his surgery his bleeding wouldn't stop and they were about to try to transfer him from Ramallah to Jerusalem, but they eventually stopped the bleeding and now, a week later, he is no longer in intensive care.<br /><br />Also, today's protest in Bil'in was successful with protestors affixing posters of Ibrahim to the Apartheid Wall. They were able to reach the fence and open the outer gate before being tear gassed. No serious injuries.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com52tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-3395483039522289102008-06-14T02:28:00.000-07:002008-06-14T11:28:51.838-07:00Bil'in: Activist/Artist Shot with Live Ammo by Israeli Soldiers<span style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline">See Video Here: </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1ibN40FJE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1ibN40FJE</a><a href="http://www.bilin-ffj.org/">http://www.bilin-ffj.org/</a><br />We were very sorry to learn today that our friend Ibraheem Bornat was shot yesterday at the weekly Bil'in demonstration and badly wounded. He was shot with 3 live bullets in the thigh, severing an artery and a nerve and causing major blood loss. According to the Bil'in popular committee.<br /><br />Ibrahim is currently in the hospital in critical condition and undergoing surgery. It is not clear if he will be able to walk. Although we only met him briefly during the Bi'lin conference, I would call him a friend because he immediately made a strong impression as a kind and gentle person. He is from Bi'in village, and is a very quiet and warm person -- you would never know what he had been through if you didn't ask. He has been attending the peacful protests in Bi'lin for a long time and was once shot in the head at 10 meters distance with a tear gas canister, breaking his skull. We asked him about the large soft scar in the center of his forehead -- exactly in the shape of the pointed end of the metal tear gas canisters that soldiers shoot from their M16s and from which he now makes his art (see below). He says he was unconscious for 20 days after the incident and even now has trouble reading.<br /><br />Demonstrations in Bi'lin are peaceful and the effort is deliberately nonviolent. Sometimes young boys throw stones (harmlessly) at the (protected) soldiers, and in this case Ibraheem was trying to (symbolically) damage the wall that is build on his village's land by an illegal occupation army. It seems clear to me that the Israeli soldiers will use any excuse to inflict the maximum harm on protestors, while still trying to maintain an image of a "moral" army. Even assuming that the army has the right to dispers protesters on Palestinian land, the army has long used live ammo or misused tear gas canisters causing injury and death to hundreds of palestinians. This is well documented by respected Israeli and international human<br />rights organizations like Btselem and Amnesty International.<br /><br />From video footage it appears that during the demonstration he began trying to damage the Apartheid Wall with stones when Israeli soldiers opened fire. Again, you can see the video of the shooting here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1ibN40FJE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1ibN40FJE</a><a href="http://www.bilin-ffj.org/">http://www.bilin-ffj.org/</a><br /><br />For a full report, see: <a href="http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2008/06/13/ibrahim-burnat-shot-by-live-ammunition-in-bilin/">http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/2008/06/13/ibrahim-burnat-shot-by-live-ammunition-in-bilin/</a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBL7l91u3KtZDD2T8R7W91OQAQZH207tJPt8ldE7H-XKr9d1Du8V6L8g5MMgH0QiMz8rVmDYWBwUacHOmT65U5_nLDLoJsypz_wlFxcQ5xojuwuv3CkRnHwQ1pnyL1cD-J5oa/s1600-h/bulletart.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211667110851892738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBL7l91u3KtZDD2T8R7W91OQAQZH207tJPt8ldE7H-XKr9d1Du8V6L8g5MMgH0QiMz8rVmDYWBwUacHOmT65U5_nLDLoJsypz_wlFxcQ5xojuwuv3CkRnHwQ1pnyL1cD-J5oa/s400/bulletart.JPG" border="0" /></a> above: M16 shell casings and rubber coated steel bullets<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nttGD0j2oEzwVmbRVRiRUL4xSRyvcaDDuCIhcYHjI5TJQM7hyphenhyphenwGT8erw5THNHcNnjpooqegzqDCVm2_Oq5hlFYKlqbZ8Gsx53YIOAhvOew8hblSV_9f2Pvc4fC0e1iPIU7je/s1600-h/DSC02087.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211667118573881938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_nttGD0j2oEzwVmbRVRiRUL4xSRyvcaDDuCIhcYHjI5TJQM7hyphenhyphenwGT8erw5THNHcNnjpooqegzqDCVm2_Oq5hlFYKlqbZ8Gsx53YIOAhvOew8hblSV_9f2Pvc4fC0e1iPIU7je/s400/DSC02087.JPG" border="0" /></a> The bottom of this flower is a tear gas canister, maybe 10 inches in lenght and quite heavy when full. Also it is scorching hot. One hit me in the arm after falling from the sky, burining the hair off my arm! If fired directly (against safety rules), they can kill.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhsNOayxooABA5I7HSNBPX_wpp1LfwuR8y0KqoFyj9owLNeUIb7dscm8K7-vZMtblkuMhjonZcXYmn4ydsdLCTgaFT24fjIywrDJyHCfzJtIZXi7gq4NP349YLCq-ugCsQtwX/s1600-h/DSC02090.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211667120034126658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhsNOayxooABA5I7HSNBPX_wpp1LfwuR8y0KqoFyj9owLNeUIb7dscm8K7-vZMtblkuMhjonZcXYmn4ydsdLCTgaFT24fjIywrDJyHCfzJtIZXi7gq4NP349YLCq-ugCsQtwX/s400/DSC02090.JPG" border="0" /></a> Various munitions used by Israeli soldiers against peaceful Bil'in protests heaped on an Israeli flag.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt6z6Ebpr6iuX8WBfra1nnCKK6BbpIEx9rPa1aYjLtqYP1xuBAPKKTEHvpJt9Wpp-PS2-ayOlQYlkVJhxgCR129zHOzoKecwd8NzIdeWJLH8f5bDA9v-LPJfOX_6GrQ97oNYw/s1600-h/ibrahimwallart.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211667131140868050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBt6z6Ebpr6iuX8WBfra1nnCKK6BbpIEx9rPa1aYjLtqYP1xuBAPKKTEHvpJt9Wpp-PS2-ayOlQYlkVJhxgCR129zHOzoKecwd8NzIdeWJLH8f5bDA9v-LPJfOX_6GrQ97oNYw/s400/ibrahimwallart.JPG" border="0" /></a> Building a model of the wall, with Israel on one side and the Palestinian "prison" on the other.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDeH9Eoy7lky337TB0dxYQpf8oJEUJaXEjADbzanlp7HCiPmri_dBjHHz5DmoIUQMTQTqKNEQnhT9AzWxOYrjtbhE53tX4_-Aq_2CxGOQ1ocQhSy8OZimYx5_IL7LL4ICnau1/s1600-h/ibrahimwater.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211667135733443634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDeH9Eoy7lky337TB0dxYQpf8oJEUJaXEjADbzanlp7HCiPmri_dBjHHz5DmoIUQMTQTqKNEQnhT9AzWxOYrjtbhE53tX4_-Aq_2CxGOQ1ocQhSy8OZimYx5_IL7LL4ICnau1/s400/ibrahimwater.JPG" border="0" /></a> Ibrahim could usually be found with his art or spending hours walking around the conference pouring water for guests.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-58543580121850552282008-06-14T01:36:00.000-07:002008-06-14T02:27:50.084-07:00Hebron - tuesday june 12<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsbFvh4I_Mo0UX-KE2-PAGdEEtDOa5LwUfLF_3s7XBfdod1RaY8khO4r9Em2AJwL08hDOADUK8o-GuBe1UOXeyngzhdhbHhX23uDtZtZlV0DQDJvpEUm0NZXQqME2gFMDQ4Ii/s1600-h/hebron+fence.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211663288091361490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsbFvh4I_Mo0UX-KE2-PAGdEEtDOa5LwUfLF_3s7XBfdod1RaY8khO4r9Em2AJwL08hDOADUK8o-GuBe1UOXeyngzhdhbHhX23uDtZtZlV0DQDJvpEUm0NZXQqME2gFMDQ4Ii/s400/hebron+fence.JPG" border="0" /></a>Above: Market vendor in front of street taken over by Israeli settlers and closed by Israeli army in Hebron. Due to the presence of some 600 Israeli settlers who are "reclaiming" the old city of Hebron, Palestinian residents encounter Israeli soldiers daily. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QynxrLkvkvf-sQwRWKB6X7IU3ovNvgka-YUvTVCKkUkZsTBudll164nT0t6CAmZJScOufauw8m3q2F6az6I4tVlcmUhd15jHc4eSxI4ECQEBR-vj-nhO1JV-xECWt0SBaM0V/s1600-h/hebron+shops.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211663304263995538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7QynxrLkvkvf-sQwRWKB6X7IU3ovNvgka-YUvTVCKkUkZsTBudll164nT0t6CAmZJScOufauw8m3q2F6az6I4tVlcmUhd15jHc4eSxI4ECQEBR-vj-nhO1JV-xECWt0SBaM0V/s400/hebron+shops.JPG" border="0" /></a> Above: Many shops in Hebron's old city have been closed due to settler violence. Recently, some shops have been reopening.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9AsYmjBltv3Xelbd02uZ9-F55ZAkE1BCLTIS_jDEntnh1u-WC-i6sVlO-AjgfHZmhgIkd6kVTjTAUu0kKWMKLKXJ_m2hvx1Z31TpIQ7W9SnHUDRP5J_yFU31mF447Y7XdFEQ/s1600-h/hebron+shopkeeper.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211663316463262562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv9AsYmjBltv3Xelbd02uZ9-F55ZAkE1BCLTIS_jDEntnh1u-WC-i6sVlO-AjgfHZmhgIkd6kVTjTAUu0kKWMKLKXJ_m2hvx1Z31TpIQ7W9SnHUDRP5J_yFU31mF447Y7XdFEQ/s400/hebron+shopkeeper.JPG" border="0" /></a> A Palestinian shop keeper in the old city directs our attention to the upper floors of the shops which are now occupied by Israeli settlers (they enter from the street behind which has been blocked to Palestinians). <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8vxs57WUGsfXix7Ba5-Ka3HyRWgT-dsN7eU_ZazfNmk63hEDJ3PZgzhrNawNLXUrMp5SXoeD_4TtNfzgSB_E6mOa1rUGXaq3nFCuNHLY1lifganzGiAZOBAlbhz5_uyCeA0d/s1600-h/hebron+trash.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211663333311451986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8vxs57WUGsfXix7Ba5-Ka3HyRWgT-dsN7eU_ZazfNmk63hEDJ3PZgzhrNawNLXUrMp5SXoeD_4TtNfzgSB_E6mOa1rUGXaq3nFCuNHLY1lifganzGiAZOBAlbhz5_uyCeA0d/s400/hebron+trash.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking up at the stones and trash settlers have thrown down onto the shopkeepers. Metal netting has been put into place to protect the shops and customers. Shopkeepers say settlers have thrown down hot oil and bleach to ruin the clothes they sell. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqi2I901-4XJAsFWJwN2nqtT1BRAnkexF6qJXi0ZsTIBY9PgDv8lGsPc7vLnGELSno3FAM70y7noXUu8p3AiR5a8NR5oiyNuAkEQjHFPOPwMS5fT2kQhE8I3CcJ_GrK1z0SI2/s1600-h/hebron+up+settlement.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211663352745018658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUqi2I901-4XJAsFWJwN2nqtT1BRAnkexF6qJXi0ZsTIBY9PgDv8lGsPc7vLnGELSno3FAM70y7noXUu8p3AiR5a8NR5oiyNuAkEQjHFPOPwMS5fT2kQhE8I3CcJ_GrK1z0SI2/s400/hebron+up+settlement.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Above: The second and third floors of a building in the old city, now occupied by Israeli settlers. The first floor (below, out of the picture) contains a Palesestinian shop.</div><div> </div><div>To see firsthand video of settler violence, visit:</div><div><a href="http://youtube.com/results?search_query=israeli+settlers+hebron+violence+old+city&search_type=&aq=f">http://youtube.com/results?search_query=israeli+settlers+hebron+violence+old+city&search_type=&aq=f</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-75273209999771253532008-06-07T10:10:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:31:36.922-07:00More Jordan Valley photos (see summary in previous entry)<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteghobmSjsIHGPHiQfaMdxIhDPSGidRPVYc1aYcwA0Avd9hStsaJ-KcffdSTfoeaoMNvNLwtw_CVvx8Cb8ysIhuc7pepAM7KDToDkQ-g-BbctB_OO0GNKOahqWPGRa3sG5fnl/s1600-h/DSC02147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188691136533954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjteghobmSjsIHGPHiQfaMdxIhDPSGidRPVYc1aYcwA0Avd9hStsaJ-KcffdSTfoeaoMNvNLwtw_CVvx8Cb8ysIhuc7pepAM7KDToDkQ-g-BbctB_OO0GNKOahqWPGRa3sG5fnl/s400/DSC02147.JPG" border="0" /></a> Above: Israeli settlement agriculture on confiscated land - right in the middle of the Palestinian village of Jeflik. The Israeli government provides water for Israeli settlers while preventing access to Palestinians, who must buy it from trucks or pump it from the few old wells built before the occupation (they are not allowed to build new wells).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCylPygSQ16keSvOAWkPe0w_3ocsDCM8oi6dzz4uBOPAiFOyr-z6q4jl8tQF7OwatJmttlbeaCuNk2HCA6jH4x4Be43SB-PkIfsqW2xCOSrvze7D5z7Yiqtvgm_VgqIffxpmV/s1600-h/DSC02171.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188698010266386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPCylPygSQ16keSvOAWkPe0w_3ocsDCM8oi6dzz4uBOPAiFOyr-z6q4jl8tQF7OwatJmttlbeaCuNk2HCA6jH4x4Be43SB-PkIfsqW2xCOSrvze7D5z7Yiqtvgm_VgqIffxpmV/s400/DSC02171.JPG" border="0" /></a> Village of Jeflik - homes under threat of demolition. many Palestinians are prevented from building livable homes at all and are forced to live in shackswhile Israeli settlers are given free land and live in modern, California-style air conditioned homes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgel-kF3jBd2x7zNBYMIbPPDxEBJOuPf9_0Gv5XXZl5R0ZUZTU_bm95j7cunEFgEvXTBZbnDU510O79D_Glnzw4zLZhhpikGz3Tw_KIaWiP0vYLzssHYEfkUoTbmmp3UzpGqPs/s1600-h/DSC02198.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188704249893762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgel-kF3jBd2x7zNBYMIbPPDxEBJOuPf9_0Gv5XXZl5R0ZUZTU_bm95j7cunEFgEvXTBZbnDU510O79D_Glnzw4zLZhhpikGz3Tw_KIaWiP0vYLzssHYEfkUoTbmmp3UzpGqPs/s400/DSC02198.JPG" border="0" /></a> Making bread in Jeflik Vilage<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGFcauFJmaG1JDLi8Pci4fLJ2-KqRCtkwwG3Dtixx6L8ivV43MVvJpHEA9SpuZQGTbU-PuB30FhHq5NrHqIwNQu2H-kehWugXCxbVsjBL6oIssLSirjNsAmpOxS7LY6PQbmiW/s1600-h/DSC02274.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188707674480322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGFcauFJmaG1JDLi8Pci4fLJ2-KqRCtkwwG3Dtixx6L8ivV43MVvJpHEA9SpuZQGTbU-PuB30FhHq5NrHqIwNQu2H-kehWugXCxbVsjBL6oIssLSirjNsAmpOxS7LY6PQbmiW/s400/DSC02274.JPG" border="0" /></a> Bus breakdown in the heat... but soon rescued by local Palesitnians, bringing big jugs of water and a mechanic who soon got us underway. <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209193460934690578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEistIhd5PfpnMDKohOlEp8wdu82C0bEvkYg0CgwJsp9u7fAlIskb2NWEXHaQ02gMHfPVal0geFveMqWLsQdAd-93-ZuZHTL9mqcfv8d3oecAt7Q79rvUAaIthPQlkhA7fsW-Q4i/s400/DSC02280.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N2bDNNF2ZAAYVSXH2iFCY7LEovVi6cu84qcKCy0PBzgHUxG21ypGHGmcLzDKLEyChn5dxML5K3OLKMDCcYO_SFrvdqtSbhE5_iO3WXdvT8q09ZkQwX2M-c1eLg9G5mky-r99/s1600-h/DSC02341.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188712524510738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N2bDNNF2ZAAYVSXH2iFCY7LEovVi6cu84qcKCy0PBzgHUxG21ypGHGmcLzDKLEyChn5dxML5K3OLKMDCcYO_SFrvdqtSbhE5_iO3WXdvT8q09ZkQwX2M-c1eLg9G5mky-r99/s400/DSC02341.JPG" border="0" /></a> leaving the jordan valley back into the higher elevations of the central west bank.<br /><br /><div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-44236672541296298292008-06-07T10:06:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:59:24.488-07:00New school with order to be demolished<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aO3Vp7pQfuz7h4TG889uIOXPzA6BbuU3vNAYsK0LhNmRgKG4w7UAhwjkLnsznIPHSt2kOysQQSPKeHQJlUSkmJDo0AY4L1LArMNP1vRc7Am6PAugyTonkGqMssEvdI5Kyde6/s1600-h/DSC02296.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188107221999282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2aO3Vp7pQfuz7h4TG889uIOXPzA6BbuU3vNAYsK0LhNmRgKG4w7UAhwjkLnsznIPHSt2kOysQQSPKeHQJlUSkmJDo0AY4L1LArMNP1vRc7Am6PAugyTonkGqMssEvdI5Kyde6/s400/DSC02296.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RfOMWYHguoFCg6RAawB4CkqWJD6djQR_RIramAIr6VP6SHAzxSTPzofARAC2XoT_IJJQ-DbE0wXapUIbqRIYyoMhv_hicfe1QfD7rP_Z7SJqA4RABExzUKq6Ik939Ae5g25x/s1600-h/DSC02305.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188108250660818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RfOMWYHguoFCg6RAawB4CkqWJD6djQR_RIramAIr6VP6SHAzxSTPzofARAC2XoT_IJJQ-DbE0wXapUIbqRIYyoMhv_hicfe1QfD7rP_Z7SJqA4RABExzUKq6Ik939Ae5g25x/s400/DSC02305.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjcyxo61DCrHnWednr7ISjv8eBAHXFCSL8PSfEw6CJ4a-Y4ADWxgaCWP1CIa0vheqcwHmyg4aow-DzPotm1CSAVVqX4ofOwJrxrdILkHT_4qf4Etz9gsfQnwtc2QLnO-bxikj/s1600-h/DSC02325.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209188114037635922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBjcyxo61DCrHnWednr7ISjv8eBAHXFCSL8PSfEw6CJ4a-Y4ADWxgaCWP1CIa0vheqcwHmyg4aow-DzPotm1CSAVVqX4ofOwJrxrdILkHT_4qf4Etz9gsfQnwtc2QLnO-bxikj/s400/DSC02325.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Groups in England and Norway raised funds to build this small school, recently completed. The Israeli military ordered it demolished - something that could happen any day, or might take as long as five years, according to local people. Thanks to a letter campaign to the Israeli embassy, the Israeli ambassodor to the UK has given a verbal (but not written) promise that the school will not be destroyed.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-70493716815992313812008-06-07T09:52:00.001-07:002008-06-07T10:42:09.780-07:00Jeftlik Village in the Jordan Valley<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7pwaE4C-RvGT2G0MZsp619VxvohaRbQCQq3NfwKUTYykvT1nYTdTfCGL1PNdMkM0uvz7Mq8-T1Ayi5fNIvCw1GYgi60-QeZw2wmbW7BnRRR8LKNzbsjy0hrxpGza9LemmFFI/s1600-h/DSC02159.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185793407629842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc7pwaE4C-RvGT2G0MZsp619VxvohaRbQCQq3NfwKUTYykvT1nYTdTfCGL1PNdMkM0uvz7Mq8-T1Ayi5fNIvCw1GYgi60-QeZw2wmbW7BnRRR8LKNzbsjy0hrxpGza9LemmFFI/s400/DSC02159.JPG" border="0" /></a> rebuilding demolished home with mud (adobe) blocks<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oT48J5J-Zv0v6fNiJcAAYVsQAPyWNk0xMmeTfTyrUxNwB_I_GD0qeVXM7HDJ8Zy2BsaJaPjfvk4DCXrnMsK0E2VvCEg2rdteghfAMgeDH-P3lVIZWWPdbQBmbgVGSlK59MPR/s1600-h/DSC02205.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185799861332082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oT48J5J-Zv0v6fNiJcAAYVsQAPyWNk0xMmeTfTyrUxNwB_I_GD0qeVXM7HDJ8Zy2BsaJaPjfvk4DCXrnMsK0E2VvCEg2rdteghfAMgeDH-P3lVIZWWPdbQBmbgVGSlK59MPR/s400/DSC02205.JPG" border="0" /></a> family now living in relative's old house - 6 people in one room. they moved temporarily into an old unused and decrepit adobe shack until one of the young girls was bitten by a snake.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwuQcpLWNkTKX2p1-RBhSau3gk_5a7DtZbJC-yvEc-g_Xj2-ibCzy6pKnH4yrvkfYZkSAD2APnlLZny9teyjQMRD4gVT3ZR_YGoxVYZL5zebJ85IBJtj3Krho6t8cVRCFErqH/s1600-h/DSC02182.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185804071408802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGwuQcpLWNkTKX2p1-RBhSau3gk_5a7DtZbJC-yvEc-g_Xj2-ibCzy6pKnH4yrvkfYZkSAD2APnlLZny9teyjQMRD4gVT3ZR_YGoxVYZL5zebJ85IBJtj3Krho6t8cVRCFErqH/s400/DSC02182.JPG" border="0" /></a> Abdullah's demolished home<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6J4icx2eO5DWJmhyphenhyphen8AkUt4MzxOW6hjEI8Yx1N2Y7X0TINctndmwlDWM5_r-11ACMuV77wsZvRA8k38y6BbB85MvMCGOx3cFgJkBLT8z4tznUXqUEWlh5F5cp7qSqTOC6c-XT/s1600-h/DSC02287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209185809408532114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW6J4icx2eO5DWJmhyphenhyphen8AkUt4MzxOW6hjEI8Yx1N2Y7X0TINctndmwlDWM5_r-11ACMuV77wsZvRA8k38y6BbB85MvMCGOx3cFgJkBLT8z4tznUXqUEWlh5F5cp7qSqTOC6c-XT/s400/DSC02287.JPG" border="0" /></a>above: temporary shacks housing Palestinian families in the Jordan Valley village of Fasayil.<br /><br /><div>As part of the Bi'lin conference, internationals were taken to see different situations in the West Bank. We choose the often overlooked Jordan Valley. Other groups visited areas we will see later, such as the northern west bank and Hebron in the south.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The Jordan Valley is very hot - below sea level, but has an acquifer providing water for agriculture. According to the Jordan Valley Solidarity Organiazation (jordanvalleysolidarity.org), 200,000 Palestinians lived in the Jordan Valley before the 1967 war displaced all but 55,000 of them.</div><br /><div><br />Under the Israeli occupation, the scattered remnants of the Palestinian community are generally not allowed to build new homes or agricultural infrastructure (under the Oslo accords most of the Jordan valley was assigned to "Area C", under full Israeli military control). </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Thus - the new generation is not allowed build homes for their families. Fearing demolition, they build temporary shacks, which are issued "demolition orders" and demolished by the Israeli military for "building without a permit." Even adding new rooms or floors to pre-existing homes is prohibited. </div><div></div><br /><br /><br />We met a man named Abdullah who's family home was recently demolished. He had dared to build an actual concrete home. He is now rebulidng with mud bricks that he and his family are making themselves.<br /><br />The village has no water or electric connection. They use a generator for 2 hours a day and water is brought in by truck. A 3 day supply for Abdulla's family costs $20.<br /><br /><br /><p>While such dire conditions exist in many places in the world - the situation here is striking because of the apartheid like conditions created by the occupation. Nearby Israeli settlements draw water from new wells and are hooked up to the electrical grid while the Israeli military prevents indigenous Palesitnian communites from drilling new wells or building new homes. It amounts to an policy of ethnic cleansing through economic pressure and deprival of the basic necessities of water and shelter. This situation is one of the most naked injustices I've seen in the occupied territories. </p><p>For more on the Jordan Valley see: "The Jordan Valley's forgotten Palestinians Ben White," The Electronic Intifada, 30 May 2008<br /><a href="http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9573.shtml">http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9573.shtml</a></p><p>For ways to support, see:</p><p>Jordan Valley Solidarity: <a href="http://www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org/">http://www.jordanvalleysolidarity.org/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-75990394630757720602008-06-07T09:34:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:58:56.249-07:00Demonstration in Bil'in<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikskFoJrAhxAEaPFum1zdME_k1TWPTjAFQuapLaBDfMCUo26lSIcr0iYHE9KOP5Sm0v0p7eXQLL93sw8cNN1pkDa_hEfeynCFWKpxo4ESAZr6hs-yUuKmi3_cZ_CbWB46Trtz2/s1600-h/DSC02408.JPG"></a><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-i1XHYERJXlDcHWcgibd4BMhUOL5YOs3QUL7OgNmAeESjXYTfBbM_O7OOFlFudBhGK2-HzpECM3R4enamRROIMm_7tLnjkLa9y_-UuIn0Tg9fRJAfy4jtbuLAFln7bmwIeGS/s1600-h/DSC02471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209179267867291010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr-i1XHYERJXlDcHWcgibd4BMhUOL5YOs3QUL7OgNmAeESjXYTfBbM_O7OOFlFudBhGK2-HzpECM3R4enamRROIMm_7tLnjkLa9y_-UuIn0Tg9fRJAfy4jtbuLAFln7bmwIeGS/s400/DSC02471.JPG" border="0" /></a> people taking cover from tear gas barage fired from israeli jeep - new weapon fires 30 canisters at once<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrktnOmRorMHv6hZdI6LL5lk-C0VxwqQX5g0YijV4XfIFVOs7cAgiO0f-oM1SbI73NHnhXpSdyZDv-u2yygTI4oa0wguvP1fbZBvUEBiJUbcLRxxLan5gcFoUxP0sj5rHhWZW5/s1600-h/DSC02450.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209179268821851586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrktnOmRorMHv6hZdI6LL5lk-C0VxwqQX5g0YijV4XfIFVOs7cAgiO0f-oM1SbI73NHnhXpSdyZDv-u2yygTI4oa0wguvP1fbZBvUEBiJUbcLRxxLan5gcFoUxP0sj5rHhWZW5/s400/DSC02450.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWigbodWq1SgOaZoKlUsISkOAvxsjiwAeP5gOopisQhLC9avwAsSHXb_Vd37uUizLM4XEDx-Doyo1YJ-qBEFU88qXv2WmXC6VOYLJ_MBG9nlnC-KNnZZ1y7lyaVjX0kudBk1vf/s1600-h/DSC02473.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209179280656685298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWigbodWq1SgOaZoKlUsISkOAvxsjiwAeP5gOopisQhLC9avwAsSHXb_Vd37uUizLM4XEDx-Doyo1YJ-qBEFU88qXv2WmXC6VOYLJ_MBG9nlnC-KNnZZ1y7lyaVjX0kudBk1vf/s400/DSC02473.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3lcQHxRsBBBTwLqkx3TcoBK0oODHb_bhUasxJH7uQCRAi0so5YZIGyNHS_6sCK98BLbUOotWqIbBYzHN6V0A67P6pqKdKz5L_FfhJj2SeB5KhBqlevTHFW3jB1UP0J35ISs5i/s1600-h/DSC02473.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyOWSBw4GQVOVrkFyEKf6Crbt5hYlYTDxnqWPukrONoCMRdq5_xrF51CIWU5COn3FTuxH6_5LW3LdXJKzwWadptGTgWM4qPNf2S0iRe6r3Lz7MbvftwFvQwmkQRxsec9NkqTI/s1600-h/DSC02410.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209179289977345250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyOWSBw4GQVOVrkFyEKf6Crbt5hYlYTDxnqWPukrONoCMRdq5_xrF51CIWU5COn3FTuxH6_5LW3LdXJKzwWadptGTgWM4qPNf2S0iRe6r3Lz7MbvftwFvQwmkQRxsec9NkqTI/s400/DSC02410.JPG" border="0" /></a> soldiers wait in safety on confiscated land behind the security fence and concrete barricades. protestors chanted and raised thier hands to show they were unarmed. they approached the locked gate behind which lies Bil'ins lost land. after about 10 or 15 minutes soldiers opened fire on the entirely peaceful protestors with gun-launched tear gas canisters. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209182973362596898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1MKl0d9bNMPmlVit5BJnQHnft1RkWSAvKO-mzmH9Bns9M2xXCLVJzpbN3Ss-P-6HiojzknwL61sDFdv1857FHJ2JkY3-mP4SrY5HF0nYgXwspmY6VnsQEys2gLMYePTbZGClQ/s400/DSC02408.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>near the gate, two boys, some distance away from the demonstration threw some stones uphill toward the soldiers early on. their stones fell far short of the well protected soldiers and while harmless provided justification for israeli military to later report "protesters rioted and hurled stones at the soldiers." the two stone throwing children were were ignored and soon stopped. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-18019255532808700702008-06-07T09:24:00.000-07:002008-06-07T09:32:58.651-07:00Bil'in Conference June 2008Bil'in is an agricultural village near Ramallah that is losing most of it's land behind Israel's security wall. The land is being allocated to an Israeli settlement. The people of Bi'lin have wages a nonviolent campaign against the wall since 2005 with demonstrations every Friday, and this year held their third international conference inviting people from around the world to join them in discussions and their demonstration. According to organizers, one thousand people have been injured in these demonstrations by tear gas and rubber bullets when the soldiers inevitably attack the demonstration. This time, no rubber bullets were fired, perhaps because of the presence of an Irish nobel prize winner and one of the vice-presidents of the European Union. There were injuries however, including an Italian judge was struck in the head by a tear gas container fired by the soldiers. The Israeli military also brought out a new weapon for the second time: a jeep that can fire about 30 tear gas containers simultaneously. <br /><br />The village website including news, photos and Bi'lin's story is at: <a href="http://www.bilin-village.org/">http://www.bilin-village.org/</a><br /><br />More photos of this week's (june 7, 2008) demonstration are at: <a href="http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/bilin/">http://www.palsolidarity.org/main/category/bilin/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-8159848069617630712008-06-07T08:40:00.000-07:002008-06-07T10:35:53.393-07:00PALESTINE TRIP JUNE 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GYrpyxze1p9M6Yo3tJzOQTUK-J6sB8UsIV4Gj4B4Bveuy96T9-MN_kLDgCwo1RfMV68ObkXF-wIyrw0z5dXh3xJpBsAuWZUVdyQLS_0zFk49fmREvSP_H6C2ngEYIF_B24eS/s1600-h/DSC02052.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209175944985456130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0GYrpyxze1p9M6Yo3tJzOQTUK-J6sB8UsIV4Gj4B4Bveuy96T9-MN_kLDgCwo1RfMV68ObkXF-wIyrw0z5dXh3xJpBsAuWZUVdyQLS_0zFk49fmREvSP_H6C2ngEYIF_B24eS/s400/DSC02052.JPG" border="0" /></a> dome of the rock, old city, East Jerusalem, from the Hashimi Hotel. Behind it is the Mount of Olives.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHou4sXF8Y2Na7yi592bJ_Sae8xtDD3ytgyOj2guL4Jz5PH8PPvEoS0OCRx-NCeDi0E2YgiYOjY-a9QGcgZ5IUHh0DYa-d6qOftsGeKIa9i4L4f_9A3thlPpfEmF19Qd4X212/s1600-h/DSC02061.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209175956422768514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaHou4sXF8Y2Na7yi592bJ_Sae8xtDD3ytgyOj2guL4Jz5PH8PPvEoS0OCRx-NCeDi0E2YgiYOjY-a9QGcgZ5IUHh0DYa-d6qOftsGeKIa9i4L4f_9A3thlPpfEmF19Qd4X212/s400/DSC02061.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Israeli settlers are moving in, squatting, buying or otherwise confiscating property in the Palestinian areas of the Old City. This particular house is owned by an Israeli settler named Ariel Sharon, who never slept a night in the house but bought it for political reasons.<br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-92162109131461859112007-08-25T17:57:00.001-07:002007-08-25T17:59:09.331-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9picO7HWWp3FWjOGajfWu2xMKYgLtDPBW4JklHGQVy50ZrPWYZDZmSloiIi2CXSr05xJlYhpolaEYHDxt6Esm8RCm7GJgi21Yubn7LdUD_zRrcyjatSoqmb1HQPKDbzIFM4Df/s1600-h/DSC02438.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9picO7HWWp3FWjOGajfWu2xMKYgLtDPBW4JklHGQVy50ZrPWYZDZmSloiIi2CXSr05xJlYhpolaEYHDxt6Esm8RCm7GJgi21Yubn7LdUD_zRrcyjatSoqmb1HQPKDbzIFM4Df/s400/DSC02438.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102807085606674354" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-1013725376119695462007-08-25T17:48:00.001-07:002007-08-28T02:11:21.016-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9p7m0I7ORvIvE7Twj5I4rQdyA0XT-Vx8uKicTqSv4CsOyGPd4jNoXosGzj6iIcqyyA70S13TMUjtCumyis20ReLYJcEKZIBQC8V1aTpjXifOa4HRVC1UGkFIpSRgCQWIhEZ0/s1600-h/DSC02262.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAZg7lJSJOj1obpRYCUWguW6IVnOziJDaGrR2QVbtOTzp-DAGa6h74ixXYqfoUBT5HC7sgWALGbCUfyql70nRllYnXUKrfUk5vrAirVfPziinraX-_gumZoQQ33iUb96Fv4xqc/s400/DSC02291.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096666618920960690" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-69943908118046797292007-08-07T14:15:00.000-07:002007-08-10T12:24:38.354-07:00youth film workshops continue (ages 10-16)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnbA0WOWXDydvIzbR-YSEvxQC0XGKNLhGZUbJ3e3UmqK-z17Nn8llzuPYxDtnCQfGNo7i9mwUIDD_-6dsH2IIL2AzKfzahEDmDEIpw6XYhcfMuUnHvw3K0HQL1XQsXMnKlzWV/s1600-h/DSC02164.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096070821057659538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXnbA0WOWXDydvIzbR-YSEvxQC0XGKNLhGZUbJ3e3UmqK-z17Nn8llzuPYxDtnCQfGNo7i9mwUIDD_-6dsH2IIL2AzKfzahEDmDEIpw6XYhcfMuUnHvw3K0HQL1XQsXMnKlzWV/s400/DSC02164.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-24186527345097199892007-08-07T13:37:00.001-07:002007-08-07T14:23:57.415-07:00practice photos<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjagI9ndQ29TXmooMaRQDf8nqi1WAdgwXd5YkgqBQLXMLa5hAyY_reEAxJxFUtiACyu8COcTjJQmQaR-BvPehfPHsiVjNi18RB7Y29J9l9YPu-DGioQqyhyphenhyphencmpgQRQL8elQ4A_R/s1600-h/DSC02217.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR_hregqKvZNUboDsLqAZz3y6Z35NNwcxKeLaM7E_3z_z1SYFVJQS67IsWb9Puo5arXYYjwvmyVj0mW31BiVZlw2ULK7D52RAA0-9kKPlrkpTi8Kj4dDd7aRdRDNo9VPWEomj9/s400/DSC02191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096061956245160498" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-39631554129135170112007-08-07T13:21:00.001-07:002007-08-07T13:52:03.097-07:00assortment, aug 7th 2007sharing stories<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE539e8mHNWvqEhCCY2RdjATtF2Vfb1-dv8Cae0N3i0-US_Fiqu5Xpd1GZHkwatTEt-w3MLktv48vyoW-keDIpU5a5hGETz1wVYrvPJ2GbvJzQNnynl_HSKPTDiSHmWAnHvTV9/s1600-h/DSC02153.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE539e8mHNWvqEhCCY2RdjATtF2Vfb1-dv8Cae0N3i0-US_Fiqu5Xpd1GZHkwatTEt-w3MLktv48vyoW-keDIpU5a5hGETz1wVYrvPJ2GbvJzQNnynl_HSKPTDiSHmWAnHvTV9/s400/DSC02153.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096058576105898418" border="0" /></a>Huwarra checkpoint outside the city of Nablus, inbound...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq27dERSUPGDE7FT_L2HfsTGKuqLaH6OhKmrYrKUHPJ-42pvaPBdUGthsMPH_9t3i1rFZTcjSjb-thbPhCn4A77PfFQwlPZGJn_wyZR_b7Prk4IE1Ow246R3ZTTUJHnYYwSwii/s1600-h/DSC02128.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq27dERSUPGDE7FT_L2HfsTGKuqLaH6OhKmrYrKUHPJ-42pvaPBdUGthsMPH_9t3i1rFZTcjSjb-thbPhCn4A77PfFQwlPZGJn_wyZR_b7Prk4IE1Ow246R3ZTTUJHnYYwSwii/s400/DSC02128.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096058584695833026" border="0" /></a>be careful with your grandmother there son..<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-oM0Qvy1pEDqE8hy_KJvSvIDb50B5rpVsu4AT560Uy8iNb3jeKuNkW7NxyXsGfPeLu8oJA0oJZCV2wQqXeEiE7sZI0LfZBFRpmmiak_ZEKESEwQWwdQawxIZV9mki_njfCLd/s1600-h/S5302216.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-oM0Qvy1pEDqE8hy_KJvSvIDb50B5rpVsu4AT560Uy8iNb3jeKuNkW7NxyXsGfPeLu8oJA0oJZCV2wQqXeEiE7sZI0LfZBFRpmmiak_ZEKESEwQWwdQawxIZV9mki_njfCLd/s400/S5302216.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096058593285767634" border="0" /></a>camera training, Ramallah<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNw88wok-ichuBHSyn2L9BjnpMJJYSSh3YO4oe78t2UtnDPvxBWDsqIHUCoWEKAXp1ARHipB_frB2VRywy1Jfatkryo3gX2ryMU3ypD17vcsWANv77teU8-uIEjkLqRbIOy9C_/s1600-h/DSC02259.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNw88wok-ichuBHSyn2L9BjnpMJJYSSh3YO4oe78t2UtnDPvxBWDsqIHUCoWEKAXp1ARHipB_frB2VRywy1Jfatkryo3gX2ryMU3ypD17vcsWANv77teU8-uIEjkLqRbIOy9C_/s400/DSC02259.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5096058614760604130" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-73149839075913934752007-07-31T05:27:00.000-07:002007-07-31T05:36:18.478-07:00Audio training by Ghassan from IMEMC.org<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThCaf6WM3-m4NvzmnhKwLTB0yeBYJrNFB1ZCTW4qNM2dqWpKK_-oruM7lyuS2MehB5IfQUf99LMRehbZ98PjVvzY6zKCNQlpRnZZF6ommSKbcoQXWRS0mC42xPKVxC9dOb8mX/s1600-h/DSC02018.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093338332799172914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThCaf6WM3-m4NvzmnhKwLTB0yeBYJrNFB1ZCTW4qNM2dqWpKK_-oruM7lyuS2MehB5IfQUf99LMRehbZ98PjVvzY6zKCNQlpRnZZF6ommSKbcoQXWRS0mC42xPKVxC9dOb8mX/s400/DSC02018.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlEh1qJ9JfTfehiSt4ctNcRDd6Z5RKeEGB7jC5eMKxM4fFgiYqhplorztoxx3penq2I5hTLNCmfp1u3fWcjsVYYlV4ETIMbhVsQuUNGcwLrEgbLui5UAFrN0cIwqTsgZoHaGP/s1600-h/DSC02116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093338341389107522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlEh1qJ9JfTfehiSt4ctNcRDd6Z5RKeEGB7jC5eMKxM4fFgiYqhplorztoxx3penq2I5hTLNCmfp1u3fWcjsVYYlV4ETIMbhVsQuUNGcwLrEgbLui5UAFrN0cIwqTsgZoHaGP/s400/DSC02116.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PgIrXqAFpOYRl5-8ex1bnPrXjTDt3AFL65YJUaECHxEb8BHjiBXk7ATG0fzFzc96JJisril2AdB6XkB_nU_B0IeSVG7Ru8D_wq9g98_LQyV8bArnFZ_ExmqbRBWyw47amZEM/s1600-h/DSC02125.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5093338354274009426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PgIrXqAFpOYRl5-8ex1bnPrXjTDt3AFL65YJUaECHxEb8BHjiBXk7ATG0fzFzc96JJisril2AdB6XkB_nU_B0IeSVG7Ru8D_wq9g98_LQyV8bArnFZ_ExmqbRBWyw47amZEM/s400/DSC02125.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-44485401883472690102007-07-27T05:47:00.000-07:002007-08-08T08:28:41.442-07:00Mostly food.Hummus on a shady picnic table in Nablus<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBV5EOg-qM3kVCzb31PhigEJg_49jTrUFxtZ_dNgVdnlR48GgheFXcrvRJHMuP0TD-iLgtDOUoIDE5LcuoC-bm_Sr1452B-eUkmAOaw4pYrURuxlL19VZ32bqDoBLpu4nHL3G/s1600-h/hummus.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091857840392372466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXBV5EOg-qM3kVCzb31PhigEJg_49jTrUFxtZ_dNgVdnlR48GgheFXcrvRJHMuP0TD-iLgtDOUoIDE5LcuoC-bm_Sr1452B-eUkmAOaw4pYrURuxlL19VZ32bqDoBLpu4nHL3G/s400/hummus.JPG" border="0" /></a> Knaffe (cheese, corn meal, lots of honey) - a Nablus specialty<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq1ZjK31wqEw6-NFKuRlGMypC6v18nAqscqQPEZPu5yluS_9fCg93E0vjshC5O63EmX7AwYnLstJN0R8hQKr9TPRA6H5UMi_hIA99RKm_zOG8pBDuE7tmLYf0TltO4d_rHPng/s1600-h/knaffe+in+nablus.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091857866162176258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihq1ZjK31wqEw6-NFKuRlGMypC6v18nAqscqQPEZPu5yluS_9fCg93E0vjshC5O63EmX7AwYnLstJN0R8hQKr9TPRA6H5UMi_hIA99RKm_zOG8pBDuE7tmLYf0TltO4d_rHPng/s400/knaffe+in+nablus.JPG" border="0" /></a> Maklube, or "Upside Down Dish" in Aida Camp - Rice, chicken, peas<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeCW3x8wwcFD_OJ7f7wZATPx-OptI4xX8QNH9dCv51sKXErROkm4sl-yosS-aAti87mvpbnQ6ujj90rg8TOr9G5XoFpOL9sCEBS2jUyVvyHHIXylRXYk63otObA89gyyon87v/s1600-h/maklube+dish.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091857883342045458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEeCW3x8wwcFD_OJ7f7wZATPx-OptI4xX8QNH9dCv51sKXErROkm4sl-yosS-aAti87mvpbnQ6ujj90rg8TOr9G5XoFpOL9sCEBS2jUyVvyHHIXylRXYk63otObA89gyyon87v/s400/maklube+dish.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looking back from a taxi: the wall and a sniper tower are next to these family homes in Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem. The whole camp is always being watched by unseen eyes.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKZyLnh9rOoYMJtS2DegDihYR8ucYIJ5vwzKN60jq6GHTgZ_Wk-QqDpnLVlzhvmrC6a75je4-OMgmy82GlEaLMZ44YTRY0KCsLgedMiHFu67PBxy_EhoDn_Dk3yI5iwUvaF5K/s1600-h/car+in+aida+camp.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091857900521914658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKZyLnh9rOoYMJtS2DegDihYR8ucYIJ5vwzKN60jq6GHTgZ_Wk-QqDpnLVlzhvmrC6a75je4-OMgmy82GlEaLMZ44YTRY0KCsLgedMiHFu67PBxy_EhoDn_Dk3yI5iwUvaF5K/s400/car+in+aida+camp.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-74470751668348914802007-07-27T05:38:00.000-07:002007-07-27T05:58:07.768-07:00Balata Refugee Camp (Nablus, Palestine)<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Balata</span> Refugee camp - one of the hardest hit by the Israeli military, also home to many fighters resisting Israeli occupation. Many families have lost members to Israeli military violence or military prison. Images of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Balata's</span> graveyard below...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyFV8kk5QzspoLBDc-gGODzFby-vYOdyBhbY-HJOWZFKCcDTyVfzZYSE4d1ZzE5EM2IsE87WqX7L-Xs6fU6EWqNgsgSq1GTbKkBWnfsshXiwjI1mLzcfZhG6fOvJJXfYA2mWK/s1600-h/graves+of+fightersr.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091856096635650226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyFV8kk5QzspoLBDc-gGODzFby-vYOdyBhbY-HJOWZFKCcDTyVfzZYSE4d1ZzE5EM2IsE87WqX7L-Xs6fU6EWqNgsgSq1GTbKkBWnfsshXiwjI1mLzcfZhG6fOvJJXfYA2mWK/s400/graves+of+fightersr.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bxfhUdIYxDw7B-Zy7_RgPNAO79NkmgFWSnek0doWn_RL9TvBmgeBAZNB1Y9AqCHIqbjuQu6OCh5LM4uoTWDZ9j6VhA8j2rsTPTqFYSzljHKJ1G5Y7YcXNc4jqQJohrgpsvcb/s1600-h/graveyard.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091856113815519426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bxfhUdIYxDw7B-Zy7_RgPNAO79NkmgFWSnek0doWn_RL9TvBmgeBAZNB1Y9AqCHIqbjuQu6OCh5LM4uoTWDZ9j6VhA8j2rsTPTqFYSzljHKJ1G5Y7YcXNc4jqQJohrgpsvcb/s400/graveyard.JPG" border="0" /></a> Boys grow to be fighters...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiICIwqgI6NsNrfstKRgaWH_hzd299yfbavE4lIvsWXsNeyDaUUo-_gAARfwnLQfZFbRmZBHVJNAdNK7M4KKfE7Ay0EcSxl2bZR-Sx79AR-saJZlg7zrFETc-0wsGMravIsj7/s1600-h/boys+grow+to+be+resistance+fighters.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091856130995388626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiICIwqgI6NsNrfstKRgaWH_hzd299yfbavE4lIvsWXsNeyDaUUo-_gAARfwnLQfZFbRmZBHVJNAdNK7M4KKfE7Ay0EcSxl2bZR-Sx79AR-saJZlg7zrFETc-0wsGMravIsj7/s400/boys+grow+to+be+resistance+fighters.JPG" border="0" /></a> Balata camp has quadrupled in population but gained no land since its founding 60 years ago. Construction is therefore <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">vertical</span>.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AHRY9cG0ubC_cj4Le5-vgZI3E3LW_wGvGtxij0id6MuORLTTWVak2uGWENKcb8EuGUck1_Yk2SY2-tlSJxOQTj-mvypnqfqSYIDJLOpQ5vxcWnKjYof2amxDcX977ppQDr6l/s1600-h/balata+2r.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091856152470225122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AHRY9cG0ubC_cj4Le5-vgZI3E3LW_wGvGtxij0id6MuORLTTWVak2uGWENKcb8EuGUck1_Yk2SY2-tlSJxOQTj-mvypnqfqSYIDJLOpQ5vxcWnKjYof2amxDcX977ppQDr6l/s400/balata+2r.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vVdNA8Ra6uwPVD6DZ0LdUeupE7tY4QK65yajm7Ay4A0ayuNOj-OwWhHtrY06hSAdHadUP111E0Ybog5edaxVIDTyqVMYTwoPy7YEKDl_4QLCtQ5rZqFMdsSk00qHG6s8Ms4J/s1600-h/balata+campr.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091856079455781026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vVdNA8Ra6uwPVD6DZ0LdUeupE7tY4QK65yajm7Ay4A0ayuNOj-OwWhHtrY06hSAdHadUP111E0Ybog5edaxVIDTyqVMYTwoPy7YEKDl_4QLCtQ5rZqFMdsSk00qHG6s8Ms4J/s400/balata+campr.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-83167245385151388842007-07-27T05:25:00.001-07:002007-07-27T05:30:58.915-07:00Images from Aida Refugee Camp<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1y_i3D0PX-9tnYNt7gkSzDQ6kYa1EFJ3vq_VXbUdNln7rAsRy_Q_8BM_iZChhVpRvh7bLmjnFszLGI3l9rEahmoKlZaXxEwnBOC0h4UWRjQFemD5P_N9lAwBdW8sE2shzf7G/s1600-h/Aida+camp.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT1y_i3D0PX-9tnYNt7gkSzDQ6kYa1EFJ3vq_VXbUdNln7rAsRy_Q_8BM_iZChhVpRvh7bLmjnFszLGI3l9rEahmoKlZaXxEwnBOC0h4UWRjQFemD5P_N9lAwBdW8sE2shzf7G/s400/Aida+camp.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091852841050439698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT89NdMJ3w5FYrCAHrhwSt_S1xcv20_jh0YQi9Hn1HaNZEuAt8Nh1QWh9ooDX0BxYcNSpAEAkBd2qEilP5wyX9f0A2bp21W5PX-dkQmbXb4Wvro__pCWvSdgUoc-FNllvbTsr/s1600-h/participants+4.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiT89NdMJ3w5FYrCAHrhwSt_S1xcv20_jh0YQi9Hn1HaNZEuAt8Nh1QWh9ooDX0BxYcNSpAEAkBd2qEilP5wyX9f0A2bp21W5PX-dkQmbXb4Wvro__pCWvSdgUoc-FNllvbTsr/s400/participants+4.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091852853935341602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg367LIb1jZFClC8QWfRyFqc215qPYIXRq3K4xnrFZpulyKwAJFeN2WKgfBeiza3vH1LXMQX2jHM-dDPRUYjWB3lVuyT5t3e2QydgSXKFSqnJuiYwZO2mw3KKEALQlSDusl-KA8/s1600-h/participants+5.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg367LIb1jZFClC8QWfRyFqc215qPYIXRq3K4xnrFZpulyKwAJFeN2WKgfBeiza3vH1LXMQX2jHM-dDPRUYjWB3lVuyT5t3e2QydgSXKFSqnJuiYwZO2mw3KKEALQlSDusl-KA8/s400/participants+5.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091852871115210802" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx3VWPIn8qY3ZZOpGcGkUkKA_95_8GEwSWjG_3jahTN2aSZ4KV0L_YeVF6xO1G-ISpRz53_BYJ7XQ7AdU6UlhXWfA1Ij_5unxnlUx5PBB48IyGulSGuYM94CRvwvqeziysuzE/s1600-h/camera+training.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUx3VWPIn8qY3ZZOpGcGkUkKA_95_8GEwSWjG_3jahTN2aSZ4KV0L_YeVF6xO1G-ISpRz53_BYJ7XQ7AdU6UlhXWfA1Ij_5unxnlUx5PBB48IyGulSGuYM94CRvwvqeziysuzE/s400/camera+training.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091852879705145410" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHypDVEBUEx9Z4N-utTBLCT39VZlWAOU6IHVwET-gDoK9-mcVf6UQj6micUJ32qncddmjmnLuaYf7T266zfQhgwE-7XPo4hrbpXTzY2qZEXlTMgWLVBTDF2VHIuofBE1hK_aUB/s1600-h/camera+train+2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHypDVEBUEx9Z4N-utTBLCT39VZlWAOU6IHVwET-gDoK9-mcVf6UQj6micUJ32qncddmjmnLuaYf7T266zfQhgwE-7XPo4hrbpXTzY2qZEXlTMgWLVBTDF2VHIuofBE1hK_aUB/s400/camera+train+2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091852896885014610" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-30413868092199141502007-07-27T05:17:00.000-07:002007-07-27T05:25:06.026-07:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-69314452257036246852007-07-27T05:10:00.000-07:002007-07-27T05:17:02.766-07:00Aida Refugee Camp - Bethlehem, Palestine<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwlYtPtDdpzdSzZliylbMgjeAe98H2hDsV8WGCox5UWsOV_JunfCQjoPsS3WZG4Vij7MWQn_GLr3S-FzzvDd6vUWka8qXuB3sKJueFL0o2ybLHMpfqXThJMUBfn6x_45n9L4m/s1600-h/workshop+participant.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091848318449876914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVwlYtPtDdpzdSzZliylbMgjeAe98H2hDsV8WGCox5UWsOV_JunfCQjoPsS3WZG4Vij7MWQn_GLr3S-FzzvDd6vUWka8qXuB3sKJueFL0o2ybLHMpfqXThJMUBfn6x_45n9L4m/s400/workshop+participant.JPG" border="0" /></a> Below: Storyboard creation workshop - children make and film their own stories based on dreams and experience. see voicesbeyondwalls.org<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKdfoKtGR1jBAesiflXB__iu1LoBDP1Fmz4p50jM_KVWYMYKFxy-PenDp4Ie_KFi6zkirEUyDORk7hr42n-pcSFa2jWWDIT9v9DxIEBdLxBsnw14WlGHMVU-3EGJbBdCldL-u/s1600-h/workshop1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091848331334778818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKdfoKtGR1jBAesiflXB__iu1LoBDP1Fmz4p50jM_KVWYMYKFxy-PenDp4Ie_KFi6zkirEUyDORk7hr42n-pcSFa2jWWDIT9v9DxIEBdLxBsnw14WlGHMVU-3EGJbBdCldL-u/s400/workshop1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNzr8yv-2rx5nsZmf5gCmoo_wVl34JWpv4yabO2rSrHW_KjgieS4_iawJPCIq0USQsAD8qYPE54KhHk0OF693QeyW1r0DzpbhaorzCK80XGI5DJgJGuh6r_-hZj6DyejcvFcb/s1600-h/workshop2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091848344219680722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaNzr8yv-2rx5nsZmf5gCmoo_wVl34JWpv4yabO2rSrHW_KjgieS4_iawJPCIq0USQsAD8qYPE54KhHk0OF693QeyW1r0DzpbhaorzCK80XGI5DJgJGuh6r_-hZj6DyejcvFcb/s400/workshop2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAdsHqRhKLHRgrbe1yKEh399newD3tdrPci2QIsui7aZDdiVYzr0DSDFO6e_T9h_U1IXXl3F35VIoF5hTOfqdnRQ_0QrsZj1s6WkSh7M6GKRj01KYn3Hkf5AhHQMsQ3o53h7B/s1600-h/workshop3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091848361399549922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTAdsHqRhKLHRgrbe1yKEh399newD3tdrPci2QIsui7aZDdiVYzr0DSDFO6e_T9h_U1IXXl3F35VIoF5hTOfqdnRQ_0QrsZj1s6WkSh7M6GKRj01KYn3Hkf5AhHQMsQ3o53h7B/s400/workshop3.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-67383306036921853192007-07-27T04:55:00.000-07:002007-07-27T05:08:59.463-07:00Israelie Apartheid Wall (Bethlehem, Palestine)Below: Israeli sniper tower overlooks Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn3Csza0lLmhFyLmcKQ_B5nppZ7tIh3Ljke-1WE7lwEK3uQvRhdD7yZ40gvOnKw00JtM9FRh9GwOMIO1oKeWgvhccGeeuI6fgO0IycH22Bf03hNIq4cjWmdvRZwB_baW0k8hX/s1600-h/snipertower1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091846085066882898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpn3Csza0lLmhFyLmcKQ_B5nppZ7tIh3Ljke-1WE7lwEK3uQvRhdD7yZ40gvOnKw00JtM9FRh9GwOMIO1oKeWgvhccGeeuI6fgO0IycH22Bf03hNIq4cjWmdvRZwB_baW0k8hX/s400/snipertower1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH98PyNvoWPfe_xAEcBj7nZ3dOv7NF8xhi8d0VIUPHUZJVktCLXgDk1aMj_2Mypd8tm9ItiiKPp7izzWVzDJ1BKPZHbJw8uRtqdmi1zN2N06e027uQ3pyXCmtzfld-hqtcg7ik/s1600-h/wall1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091846106541719394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH98PyNvoWPfe_xAEcBj7nZ3dOv7NF8xhi8d0VIUPHUZJVktCLXgDk1aMj_2Mypd8tm9ItiiKPp7izzWVzDJ1BKPZHbJw8uRtqdmi1zN2N06e027uQ3pyXCmtzfld-hqtcg7ik/s400/wall1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDMabMfts3PjCGuNADYnNG4uLp116jDjpPyGgc_RXtTBHaiUQemsyQu0kYwgyBiBpGdnHMrNNIJ566Yj1BKPKB3Vlb-A-72Xg6-4GuuOckZnCiN-pRl11g14sQ237IjiFq5bY/s1600-h/wall2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091846123721588594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDMabMfts3PjCGuNADYnNG4uLp116jDjpPyGgc_RXtTBHaiUQemsyQu0kYwgyBiBpGdnHMrNNIJ566Yj1BKPKB3Vlb-A-72Xg6-4GuuOckZnCiN-pRl11g14sQ237IjiFq5bY/s400/wall2.JPG" border="0" /></a> Below: from a rooftop in Aida refugee camp - note how wall confiscates maximum land for Israel.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV_Hqgh0inUG86En8PQtif01dixDVtOKS-_Q17lUy-LFE5uXoGdrYBM3edFAXX55muG7K1lLqTPNHz4KDSvUesRVCqVwBncJAw40g1EVgBPF-qVmH2VKRSUmrUVieGE6B63jm/s1600-h/wall+3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091846136606490498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV_Hqgh0inUG86En8PQtif01dixDVtOKS-_Q17lUy-LFE5uXoGdrYBM3edFAXX55muG7K1lLqTPNHz4KDSvUesRVCqVwBncJAw40g1EVgBPF-qVmH2VKRSUmrUVieGE6B63jm/s400/wall+3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />Below: Beit Sahour outskirts, with Israeli colony Har Homa above behind separation barrier (section of Apartheid Wall).<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRDZDoqJ9KhB2lhtWMz4xAkmAI5wvkzI6f9RX2WEwzjuL3DAGFFn7hQsRpIeQg9HPjP9KaVb9XIFaSlHyoiNQHvs7pnTV9zHKcHQsxthm9_tnj5u9xHW6Wgqc_c-EuLVC9clr/s1600-h/wall+beit+sahour.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5091846162376294290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRDZDoqJ9KhB2lhtWMz4xAkmAI5wvkzI6f9RX2WEwzjuL3DAGFFn7hQsRpIeQg9HPjP9KaVb9XIFaSlHyoiNQHvs7pnTV9zHKcHQsxthm9_tnj5u9xHW6Wgqc_c-EuLVC9clr/s400/wall+beit+sahour.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-1157196999676311042006-09-02T03:48:00.000-07:002006-09-17T10:00:06.086-07:00Dair Ballut Village<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20map.0.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/200/deir%20ballut%20map.0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />CLICK FOR A MAP of how the "Apartheid Wall" or "Separation Barrier" and nearby Israeli settlments enclose Deir Ballut village. Part of the displayed path of the barrier is still under construction (we could see the equipment working from our host's front porch). <a href="http://stopthewall.org/photos/876.shtml">See this report on past demonstrations and resistance to the Wall's construction.</a> Local resistance succeeded in saving some of the land that would have been lost behind the wall.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20school.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20school.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20map.jpg"></a><strong>Girls on the way to the first day of School</strong> in Dair Ballut. Boys schools will soon be closed due to a teacher's strike. Palestinian teachers have been working without pay since the US-led sanctions went into effect against the Palestinian government in February. Many people are saying, "The financial crisis hurts regular people, not Hamas." Whether it hurts Hamas or not, the sanctions regime impacts the entire population's school, medical, and police services.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20b.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20b.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>This boy's father is unemployed</strong> due to financial crisis and Israeli closure. I found his father to be energetic, clean-cut, and in his best working years...the traditional breadwinner of the Palestinian family (although more and more Palestinian women are working outside the home). He struggles to make ends meet from Olive trees on land that was rescued through <a href="http://stopthewall.org/photos/876.shtml">protest from anexation</a> behind the <a href="http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/1140.shtml">"Apartheid Wall" that now strangles the village.</a> <br /><br />Instead, <strong>only the grandparents provide income.</strong> The grandmother brings in some money by sewing. The grandfather works at a factory in a neighboring Palestinian village called Kfarr Qassam. Kfar Qassam is inside the 1948 border (i.e. in "Israel."). He is one of the lucky few who have permission to work inside Israel legally, (<a href="http://www.btselem.org/english/testimonies/20060401_soldiers_shoot_workers_trying_to_cross_fence_witness_maher_shaqarneh.asp">many sneak in</a>) but he can only stay legally during daylight hours.<br /><br />The trip from Dair Ballut to Kfar Qassam should take just a few minutes. Kfar Qassam is just a few miles away and is easily visible from Dair Ballut's hilltops. However, he must travel 2-3 hours on a long an circuitious route to reach the factory in Kfar Qassem. As a result, the grandfather sleeps illegally in Israel so he can be at work on time (the factory owner has set up some kind of place for the workers to sleep).<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20settlment.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20settlment.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>In the foreground</strong>, homes on the edge of Dair Ballut village. The bright lights behind are of Ped'Uel, an illegal Israeli settlement. The main road from the Jewish-only Israeli settlement comes from the east and the main road from the Palestinian village comes from the west. They intersect at north-south highway. There is a checkpoint there that is open from 6am to 6pm (according to Btselem). Every West Bank Palestinian vehicle must stop and be checked. Jewish settlers can pass freely 24hrs a day. The checkpoint has been on the edge of Deir Ballut for 18 years, since the settlement was built in 1988.The checkpoint is closed at night. There are many stories of ambulances being stopped after daylight hours. Allegedly, <a href="http://stopthewall.org/latestnews/220.shtml"> twin babies died while their ambulance waited at this checkpoint </a>. Observing the checkpoint from a rooftop at a friends house in the village, we watched military vehicles move slowly back and forth, searching the darkness with their lights, waiting for Palestinian traffic from the village. I imagined a jailer in a prison hallway, swinging his flashlight and clinking his ring of keys.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/dier%20ballut%20soldier.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/dier%20ballut%20soldier.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>A soldier at the checkpoint on Dair Ballut's main access road</strong>, just a few hundred meters from the village.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20driver%20huwiyyeh.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20driver%20huwiyyeh.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>The driver of our "service" (a shared taxi, usually a van) holds our ID's. </strong>The green color is the Palestinian "Huwiyyeh," or ID card issued by the Israeli military.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20chkpt.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20chkpt.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />The soldier orders: "<strong>All passengers out of the taxi</strong>." We and our Palestinian commuter companions wait as our taxi is nonchalantly searched by soldiers at the edge of Deir Ballut village. This chekcpoint stops all traffic between Deir Ballut and the main highway. Traffic from the adjoining Israeli settlement passes through the checkpoint freely. Villagers from Deir Ballut work, visit family and attend Universities in nearby Palestinian cities like Ramallah. However, due to checkpoints like this one (which was established in 1988), the time for what would be a 20 minute trip varies irregularly from 1-3 hours. Most only make the trip twice a week, and rent a room or stay with family at their destination.<br /><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/deir%20ballut%20night.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/deir%20ballut%20night.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><strong>Deir Ballut by moonlight and mosque-light...</strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32002099.post-1156841383743524882006-08-29T01:49:00.000-07:002006-08-29T01:49:43.746-07:00World's Worst PR Campaign<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/1600/bigger.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4244/3243/400/bigger.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0