Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Umm al-Kheir means ‘Mother of Freedom' in Arabic. But the eighty residents of this little Bedouin community in the South Hebron Hills aren't free at all. With the settlers of Carmel as their neighbours, these shepherds have to deal with harassment, warrants of demolition, bulldozers and even gunshots. Written and ...
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Thursday, March 4th, 2010
It is well known that fisherman in Gaza are among the worst affected by the Israeli blockade. Il Manifesto correspondant Michele Giorgio met with a former Israeli Navy officer, now working with Breaking The Silence, who gave a first hand account of how they were trained to police fishermen.
It's an ...
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Tuesday, February 16th, 2010
Jenin's grand old cinema has been shut down and neglected for more than twenty years, since the start of the first Intifada. This idea to renovate came from Marcus Vetter, the famous German film-maker, who was awarded the ‘Cinema for Peace' award last year for his documentary "The heart of ...
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Monday, February 1st, 2010
End of December, accompanied by soldiers, Israeli settlers driving bulldozers started carrying out significant construction works in the area where is located the Neweitef Al – Majur spring, central source of water for farming the land of the nearby West Bank town of Qarawat Bani Hassan, in the Salfeet governorate, ...
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Tuesday, January 19th, 2010
Keeping culture alive in a conflict zone is a daunting challenge. The Israeli Occupation involves not only the destruction of Palestine as a political entity, but the dissolution of its social and cultural life. Resisting that process and fighting the occupation through creativity is what drives Ahmad al-Bakri and Abdel ...
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Thursday, January 14th, 2010
In December 2008 and January 2009, Khulood Ghanem, a 27 years old girl, kept a diary and described the ordeal in Gaza during the Israeli military assault. The diary was adapted by Edward Mast into a performance for three voices entitled Seven days from a Gaza Diary. Ed interspersed segments ...
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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Israel continues to implement a long-term plan to transform the demographic structure of occupied East Jerusalem.
Demonstrations against Israeli policies continue.
Every Friday, human rights activists and individuals- Palestinians, Israelis and internationals - have been peacefully demonstrating in the streets of East Jerusalem. They demand the end of the settlements construction and ...
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Monday, January 11th, 2010
In December 2008 and January 2009, Khulood Ghanem, a 27 years old girl, kept a diary and described the ordeal in Gaza during the Israeli military assault. The diary was adapted by Edward Mast into a performance for three voices entitled Seven days from a Gaza Diary. Ed interspersed segments ...
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Tuesday, January 5th, 2010
Around 1000 people gathered on New Year's Eve by Erez crossing on the Israeli side of border with Gaza to protest against the ongoing siege imposed by Israel on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. As part of the Gaza Freedom March initiative, the demonstration began at around 11.00 am with ...
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Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
For the last two months, every Friday several peace activists and ordinary citizens have organized a demonstration in East Jerusalem protesting against Israeli authorities who have evicted several Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
The eviction of Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem is illegal under international law which forbids ...
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