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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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian activists joined the rally last Saturday in Est Jerusalem to protest the eviction of Arab families from Sheikh Jarrah, where Jewish settlers continue to occupy Palestinian homes.
The photos were taken by Brady Ng, FVW, Julian.
Photo: FVW
Photo: FVW
View from the stage
Photo: Brady Ng
Part of the 5000-strong ...
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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
Last year, six housewives from the village launched “Budhur”. The women group is active on social, political and women's issues. Budhur, meaning “before blooming”, is an initiative that claims to be innovative.
Written and photographed by Valentine Van Vyve.
Being a woman in Nebi Saleh might be different from being a woman ...
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Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Palestinian, Israeli and international activists joined demonstrations in villages up and down the West Bank yesterday, marking the Global Week Against racism.
A Palestinian boy was seriously wounded during An Nebi Saleh protest.
Here is what happened.
Bi'lin Once again, creativity distinguished Bi'lin protest. Activists dressed as figures representing Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Europe's highest court ruled on Thursday that Israeli products manufactured in settlements in occupied Palestinian territories are not exempt from paying EU customs duties. Though nominally a finding on a trade-related matter, the decision has much wider political implications. It would seem like little more than a minor customs dispute ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to add two holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territories to a list of national heritage sites was met with immediate condemnation from Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative.
Deploring the act as provocative and aggressive, Barghouti stated "the Israeli decision to ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Settler violence. Drought. Tension with the Israeli military. Poverty. Palestinians in the Hebron Hills have seen their fair share of problems. The Palestine Monitor highlights the current situations in three villages located in the Hebron Hills. All photographs were taken by Brady Ng.
At'tuwani is a small village southeast of Hebron ...
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Thursday, February 4th, 2010
The circus named Berlusconi has left town. During his whistle stop tour of Israel and the West Bank the world's most flamboyant head of state was at his crowd pleasing best. Crying with Netanyahou during a speech to the Knesset, delivering a set of priceless Da Vinci sketches to a ...
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
What began as a peaceful demonstration ended with dozens of injuries, including young children. Others were forced to flee their homes under fire from Israeli soldiers.
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Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010
Planting trees against occupation, settlement expansion and land expropriation – this is the symbolic action carried out by popular committees of resistance who joined a tree-planting action in Aboud, North-West of Ramallah, last Sunday.
Heading to the farmland in Aboud.
Photo by Brady Ng
Local villagers, students from the Birzeit University and ...
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