Qalandiya

G4S equips the apartheid wall, Israel confirms

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Fri, 12/07/2012 - 09:42
Eight years after it was declared illegal by the International Court of Justice, Israel’s wall in the West Bank is still being serviced by a British-Danish firm.

The beautifully-paced rage of Mourid Barghouti's latest memoir

Sarah Irving
19 April 2012
Mourid Barghouti’s I Was Born There, I Was Born Here is for anyone in your life who needs to understand the pain, the absurdity, the injustice, and the devastatingly predictable unpredictability of life for ordinary Palestinians.

Israel forcibly transfers Palestinian lawmaker from Jerusalem

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 12/07/2011 - 02:06
Ahmad Attoun, a lawmaker from the Hamas party, was expelled from Jerusalem today after Israeli forces released him from prison and took him to Qalandia checkpoint between the city and Ramallah.

Medical treatment delayed for hours after army shoots boy in the eye

Brendan Work
8 November 2011
Ahed Wahdan, who recently turned 15, lost his right eye when he was shot in the face by a high-speed tear gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier.

Film review: Can hip hop be "bigger than the occupation"?

Alexander Billet
29 September 2011
How can one expect any art to take root under Israeli occupation, let alone for a small delegation of artists, DJs and rappers to make any impact?

On Naksa Day, Palestinians carry on popular struggle

Eva Bartlett
Beit Hanoun
6 June 2011
While Lebanon’s Naksa Day demonstrations were prevented by Lebanese security, demonstrations went on throughout the occupied West Bank as well as by Palestine supporters worldwide.

Close-up video of Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinians arresting demonstrators

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 01:48

Yesterday I wrote about this photo of an Israeli undercover agent disguised as a Palestinian woman civilian who was involved in the arrest of demonstrators at Qalandiya checkpoint during Sunday’s Nakba protests.

Video: scenes from yesterdays clashes at Qalandiya checkpoint

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 19:20

A dramatic video documents protesters marching on Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank.

Photo: Gun-toting Israeli soldier disguised as Palestinian woman

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 05/16/2011 - 04:20
A photo published by The New York Times depicts an undercover Israeli agent, dressed as a Palestinian civilian, being loaded into an Israeli police vehicle after “helping detain a Palestinian protester” during today’s Nakba anniversary protest at Qalandiya checkpoint between Ramallah and Bethlehem.

Interview: Undercover Israeli soldiers arrest West Bank demonstrators

15 May 2011
The Electronic Intifada speaks with Jon Elmer (www.jonelmer.ca), a Canadian independent journalist based in Bethlehem who documented protests in the occupied West Bank today.
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