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Zionist tourists harass Palestinian residents in Hebron

Submitted by Rana Baker on Mon, 11/21/2011 - 00:03
If you’re beaten up, harassed, or verbally attacked for no reason, know that you’re in an area under Israeli colonial control. Indeed, one must find this irrational. Physics suggest that “to every action there is always an equal and opposite reaction.” This could apply to most life cases too. When you’re in the Occupied Palestinian Territories or Israel, however, you obviously “provoke” a reaction by simply being Palestinian.

Harvesting olives as a statement of resistance

Ben Lorber
Nablus
24 October 2011
Palestinian olive farmers face violence from both the settlers and the Israeli military during the harvest season.

French far-right recruits join Israeli settlers in West Bank

Nour Samaha
Doha
27 September 2011
Earlier this month an announcement appeared on a French website, calling for “militants with military experience” to participate in a solidarity trip to Israel and the occupied West Bank between 19 and 25 September.

Mounting settler violence forces Palestinian youth to postpone first ever Model UN

Submitted by Jalal Abukhater on Tue, 09/20/2011 - 17:40
The first ever Model UN conference in Palestine has had to be postponed due to the rising threat of violence by Israeli settlers.

Settler violence rises in West Bank; more expected before UN vote

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
Jerusalem
20 September 2011
Amid reports that the Israeli military is arming and training Israeli settlers in advance of a United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood later this week, Palestinian activists in the West Bank have organized emergency response teams to document Israeli settler attacks and prevent more from taking place.

Video survey: Racism rampant among Israeli youth

Eli Ungar-Sargon
18 August 2011
A survey of 250 Israeli Jews reveals the extent of anti-Arab racism in Israel.

UK bans Israeli settler rabbi who called for killing of non-Jews

Asa Winstanley
London
15 August 2011
The UK has banned Rabbi Yosef Elitzur, who has incited the murder of non-Jews, including civilians and children from coming to the country. But the timing is curious.

Preserving Palestinian heritage one stitch at a time

Emily Lawrence
Hebron
15 August 2011
Palestinian women in Hebron have formed a traditional handicrafts cooperative to preserve cultural heritage and provide stable income for dozens of families hit hard by the economic effects of Israel’s occupation.

Israel's war on nonviolent protest

Jonathan Cook
Nazareth
19 July 2011
The newly-passed boycott law is the latest in a series of ever-more draconian laws being introduced by Israel’s far right. The legislation’s goal is to intimidate those Israeli citizens, Jews and Palestinians, who have yet to bow down before the majority-rule mob.

Silwan children abducted from their bedrooms

Mel Frykberg
Silwan
17 June 2011
Defence for Children International - Palestine Section reports that Israeli police opened 1,267 criminal cases against Palestinian children between November 2009 and October 2010 for stone throwing in East Jerusalem. The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem reports 31 of those children were from Silwan.

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