Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his call for Palestinian national unity this week while the Bil’in conference on popular resistance ends with a nonviolent protest against the separation wall. These stories and more in this week’s update.
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The ethnic cleansing of Palestine continues. As Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his government expand settlements in the West Bank while asserting that “painful concessions” are being made, what is really going on behind the scenes? Host Naji Ali speaks with Ramallah-based activist Neta Golan.
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Residents of Bil’in village, together with international and Israeli activists, chain themselves to olive trees that are to be uprooted to make way for the Israeli Apartheid Wall. The wall is currently being constructed in many areas of Palestine. For Bil’in it will result in the annexation of 2,400 dunums of land - over 50% of the land belonging to the village. This will facilitate massive Israeli settlement expansion east of the Green Line.
Bil’in has carried out a series of non-violent protests against this land theft, and demonstrations are held at least once a week, usually more. The Israeli military has used excessive force against the demonstrators, regularly firing tear gas, rubber coated metal bullets, sound bombs and live ammunition at unarmed civilians peacefully protesting. Many people have been injured and arrested. In other areas of Palestine people have been killed because they have protested against the wall, including two children who were shot dead on the same day that this video was filmed, a short distance away in Beit Liqya.
This program was produced by Lena Green on May 4, 2005.
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Crossing The Line host Christopher Brown speaks with attorney and activist Huwaida Arraf. Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, speaks about the victory for the residents of Bil’in village. The Israeli high court on 4 September ruled that the apartheid wall must be rerouted near the town. Every Friday for the past two years residents of Bil’in, as well as Israeli and international peace activists, have staged nonviolent protests against the wall. The Israeli occupation forces almost always used rubber-coated steel bullets, sound grenades and teargas against the crowd. Brown speaks with Arraf about the use of non-violent resistance in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Later, Brown speaks with Caoimhe Butterly, a journalist and activist who has documented the events in Lebanon since the fighting in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp began in May. Butterly speaks with Brown from Baddawi refugee camp about the current living conditions of the displaced Palestinians and how the Lebanese and other governments are addressing the issue.
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Andy Trimlett interviews Ghassan Andoni, co-founder and spokesperson of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Palestine. Andoni talks about his organization’s non-violent resistance to the Israeli occupation. He discusses the failure of the American and Israeli governments to properly investigate the death of ISM volunteer Rachel Corrie. Andoni provides an analysis the recent Palestinian election, the uprising in Lebanon, and daily life in the Palestinian territories.
This program was produced by Andy Trimlett for Alternative Focus in 2005.
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Brian Avery, an American human rights activist shot in the face by the Israeli military in 2003, has returned once again to Israel in his quest for justice. Avery is suing the State of Israel over his injuries sustained while he was working with Palestinian medical relief teams in Jenin.
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The International Solidarity Movement issues update on Israeli invasion of Nablus.
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This week saw renewed internal Palestinian clashes between Fatah and Hams while the Israeli army killed at least 10 Palestinians in the Gaza strip. These stories and more in this weeks program.
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The Israeli High Court on Tuesday ruled that the path of the Apartheid Wall on lands belonging to the West Bank village of Bilin must be changed. In a unanimous decision, the justices ruled that the route of the Wall through Bilin’s lands had been planned based on the needs of the illegal Israeli settlement Matityahu East and had no security rationale. This ruling comes after nearly three years of weekly nonviolent demonstrations. The International Solidarity Movement, which has been involved in supporting Bilin’s resistance for the past three years, issued this statement.
This program was produced by PalCast.org for September 4, 2007.
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The International Solidarity Movement (ISM) group in Rafah, Gaza Strip in 2003 saw two of its volunteers killed by the Israeli military. Rachel Corrie was crushed under an armored Caterpillar D9 bulldozer as she tried to prevent the demolition of a pharmacist’s home. Tom Hurndall was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper as he attempted to move several Palestinian children off a road to safety. This short but powerful documentary records the goals and work of that group in the aftermath of Rachel and Tom’s deaths.
This program was produced by Mike McCurdy in 2003.
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Electronic Intifada’s coverage of Tom’s death