Anan Tamimi

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16-year-old Anan Tamimi from Nabi Saleh was arrested by Israeli soldiers on his way to school this morning for the third time in recent weeks by Manal Tamimi, 02 April 2012.

The Zionist IDF arrested the child Anan Naji Tamimi for the third time during the last forty days. Anan was arrested last month from his home at 3:00 am in the morning. His charges were participating in illegal protest and throwing stones, according to a picture one of the soldiers took during the protest for one of the children while he threw stones.

Palestinian Youth Stand in Solidarity with Occupy Protesters

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Faiez: the story of a Palestinian farmer

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The first time I went to Turkalem, in the northeast of the West Bank, I did not know much about the situation there. I basically knew that it was mainly an agricultural region.

In Turkalem I met Faize Taneeb, an organic farmer, which already makes his story intresting, but the conditions he has to wrok his land, are the ones that make his case a special one.

Occupy Wall Street Not Palestine

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This was originally posted on the BNC website: http://www.bdsmovement.net/2011/occupy-wall-street-not-palestine-8163

Occupied Palestine, October 13 - The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions National Committee (BNC), the largest Palestinian civil society coalition struggling for Palestinian rights, is proud to stand in solidarity with the movements struggling for a new world based on democracy, human rights and economic justice. From New York to Athens, from Madrid to Santiago, from Bahrain to Rome, these huge mobilisations provide a much needed reminder of something that Palestinians have always known – that another world, a dignifying one, is possible and ordinary people can create it.

Khalid Yousef Zeet from Qalqiliya

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***image1*** Each day, for the last four months, Khalid Yousef Zeet, a resident and farmer in Qalqiliya, has worked his last three dunums of land despite harassment from Israeli contractors and private security. The activity of bulldozers destroying his land, less than one hundred meters away, takes place while he harvests and replants what is left of his crops. Three dunums of cabbage is all Khalid was left with after November 2002 when the Israeli military confiscated his other five dunums of cropland, bountiful with orange, lemon, guava, and olive trees, for the Wall.

Letter to the Students Protesting for Equal, Affordable Education in Chile

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This summer has seen massive protests in Chile on a variety of issues: student movement, Mapuche defense of resources, and demonstrations against damming projects. Tens of thousands of youth have taken to the streets to demand equality in affordable, public education. Our Palestinian youth express their solidarity with the demonstrators,

We must remind Israel of the crimes that it commits each day against the Palestinian people, of which the existence of the Wall is one

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Interview with Suheil Suliman, coordinator of the popular committees in the West Bank.

Only a few days are between us and the anniversary of the Hague ruling. Tell us about the ruling and its importance to Palestinians.

Manuel Abdel Al - My message to the working class: Support the Palestinian people, wherever you can get active!

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***image2***Interview with Mr. Manuel Abdel Aal, a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions (PGFTU)

On the occasion of Labour Day, could you tell us about the situation of workers in the occupied Palestinian territories?

"We believe we have the strength of the right"

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***image3***Welcome to the rural community of Wad Rahal (the Valley of Travelers) in Palestine. Located only three kilometers from Bethlehem, 1700 people call this village home. This community sits in between Palestine’s hillsides creating a picturesque farming village.

Although at first appearance Wad Rahal seems like an idyllic environment to live, this small community is burdened with struggles imposed upon them by the Occupation.

"Reclaim the momentum of the Palestinian cause"

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The March 15 protests drew thousands into al Manara Square, Ramallah, and many thousands more to the streets in Gaza. Inspired by the ongoing revolts in the Arab world, youth organizers have defined their own calls for more participation. On al Manara Square among the protestors were a dozen youth on hunger strike, while other protestors in Bethlehem remained camped out in Nativity Square. One youth activist from the West Bank spoke about the demonstrations and their goals:

"There is still energy and activism to remove the Wall from all Palestinian land"

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We spoke with Iyas Abu Rahmah, a 19-year-old activist, photographer and film student from the village of Bil’in. He began by speaking about his work and activism in Bil’in:

“What Happened in Tunisia needs to happen here”

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Before the Nakba (the mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians during and following 1948), the current residents of al Walaja lived in the land that Zionist forces would occupy in 1948. After 1948, a small percentage of those that were expelled moved to present-day al Walaja. Today, several thousand residents are surrounded by the settlements of Battir, Gilo and Har Gilo.

Existence is Resistance

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Khalil lives with his 4 children and his wife in a small neighbourhood near the Etzion Settlement Block. Khalil is a farmer in the area, tending olive and fruit trees. For generations Khalil and his family have lived in this small neighbourhood where about 35 other people live. His home is humble. It is a two-room house. The washroom does not exist within his house but just outside his front gate there sits an outhouse. His walls and roof have been patched with tin and scrap wood. The oven for cooking is outside in the yard. His home has been unchanged since 1967.

"It is one project, until liberation"

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Throughout the course of the anti-Wall movement, Occupation forces have used and developed a variety of “crowd control” or “non-lethal” weapons, which they claim are used to contain demonstrations without causing significant injury to individuals.

Remembering Jawaher Abu Rahmah

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***image2***Following the death of her daughter, the mother of Jawaher Abu Rahmah spoke to us in Bil'in about what happened in Bil'in on December 31, the day before Jawaher died.

"Jawaher and I went toward the demonstration near the Wall. In general, the role of women is important in the demonstration; we are always found in the front to protect the youth and to help the injured, to remove them from the clashes. Also, we try to stop the arrest of the youth.

The struggle in al Nabi Saleh

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24-year-old Rafat Sa’id al ‘Aish was injured on the December 17, 2010 during a demonstration by a metal tear gas round during the weekly demonstration in al Nabi Saleh. Arafat lives in Kufr Dik, and when the road is blocked by soldiers on Fridays he is forced to walk the 4 kilometers on foot through the mountains.

Resistance through voluntary work: Rebuilding the spring in Qarawat Bani Hassan

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***image2***Over the past year, Stop the Wall has been working with groups of youth to develop creative means of resisting the Wall and settlements, supporting activities in the Bethlehem and most in the village of Qarawat Bani Hassan. The village is in the Salfit district, just north of the “Ariel Finger” settlements of Barqan, Qiryat Netafim and Revava. This settlement bloc cuts deep into the West Bank and Qarawat Bani Hassan, as well as the other villages along the Ariel Finger, have been hard hit by settlement expansion and settler attacks.

Disconnect from Bezeq

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On January 18, 2010 Bezeq International signed an exclusive partnership agreement with British Telecom (BT). Bezeq is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bezeq, which not only provides telecommunications to settlements in the West Bank, but also owns some 60 properties (9,300 sq m of land in total) in the West Bank. The company provides services to larger, more entrenched settlements as well as so-called “outposts”, effectively serving to strengthen and expand the settlement project.

Village of Husan

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The Village of Jabai

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Forested hilltops surround the land of Jabai. It is a quiet village that displays the beauty of a typical Palestinian village. Less than one thousand people live here and rely on farming to provide for their basic needs. Yet Israel’s policy of land confiscation and the nearby settlers of Beit Ein have disrupted what would be a serene place to call home.

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