Friday, August 6

Al-Walaja follow-up


In my last posting with the video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5K_-gpgTy_8) showing the assault on peaceful demonstrations in Al-Walaja, I mentioned six Palestinians abducted.  There were also Israelis arrested.  In total 15 people were abducted and many charged and most had to sign a paper to promise they would not come near the wall again for 60-180 days.  Here are pictures of the event Wednesday from Ann Paq http://www.flickr.com/photos/activestills/

New hope in closing battle of the wall; a week in the west bank village of Al Wallaje
by Yotam Wolfe and Joseph Dana
http://www.kibush.co.il/show_file.asp?num=41469

Video:  4-year-old Palestinian child gets a taste of the occupation and he tries to protect his family who are being arrested for nonviolent resistance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bh6YVPnqXQ

Israeli apartheid soldiers arrested three 14-year olds in their own lands for being too close to the illegal wall built on their lands in Bilin. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfBRfuQCpKA
   
Action:  People asked what they can do to end harassment of nonviolent resisters including me (Mazin Qumsiyeh)? Here is an example of a to do list from the Middle East Crisis Committee http://www.thestruggle.org/threat_to_mazin_qumsiyeh.html

Inspiring:  Flashmob BDS action in the Netherlands
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzMnzg9XEPE

Very revealing interview with Apartheid Israel’s father of its nuclear bombs and other weapons of mass destruction.  Here Peres admits Israel does have nuclear weapons but lies about other areas (including ethnic cleansing he himself participated in).  He also managed to insult Britain and lie about the role of the British government (which was critical to founding Israel as a racist apartheid Jewish state)
http://www.tabletmag.com/news-and-politics/40409/making-history/print/
  
Below is a direct promotional quote from a Zionist website that brings American Jews to watch and support first-hand the colonial apartheid system in action.  Imagine the reaction for a similar announcement for Nazi Germany or Apartheid South Africa.

  “Once in a lifetime Experience! [for only $3350 plus airline tickets-MQ]
   Join a dynamic and intensive eight day exploration of Israel's struggle
   for survival and security.        

   Mission Highlights:
   -Briefings by Mossad officials and commanders of the Shin Bet.
   -Briefing by officers in the IDF Intelligence and Operations branches.
   -Inside tour of the IAF unit which carries out targeted killings.
    [extrajudicial executions- MQ]
   -Live exhibition of penetration raids in Arab territory.
   -Observe a trial of Hamas terrorists in an IDF military court.
   -First hand tours of Lebanese front-line military positions and the Gaza
    border check-points.
   -Inside tour of the controversial Security Fence and secret intelligence
    bases.
   -Meeting Israel's Arab agents who infiltrate terrorist groups and
    provide real-time intelligence.
    Light airplane tour of the Galilee, water activities on Lake Kinneret,
    a cook-out barbecue and a -
   -Shabbat enjoying the rich  religious and historic wonders of
    Jerusalem's Old City.[being cleansed of its natives-MQ]”


Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD
A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home
http://www.qumsiyeh.org
Popular Committee to Resist the Apartheid Wall and Settlements-Beit Sahour
Professor, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities
Chairman of the Board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, http://www.pcr.ps


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