about 5 days ago - 2 comments
This afternoon, I visited a Palestinian summer camp in the southern West Bank city of Beit Umar. The camp is named “The Freedom Flotilla Camp” and contains roughly one hundred youth aged 12 to 17 years old from the city. In addition to normal summer camp activities like swimming, playing football and general running around
about 1 week ago - 2 comments
The Land of the Settlers is a five part documentary series created by Chaim Yavin, who was described by the Arab News as “the Israeli version of America’s Walter Cronkite”. With a handheld camera, Yavin traveled throughout his homeland of Israel and interviewed a range of Palestinians and Israelis in order to document the Israeli-Palestinian
about 1 month ago - 3 comments
Video from a last Saturday’s action in the South Hebron Hills. There are no English subtitles but the situation is quite clear. Soldiers remove shepherds from their farmlands, activists try to stop them and settlers attack Palestinians. The dance continues every day, every week.
about 2 months ago - 2 comments
Below is video from the (now) weekly peace march to Open Shuhada Street in Hebron. While the video is not subtitled, one can get the feeling of the atmosphere during these marches and the behaviour of the IDF and the settlers. What you see here is nothing short of breath taking… the settlers, in plain
about 2 months ago - No comments
Yesterday, Open Shuhada Street along with Ta’ayush and the Anarchists Against the Walls held a protest in the old city (cashbah) of Hebron against continued Israeli occupation and settlements in the city. The protest was peaceful unlike last week. Youth Against the Settlements, the nonviolent direct action peace organization based in Tel Rumeida plans to
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
The day starts off as all of them do with an early meeting in Jerusalem. As I walk to our meeting place, religiously observant Jews are walking to shul for the Shabbat morning prayers. They often look me in the eye and affectionately say “Shabbat Shalom”. I wonder if they would behave the same way
about 3 months ago - No comments
Middle of April 2010 Ta’ayush is getting bigger. This time last year, we would meet at our regular place early on Saturday morning. It felt more like a group of friends going out for a day of hiking in the hills then an established political organization. We barely fit in one transit at this time.
about 3 months ago - No comments
10.4.10 South Hebron Hills Report from a Ta’ayush Activist As in every week of the year, we woke up at 07:00 on a Saturday morning to oppose injustice. We is a group of about 15 Israeli Ta’ayush activists. The South of Hebron Hills is one of the most difficult regions in the West Bank. Much
about 3 months ago - 1 comment
Israel is about to implement a new set of laws of deportation for Palestinians and foreign nationals in the West Bank. This ruling has major implication for the popular protest movement and the work of groups like Ta’ayush. For more details on the ruling please see Amira Hass’s article in today’s Haaretz as well as