The high tide of the social struggle in the world at large and in our region just two
years ago with lot of hopes gave way to disillusions. The joint direct action in Bil'in,
Ni'ilin, Nabi Saleh, Qaddum, Ma'asara, Beit Ummar, Shaikh Jarrah diminished in size.
Contributing to it the stick and carrot policy of the Israeli occupation system. The
significant increase of work permits to Palestinians within Israel and lax policy towards
the "illegal Palestinians" who work in it, contributed its share. The strict policy of the
corrupt Palestinian authority do not promote hope and militancy in the grass root nor
among the Israeli radical people. The hope in approaching radical change due to
international pressure on Israel and the low tide in both the general social struggle and
the Palestinian arena diminished the numbers an energy of activists involved with the
Israeli anarchists against wall initiative. Just a glimpse of hope bring the emerging of
the Israeli anarchist communist Ahdut (unity) group I joined lately
Bil'in
Friday weekly demonstration with a smaller participation. The only flag carried in it was
the red and black flag held by me which was accepted with sympathy of all participants.
One Palestinian got injured and the another Palestinian photographer was arrested after
the Israeli occupation force take his camera !
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https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.604985472881106.1073741874.195181403861517
https://www.facebook.com/bmansour1/posts/10201809861321189
Nabi Saleh Solidarity
Activists report that today's demonstration took place in the rain. Despite the wet
weather, residents of Nabi Saleh including men, women and children, along with Israeli and
International supporters attempted to march to the spring which has been illegally annexed
by Israeli settlers. During the demonstration, demonstrators also managed to open the
large yellow iron gate that the Israeli military has installed in 2000 at one of the
entrances of the village. For the first time in 13 years cars were able to pass via this
entrance in and out of the village. As usual the IOF actively sought to repress the
demonstration and at least one person has been detain/arrested - Helmy, a Palestinian
photographer/cameraman from the village.
Qaddum
The Friday demonstration was smaller than usual because of Holiday, olive harvest, rain,
and a funeral in the village.
The road to the village was closed hermetically by the Israeli state forces. The army
tried to block even the round about dirt road. But, all wisecracks of the IOF could not
prevent those who fight the oppression from manifesting it. With the help of our
Palestinian partners we arrived - a large group of international and a handful of Israelis
in spite the, jeeps and other means of oppressed.
At the begin the occupation army was hiding. Shortly after the demo began to march lot of
them equipped from head to toe, came from every direction behind the houses and from the
hills and shot barrage of tear gas grenades.
Gray was yesterday in Qaddum, both the rain clouds, the tear gas, the smoke burning tires
igniting by the shabab. These painted the village gray but not in any way decreased the
determination if the village people to continue the struggle and fight for righteousness,
against the oppression, expropriation of their lands, and the breach of the fundamental
right of travel.
The demonstration ended without injuries or detainees.
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Odai Qaddomi?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEL6rMDZViU
The residents of Sheikh Jarrah are continuing their protest vigils in the neighborhood
every Friday, protesting their violent evictions from their homes.
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Don?t say we didn?t know #385
On Saturday, 12th October, 2013, Palestinians from Qaryut (near the settlements Shilo and
Eli) went to harvest their olives. At a certain point, settlers arrived nearby. They
summoned the IDF, who arrived and declared the area a closed military zone, and then
forced the harvesters to leave their land.
The next day, the same farmers went to harvest their olives, this time supported by
international volunteers. Again, settlers came and summoned soldiers, who again distanced
the harvesters from their lands. When the farmers went to a nearby plot ? declared the
previous day as being alright for harvest by the soldiers ? they, the Palestinian
harvesters, were removed by the soldiers from that plot, too, following the settlers? demands.
On 19th October, 2013, at 3:00 a.m., settlers invaded the olive groves of Qaryut, and
badly damaged some 70 olive trees.
Questions & queries: amosg@shefayim.org.il
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* From my blog at: http://ilanisagainstwalls.blogspot.com
See at the blog previous reports about the joint struggles the Anarchists Against the Wall
take part in.
See also: http://awalls.orghttp://ilan.shalif.com/anarchy/glimpses/glimpses.html
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