Jan 4, 2011 | Joseph Dana
I am waking up on a cold and rainy morning in Nabi Saleh. I have been sleeping in the village on and off over the past few weeks along with some other Israeli and international supporters. The army has been raiding the village at night, terrorizing the villagers and arresting children. The military repression of resistance in Nabi Saleh has moved to an advanced stage. The army arrests children, puts them through psychological torture and then gets them to deliver script against the leaders of the popular committee. The army does it in Bil’in, Ni’ilin and other villages that fight for the spirt of freedom denied to them by the Israeli occupation.
Nabi Saleh, a small village west of Ramallah, has engaged in an unarmed demonstration against the confiscation of their land by the neighboring Jewish settlement of Halamish for the past year There have been countless injuries, arrests and collective punishment against the village over the past year as the army has tried to crush the protest.
Today’s demonstration, which will being in about an hour, will be in solidarity with the people of Egypt. The spirit of freedom is sweeping the Middle East. The villages of the West Bank, which have been suffering from repression and tear gas for years, extend their support to the peoples of Egypt and Tunsia.
The following is a raw and simple video shot by the great photojournalist Matthew Cassel yesterday in Tahrir Square. It’s simplicity is refreshing in this current news cycle. From Egypt to Palestine, all people power is revolutionary.
From Nabi Saleh to Tahrir Square. Resistance Spreading in the Middle East | Joseph Dana.

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