Talking With Alice Walker on Palestine

DENNIS BERNSTEIN |  September 30, 2011| COUNTERPUNCH “People Everywhere Deserve to be Free of Fear” Alice Walker is Pulitzer Prize winning poet, author and activist. She participated recently in the U.S. Boat to Gaza, which was a part of the Freedom Flotilla, to break the Israeli embargo on the Gaza Strip. Last year, a flotilla […]

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Clashes in Silwan, IOF arrest a young man

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video [ 30/09/2011 – 07:10 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)–Clashes broke out on Thursday evening in different areas of the Jerusalem suburb of Silwan. The clashes were the result of the closure of roads leading in and out of the suburb to provide protection for Jewish settlers during their […]

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Land Demonstration in Yatta – Sept 30, 2011 – video

Video by PalestineSolidarity | Sept 30, 2011 PSP joined residents in Yatta in a land demonstration 30. September 2011    

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Human rights group warns of Israeli revenge against Jerusalem residents for UN move

RELATED: REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Friday, 30 September 2011 15:30 | MEMO Ahmed Attoun abduction was followed by the escalation of attacks on Al-Aqsa Mosque. A Palestinian human rights group has warned the residents of occupied East Jerusalem about “retaliatory procedures” by the Israeli occupation authorities in response to the Palestinian Authority […]

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Israeli Settler Lynch in Anata – Sept 30, 2011 – in pictures & video

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video Will be updated as material comes available Photo credits as mentioned or taken by @activestill @SJActionAlerts @Dustbowl_Pal (via twitter) The morning of 30.9.11 few palestinians & israeli activists came to plant trees in an area of village Anata newly confiscated recently by the Jewish settlement of Anatot, a […]

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Weekly Protest in Bil’in – Sept 30, 2011 – video

Video by TomVeeTV | Sept 30, 2011 Bil’in’s weekly demo. After shabab confronted Israeli Occupation Forces IOF responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. A brush fire was started by tear gas canisters destroying 2 olive trees.

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Kufr Qaddoum demands access

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video   30 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Israeli military forces mounted an aggressive incursion into the centre of Kufr Qaddum today, in response to the weekly demonstration against the closure of the main road linking the village to the nearby city of Nablus, in the North of […]

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The psychology and coping of Balata refugee camp | International Solidarity Movement

Related:  Refugees of Palestine – Special Topic   30 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Balata refugee camp, 2km east outside of Nablus, in the North of the West Bank, is a densely packed grid of permanent buildings and tight streets, many narrower than shoulder-width.   Buildings rise higher each year as residents add extra storeys […]

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PA security arrest three Hamas supporters, including leader Dirar Hamadneh

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video [ 30/09/2011 – 01:27 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– The PA security is continuing with its campaign against the opposition in the West Bank arresting three Hamas supporters in the districts of Nablus and al-Khalil. They also continue to harass journalist Mu’ath Mishaal. In al-Khalil district, the PA […]

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Israel attacks Gaza in Response to rocket and invades cities and villages in Jenin

Related ▶ Gaza Under Attack  – in pictures PNN – Palestine News Network  30.09.11 – 14:58 An Israeli Air Force aircraft raided Gaza last night along the central Gaza Strip. Israel claims to be responding to a rocket launched towards the Citizens of Al-Maghazi camp who said that the raid targeted a Security Center for […]

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Settler attacks east of Salfit and south of Nablus

REFUSING TO DIE IN SILENCE – Video [ 30/09/2011 – 12:16 PM ] WEST BANK, (PIC)– Dozens of armed settlers, under the protection of IOF troops, attacked the village of Yasuf to the east of Salfit, and opened fire in the air, in an attempt to terrorise the residents and farmers in the northern part […]

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Banned activist Raed Salah wins in detention case

30 September 2011 Last updated at 16:27 GMT | BBC Sheikh Raed Salah challenged Theresa May’s decision to detain him A pro-Palestinian activist can claim damages after the High Court ruled he had been wrongfully detained on the orders of Home Secretary Theresa May. The court said the Home office failed to give reasons for […]

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In blow to government, UK High Court rules Raed Salah was “wrongfully detained”

Asa Winstanley on Fri, 09/30/2011 |  The Electronic Intifada The UK High Court in London has within the last hour ruled that Palestinian activist Raed Salah was wrongfully detained after his entry to the country, and is thus entitled to compensation. The full ruling is available online here, and is also included at the end of this […]

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Last-Minute Divisions: Europe Fails to Unite on Palestinian Question

By Christoph Schult in Brussels | Spiegel Online | Sept 30, 2011 REUTERS A Palestinian boy waves a flag in Jerusalem’s Old City as an Israeli police officer looks on. The EU is further removed than ever from a common position in the Middle East conflict. The Europeans couldn’t even agree on a joint declaration […]

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The Deadly Experiment – Israel’s Murderous Testing Ground for ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapons

Special Topic: Israel’s Weapons a Crime on Humanity Corporate Watch – Tracking Corporate Complicity in the Occupation of Palestine | Jan 3, 2011 Tear gas canisters fired from a vehicle mounted launcher during a weekly demonstration in Bil In Photo courtesy of Bil In Popular Committee “The Israeli government and its army have been for […]

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