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- Palestinian demonstrators hold signs next to an Israeli soldier during a protest as activists, not seen, prepare to board a bus belonging to the Israeli bus company Egged, outside the West Bank illegal Jewish settlement of Kochav Hashakhar, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011. Six Palestinian activists, defiantly clutching national flags and surrounded by dozens of reporters, were dragged off an Israeli bus that they were hoping would lead them to Jerusalem, after an hours-long stand off with police on Tuesday. The Palestinians said they boarded the Israeli bus in a widely advertised action, hoping to draw attention what they say are discriminatory measures in the West Bank, particularly travel restrictions.(AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)
- Israeli Occupying forces arresting #FreedomRides activist Mazin Qumsiyeh.
- Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian activist who refused to get off a bus which was entering Jerusalem on November 15, 2011, at the Hizmeh checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Six Palestinians were arrested as they tried to enter Jerusalem on an Israeli bus in a novel bid to protest what they call Israel’s discriminatory policies in the West Bank.
- A protestor holds a sign on November 15, 2011 at the Hizmeh checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Six Palestinians were arrested as they tried to enter Jerusalem on an Israeli bus in a novel bid to protest what they call Israel’s discriminatory policies in the West Bank. The six activists, five men and one woman, said their protest was inspired by the ‘Freedom Riders,’ American civil rights activists who rode to the south in the 1960s to carry out work against segregation and racial discrimination.
- An Israeli border police officer detains a Palestinian activist after removing him from a bus at Hizme checkpoint on the edge of Jerusalem November 15, 2011. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders”, six Palestinians boarded the bus used by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but the end of the line was Israeli police detention. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Palestinian activists hold a flag and signs aboard a bus driving from a West Bank Jewish illegal settlement to Jerusalem November 15, 2011. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders”, six Palestinians boarded the bus used by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but the end of the line was Israeli police detention. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- An Israeli soldier checks the identity card of a Palestinian activist onboard a bus at Hizme checkpoint on the edge of Jerusalem November 15, 2011. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders”, six Palestinians boarded the bus used by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but the end of the line was Israeli police detention. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian activist after removing him from a bus at Hizme checkpoint on the edge of Jerusalem November 15, 2011. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders”, six Palestinians boarded the bus used by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but the end of the line was Israeli police detention. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian activist after removing him from a bus at Hizme checkpoint on the edge of Jerusalem November 15, 2011. Calling themselves “Freedom Riders”, six Palestinians boarded the bus used by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, but the end of the line was Israeli police detention. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
- Reporters surround a Palestinian activist as he boards an Israeli bus outside the Illegal West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron, near Ramallah, on November 15, 2011. Palestinian “Freedom Riders” reenacted US civil rights movement’s boarding of segregated buses in the American south by riding Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem. Several Israeli transportation companies operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state. While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian activists and members of the media gather at a bus stop outside the West Bank illegal Israeli settlement of Migron, near Ramallah, on November 15, 2011. Palestinian “Freedom Riders” reenacted US civil rights movement’s boarding of segregated buses in the American south by riding Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem. Several Israeli transportation companies operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state. While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- A Palestinian activist displays her passport as she rides an Israeli bus between a bus stop outside the West Bank Jewish settlement of Migron, near Ramallah, and a checkpoint leading to Jerusalem, on November 15, 2011. Palestinian “Freedom Riders” reenacted US civil rights movement’s boarding of segregated buses in the American south by riding Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem. Several Israeli transportation companies operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state. While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Palestinian activists and members of the media gather at a bus stop outside the West Bank Illegal Israeli settlement of Migron, near Ramallah, on November 15, 2011. Palestinian “Freedom Riders” reenacted US civil rights movement’s boarding of segregated buses in the American south by riding Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem. Several Israeli transportation companies operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state. While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- Israeli forces arrest a Palestinian activist who refused to get off a bus which was entering Jerusalem on November 15, 2011, at the Hizmeh checkpoint between Ramallah and Jerusalem. Six Palestinians were arrested as they tried to enter Jerusalem on an Israeli bus in a novel bid to protest what they call Israel’s discriminatory policies in the West Bank. The six activists, five men and one woman, said their protest was inspired by the “Freedom Riders,” American civil rights activists who rode to the south in the 1960s to carry out work against segregation and racial discrimination. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
- An Israeli border guard checks the ID of a Palestinian activist riding an Israeli bus between a bus stop outside the West Bank Illegal Jewish settlement of Migron, near Ramallah, and a checkpoint leading to Jerusalem, on November 15, 2011. Palestinian “Freedom Riders” reenacted US civil rights movement’s boarding of segregated buses in the American south by riding Israeli settler buses to Jerusalem. Several Israeli transportation companies operate dozens of lines that run through the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, many of them subsidized by the state. While it is not officially forbidden for Palestinians to use Israeli public transportation in the West Bank, these lines are effectively segregated, since many of them pass through Jewish-only settlements, to which Palestinian entry is prohibited by a military decree. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
On November 15, six Palestinian activists boarded an Israeli bus in the West Bank in effort to call attention to Israel’s policies of segregation and restricted freedom of movement for Palestinians. Drawing inspiration from the U.S. Civil Rights Movement’s “Freedom Rides” of the 1960s, the activists rode the bus before being forcibly removed by IDF soldiers. Read +972’s full coverage of the day’s events here.
All photos by ActiveStills | +972 Magazine | Nov 15, 2011

















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- Israel is NOT looking for Peace but for this: “Greater Israel” Published by Radical Settler Movement
- On Aug 30,2010 Before previous peacetalks Netanyahu VOWED NO CONCESSIONS: “Eretz Israel” stretches from the med 2 river jordan INCL West Bank & Gaza
- With his OP-ED in #NYT anny Danon confirmed Netanyahu as well: “Making the Land of Israel Whole“
- Recently: Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin said: “The land of Israel is ours in its entirety“
- Knesset to vote on full Israeli annexation of the West Bank
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- Israel plans 1000’s more settlement units as legislators call for FULL ANNEXATION of the WEST BANK
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- Occupation planning to build 1.000.000 housing unites in next 10 years | October 26, 2011
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Israel’s Jerusalem municipality plans to build more than 50,000 new homes in the city’s occupied eastern sector over two decades:
- 23,628 homes have already been approved, 20,263 in East Jerusalem and 3,365 in the west.
- 13,824 are pending review, 12,819 in East Jerusalem and 1,005 in the west.
- 23,266 housing units are still in planning stages, 19,281 in the east and 3,985 in the west.
Of these, the municipality plans:
- 10,366 homes in northern East Jerusalem, including illegal Israeli settlement Pisgat Zeev and Palestinian town Beit Hanina.
- 5,239 homes in southern East Jerusalem, including Gilo settlement and Palestinian district Beit Safafa.
- 4,886 new units in central eastern Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan and Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Besides this, Israel approved plans to ethnic cleanse 57.000 bedouin from Palestine
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Save yourself time. It is only about this : Ethnic Cleansing

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