Posts Tagged ‘palestinian’
Palestinian Oliver Farmers on Fairtrade Fortnight Tour with Zaytoun
February 13th, 2011 • Events, News
Tags: Fairtrade, Fairtrade Fortnight, Olives, Pakistani Community Centre, palestinian, PCC, PSC, risc, Za’atar, zaytoun
In a joint Pakistani Community Centre, Reading PSC & RISC event on 7pm Tuesday 1st March, as part of Fairtrade Fortnight, Palestinian olive farmers will be visiting Reading with Zaytoun. The event will be held at the Pakistani Community Centre (Park Hall, London Road, Reading, RG1 3PA). Download the flyer here…
Louis Theroux: My time among the Ultra-Zionists
February 4th, 2011 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: bbc, documentary, israel, Louis Theroux, palestinian, Zionists
UPDATED: Informative ‘Behind the Scenes’ report with Executive Producer Nick Mirsky at Broadcast Now...
BBC 2 documentary with Louis Theroux [@Louis_Theroux], Ultra Zionists:
Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible.
Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement – finding them warm, friendly, humorous, and deeply troubling.
- BBC Breakfast: “I waited 10 years to make the film on Zionists”
- BBC Radio: Richard Bacon interviews Louis Theroux
- BBC Magazine – My time among the ‘ultra-Zionists’:
The anger and despair of the Palestinians at the settling of foreigners in their midst is palpable. Many say they would be happy to have Jewish neighbours but not while they don’t enjoy the same rights or have the same sovereignty. Towards the end of my stay, one of the settler security guards in East Jerusalem shot and killed a Palestinian man. Rioting was widespread and it seemed clear to me the country was close to a third intifada.
Not long after that I left Jerusalem, but not before I visited Yair again. Once again I found him friendly, likeable, and yet profoundly lacking in perspective of how his national aspirations were trampling on the rights of millions of Palestinians.
With the very vague possibility of peace on the horizon, I asked if he wasn’t worried about being told to leave.
“If they want they can take me by power and I’m going to come back illegally,” he said. “This is our land. You can come and kill us and do whatever you want. We’re going to die for this country.”
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- The Guardian interview: ‘I’m not that comfortable doing polemic’
- The Guardian TV Review:
The weirdest encounter was with a group of American Christians who had volunteered to pick grapes at a West Bank vineyard. “It’s a labour of love for the nation of Israel,” said one. Like Daniel, they seemed incapable of viewing the situation as in any way complex. In general, when Theroux goes on one of his adventures one is forced to admire his daft, naive courage. In this case I was left admiring his patience.
Soldier and Officer Convicted in Ni’lin Shooting
July 16th, 2010 • Awareness, News
Tags: B'Tselem, checkpoint, conviction, human rights, idf, office, palestinian, shooting, soldier
AJE reports on case brought under pressure from B’Tselem and other rights groups:
B’Tselem:
The special military court convicted Lieutenant Col. Omri Borberg, formerly commander of armored battalion 71 of attempt ed threat s and Staff Sergeant Leonardo Corea of unlawful use of firearms . Both were also convicted of conduct unbecoming. The charges carry a maximum sentence of three years imprisonment and a criminal record.
In the judgment, the panel of three judges wrote that Borberg instructed to make Ashraf Abu Rahma, the bound prisoner, think that a soldier would shoot him. “The accused even led his subordinate astray by causing him to shoot towards the blindfolded, bound prisoner.” The judges emphasized that combat is not an excuse to justify criminal action. “The actions of the battalion commander did not take place during a demonstration but rather in an area under complete Israeli control and the threat of shooting was not conducted in the course of combat or police action. It represents a serious blow to fundamental values and a significant erosion of the image of the IDF, his commanders and its soldiers.”
The decision of the military court is important both as measure of justice for the victim, as well as for the deterrent message it sends to soldiers and commanders. The military must embrace the judgment and act decisively and proactively to ensure that the far too common phenomenon of ill treatment of Palestinian detainees is not tolerated.
Jpost: Commander, soldier convicted in shooting of Palestinian
Targeted Citizen
March 24th, 2010 • Film & Documentary, News
Tags: adalah, legal, minority rights, palestinian
New film from Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel:
“Targeted Citizen” produced by filmmaker Rachel Leah Jones for Adalah, surveys discrimination against the Palestinian citizens of Israel.
With the participation of experts Dr. Yousef Jabareen of the Technion and Dr. Khaled Abu Asbeh of the Van Leer Institute, as well as Adalah attorneys Sawsan Zaher, Abeer Baker and Hassan Jabareen, inequality in land and housing, employment, education and civil and political rights are eloquently addressed.
These interviews are reinforced by the contrasting informality of on-the-street conversations conducted by Palestinian comic duo Shammas-Nahas and punctuated by the hard-hitting rhymes of Palestinian rap trio DAM.
The film’s theme song “Targeted Citizen,” written and recorded by DAM especially for Adalah, tells it like it is without missing a beat.
Read Adalah’s briefing on “History of the Palestinians in Israel”
MAP’s New Film: Life or Death
March 23rd, 2010 • Awareness, Film & Documentary
Tags: blockade, film, gaza, israel, map, palestinian, the silent war, uk
Medical Aid for Palestinians’ new film:
Life or Death: Medical Referrals from Gaza
The strict closure of the Gaza Strip has impoverished and restricted medical services in Gaza. This increases the need to refer patients for treatment outside Gaza.
The process of obtaining a referral document is not easy, and when a patient manages to obtain it, he or she then has to wait for a hospital appointment to come through, before applying to the Israeli Authorities for permission to leave Gaza.
MAP FILMS looks at the reality of life for Palestinians in Gaza trying to access health services outside the territory.
MAP’s New Film: The Silent War
February 17th, 2010 • Awareness, Film & Documentary
Tags: blockade, film, gaza, israel, map, palestinian, the silent war, uk
Medical Aid for Palestinians’ new film:
The Silent War: Israel’s Blockade of Gaza
Israel’s blockade of Gaza has been in place for almost three years.
Building on existing closures and restrictions, the blockade means the delay or denial of a broad range of items – food, industrial, educational, medical – deemed “non-essential” for a population largely unable to be self-sufficient at the end of decades of occupation. The blockade prevents access by sea, land and air, effectively closing off a population of 1.5 million Palestinians from the outside world.
This short film examines what the blockade means for the people of Gaza, as they struggle to rebuild their lives over a year after Operation Cast Lead.
“A moment of truth” from Christian Palestinians
December 14th, 2009 • Action, Awareness
Tags: bethlehem, christians, Christmas, faith, hope, palestinian, truth
A word of faith, hope and love from the heart of Palestinian suffering
We, a group of Christian Palestinians, after prayer, reflection and an exchange of opinion, cry out from within the suffering in our country, under the Israeli occupation, with a cry of hope in the absence of all hope,
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Santa's Dilemma
