Posts Tagged ‘summer’
Summer Camp Of Destruction
August 3rd, 2010 • Awareness, News
Tags: Bedouin, camp, children, cleansing, demolition, house, Negev, students, summer, trauma
Max Blumenthal:
Israeli High Schoolers Assist The Razing Of A Bedouin Town
AL-ARAKIB, ISRAEL — On July 26, Israeli police demolished 45 buildings in the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Arakib, razing the entire village to the ground to make way for a Jewish National Fund forest. The destruction was part of a larger project to force the Bedouin community of the Negev away from their ancestral lands and into seven Indian reservation-style communities the Israeli government has constructed for them. The land will then be open for Jewish settlers, including young couples in the army and those who may someday be evacuated from the West Bank after a peace treaty is signed. For now, the Israeli government intends to uproot as many villages as possible and erase them from the map by establishing “facts on the ground” in the form of JNF forests.
One of the most troubling aspects of the destruction of al-Arakib was a report by CNN that the hundreds of Israeli riot police who stormed the village were accompanied by “busloads of cheering civilians.” Who were these civilians and why didn’t CNN or any outlet investigate further?
Read more at MaxBlumenthal.com…
Video of the demolition
EVENT: July 10 Big Day Out Festival, Bracknell
July 5th, 2010 • 1 comment Events, News
Tags: art, Big Day Out Music & Performing Arts Festival, bracknell, children, festival, food, fun, music, performance, risc, stall, summer
Reading PSC has been invited to hold a stall with RISC at the Big Day Out Music & Performing Arts Festival at Bracknell’s South Hill Park on Saturday July 10, 2010 from 1-11.30pm.
There will be all kinds of performances and food from Egypt, India, Indonesia, France & Ice cream!
Check out the Schedule for a full list of performances/activities & download the programme here…
Big Day Out Festival of Music & Performing Arts
Big Day Out Festival has survived 4 continuous years as a celebration of all that’s good in new music and the performing arts. The festival often feels like a summary of everything you’ve not heard about or got excited about but is definitely worth seeing and if the great outdoors is where you’re at, then Big Day Out Festival is bound to have something for you.
There’s a strong family focus to the event, especially during daylight hours and Big Day Out in 2010 will be no different, with the festival’s day-time activities climaxing in a Children’s parade at 5.30pm. After this, Big Day Out takes on a stronger adult appeal with all kinds of events going on under canvas and outdoors too.
