Prior to the weekly nonviolent demonstration in Bil’in, a press conference took place where a representative of the village’s popular committee, a member of the Palestinian Boycott National Committee, and world renowned Canadian journalist and author Naomi Klein spoke of the local struggle, the village’s new court case in Canada against Canadian companies building the new neighborhoods on Bil’in land, the boycott movement, and the inability to detach art and politics.
This program was produced in Bil’in for June 26, 2009.
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As Palestinian-Israeli peace talks are stalled, the Israeli military have continued to close all border crossings to the Gaza Strip. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 26, 2009.
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Palestinians stop settler attempts to take over a house in East-Jerusalem as Cyprus prevents Free Gaza boats from leaving its port to sail to Gaza, these stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 25, 2009.
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As the military frees a Palestinian law maker, troops kidnap civilians in the West Bank, these stories and more in today’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 23, 2009.
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As reactions varied to the speech of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, four patients died in Gaza due to the continued siege. Near Ramallah Israeli soldiers attacked Palestinian and international peace activists during the weekly non-violent protest against the Wall in Ni’lin village. Midnight Saturday, Israeli airforce launched a number of air-to-surface missiles near the Gaza-Egypt border in Palestinian neighborhoods. Local residents reported that four Palestinians were wounded in the attack. Also, this week the Israeli Jerusalem municipality handed out yet more demolition orders to Palestinian families in Al Bustan, an East Jerusalem neighborhood. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center for June 19, 2009.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his call for Palestinian national unity this week while the Bil’in conference on popular resistance ends with a nonviolent protest against the separation wall. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This Week in Palestine for June 1 through June 6, 2008 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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Residents of Bil’in village, together with international and Israeli activists, chain themselves to olive trees that are to be uprooted to make way for the Israeli Apartheid Wall. The wall is currently being constructed in many areas of Palestine. For Bil’in it will result in the annexation of 2,400 dunums of land – over 50% of the land belonging to the village. This will facilitate massive Israeli settlement expansion east of the Green Line.
Bil’in has carried out a series of non-violent protests against this land theft, and demonstrations are held at least once a week, usually more. The Israeli military has used excessive force against the demonstrators, regularly firing tear gas, rubber coated metal bullets, sound bombs and live ammunition at unarmed civilians peacefully protesting. Many people have been injured and arrested. In other areas of Palestine people have been killed because they have protested against the wall, including two children who were shot dead on the same day that this video was filmed, a short distance away in Beit Liqya.
This program was produced by Lena Green on May 4, 2005.
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13 killed as the Gaza strip this week saw the Israeli army intensify their attacks, while the Palestinians commemorate the eight-year anniversary of the second Intifada this week. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for September 22 through September 28, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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Crossing The Line host Christopher Brown speaks with attorney and activist Huwaida Arraf. Arraf, co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement, speaks about the victory for the residents of Bil’in village. The Israeli high court on 4 September ruled that the apartheid wall must be rerouted near the town. Every Friday for the past two years residents of Bil’in, as well as Israeli and international peace activists, have staged nonviolent protests against the wall. The Israeli occupation forces almost always used rubber-coated steel bullets, sound grenades and teargas against the crowd. Brown speaks with Arraf about the use of non-violent resistance in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Later, Brown speaks with Caoimhe Butterly, a journalist and activist who has documented the events in Lebanon since the fighting in the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp began in May. Butterly speaks with Brown from Baddawi refugee camp about the current living conditions of the displaced Palestinians and how the Lebanese and other governments are addressing the issue.
As always, Crossing the Line begins with “This week in Palestine,” a service provided by The International Middle East Media Center.
This program was produced by Crossing The Line for September 14, 2007.
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The Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip an “enemy entity,” while the army kill eight Palestinians this week. These stories and more in this weeks program.
This Week in Palestine for September 15 through September 21, 2007 was brought to you by the International Middle East Media Center.
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