The village of Bilin reenacted James Cameron’s new film Avatar during todays weekly demonstration. Five Palestinian, Israeli and international activists were painted blue, with pointy ears and tales, resembling the Avatar characters. Like Palestinians, the Avatars fight imperialism, although the colonizers have different origins. The Avatars presence in Bilin today symbolizes the united resistance to imperialism of all kinds.
This program was produced by Haitham Al Katib for February 12, 2010.
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CNN’s Paula Hancocks reports from Bil’in on the ongoing protests against Israel’s confiscation of the villages land.
This program was produced by CNN for February 12, 2010.
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Alice Rothchild speaks about her unique efforts in Israel and Palestine. She saw patients in occupied territories, and gathered material to update her book, Broken Promises, Broken Dreams, Stories of Jewish and Palestinian Trauma and Resilience.
This program was produced by Talk Nation Radio for January 27, 2010.
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The protest in Nilin was held today to mark the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which has been declared an international day of action against Israel’s barrier. 300 demonstrators managed to topple a part of the eight-meter tall concrete wall that cuts through the village’s land. Since Israel began its construction in the year 2002, this is the first time demonstrators succeeded in toppling a part of Israel’s apartheid wall. One of the demonstrators, Moheeb Khawaja, said during the protest: “Twenty years ago no one had thought the monster that divided Berlin into two could be brought down, but in only two days in November, it did. Today we have proven that this can also be done here and now. It is our land beyond this wall, and we will not give up on it. We will win for a simple reason – justice is on our side.”
This program was produced by Active Stills for Novemeber 6, 2009.
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Jewish-American activist Anna Baltzer and Palestinian grassroots activist Mustafa Barghouti advocate a non-violent approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in this complete, unedited interview.
This program was produced by The Daily Show for October 27, 2009.
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Adam Horowitz reports from the studio
The Israeli military recently declared the shooting of Tristan Anderson, a nonviolent, un-armed American protester, an “act of war.” This ruling absolves the soldier or soldiers responsible of all liability under Israeli law. Anderson was shot in the forehead by a high-velocity tear gas canister on March 13, 2009 in the village of Nil’in following a non-violent demonstration. Tristan’s parents held this press conference on March 23, 2009.
This program was produced by the Alternative Information Center for March 26, 2009.
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Interview on Free Radio Santa Cruz with Tracie de Angelis just back from the West Bank with Interfaith Peace-Builders, a 16 member delegation to Israel/Palestine, she talks about Israeli settler take over of Palestinian land and the Boycott Divestment movement. Also, news stories from Al Jazeera English on settler land confiscation and Palestinian Hip Hop. Rappers from Gaza show their resolve and get their word out by making music about injustices and national pride.
This program was produced by Free Radio Santa Cruz for June 23, 2009.
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Members of the peace organization, Ta’ayush, set out to have a picnic at an illegal outpost called Givat Hadegal next to the settlement of Susya in the southern West Bank. On the way to the picnic they were stopped at the Gilo checkpoint, held for an hour for no reason and then told to go home. After arriving via a different checkpoint and beginning the picnic in protest of the outpost, three people were arrested and the group was removed from the area by a closed military zone order.
This program was produced by Joseph Dana for July 11, 2009.
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As Palestinian villagers decide to take dismantling the Israeli occupation into their own hands, the Real News Network’s Lia Tarachansky speaks to Jesse Rosenfeld on segregation and the West Bank. Checkpoints and roadblocks play a key role in separating Palestinians from Israelis and Israeli appropriated areas, from commercial areas, and from each other. Since the beginning of the second Intifadah in September 2000 the number of checkpoints in the West Bank increased to over 500. In an act of resistance, the International Solidarity Movement organized a symbolic action of dismantling four roadblocks segregating four villages from each other. Hours after the protest Israeli bulldozers replaced two. This action comes days after former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told in a Yediot Ahronot interview he believes Israel must withdraw from most of the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
This program was produced by the Real News Network for October 17, 2008.
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The US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is back visiting the region within the framework of US efforts to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, while Israeli forces continue to close all the Gaza border crossings, as they have done for more than two years. These stories and more in this week’s update.
This program was produced by the International Middle East Media Center.
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