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Israel increases pressure on nonviolent struggle’s flagship village
Whether as a result of the violence in Jerusalem or just because there’s a new commander in town, the Israeli army is once again increasing its oppressive measures in the West Bank village of Bil’in. By Roy Wagner There’s nothing new under the sun in Bil’in. If you take a look at the Wikipedia page…
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+972 Magazine
October 28, 2014
WATCH: Israeli companies export occupation technology
Dozens of companies involved in the Israeli combat, homeland security, and defense markets demonstrated their technologies during last week’s Tel Aviv Security Week Arms Expo. The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky headed to the conference to speak to representatives of the companies that help maintain the occupation through the building of walls, fences, checkpoints, or protest-suppression technologies. By…
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+972 Magazine
June 9, 2014
A Palestinian has been killed every 4.2 days in 2014
Fourteen-year-old Yusef a-Shawamreh, who the IDF killed one week ago in the southern West Bank, was not vandalizing the separation barrier when he was killed, but was crossing it to pick plants on his family’s agricultural land, B’Tselem reported Wednesday following its own investigation. According to the report, a-Shawamreh was shot when he and two friends,…
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Mairav Zonszein
March 26, 2014
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PHOTOS: Palestinians destroy separation barrier in two West Bank villages
During the early hours of Friday morning, Palestinians in two Palestinian villages took part in a “direct action” to destroy parts of the separation barrier. In Bir Nabala, located on the other side of Route 443, Palestinians used hammers to break open a hole in the wall, while Palestinians in Rafat (near the Ofer Military…
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Activestills
November 15, 2013
Jordan Valley fence would finalize the West Bank’s complete enclosure
In what might be a shot to the heart of current peace negotiations, Netanyahu is reviving plans to build a ‘security fence’ in the Jordan Valley. If the fence follows the original route it will enclose any future Palestinian state, cement impossible Bantustan borders and give birth to a new map of Israel’s borders. Ten years…
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Haggai Matar
November 3, 2013
Construction of Gush Etzion separation fence delayed due to settler objections
Six months after the Ministry of Defense announced plans to resume construction of the fence in Gush Etzion, the IDF informed settler leaders that construction will not be resumed until the route is reevaluated by government. The Gush Etzion settlement bloc just south of Bethlehem is the location of one of the biggest gaps in…
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Haggai Matar
January 6, 2013
The Wall, 10 years on / part 12: Where do we go from here?
Ten years have passed since Israel started building the wall, probably the largest and most expensive construction project in its history, which does not seem to be going anywhere. For four months now I’ve been presenting its story, and now it is time to offer some breaking updates, look into the future, and conclude. The…
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Haggai Matar
August 10, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on / part 11: Security for Israel?
The immediate trigger to start building the wall was the security of Israeli citizens. Ten years later, with all the known accumulated effects on Palestinians, nature, economy and political affairs – has the barrier fulfilled its stated goal for Israelis? Project photography: Oren Ziv / Activestills Standing on the cemetery mount in Budrus, at first…
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Haggai Matar
July 14, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on: part 10 / My encounters with the wall in space
After a long run-down of the wall’s history and effects, and as the series nears its end, I wish to share a collection of thoughts and notes on the aesthetics of the barrier and on the way it fits into the Israeli and Palestinian landscapes, all gathered while wandering along its route. Project photography: Oren…
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Haggai Matar
June 30, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on: part 9 / Dividing land – water, fauna, flora
UNESCO is set to discuss the dangers facing Jerusalem’s eco-systems, a new UNRWA report elaborates the harm caused to water sources and flora throughout the West Bank, and environmental NGOs warn of the impending extinction of several species – these are the wall’s effects on mother nature. Project photography: Oren Ziv / Activestills An event…
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Haggai Matar
June 23, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on / part 8: A working class under siege
The wall was built to stop suicide bombers from entering Israel, so they say. But the people who do enter Israel on a daily basis are the tens of thousands of Palestinians who work here. Some go through hours of waiting at checkpoints, others climb the wall and risk injury or arrest – but all…
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Haggai Matar
June 1, 2012
The Wall, 10 years on / part 7: A village turned prison
There is no place quite like it in the entire West Bank. Residents of the village of Walajah petition the courts, demonstrate, initiate protest theater and music shows – yet still see the wall is expanding and surrounding them from all directions. Project photography: Oren Ziv / Activestills The last time I visited Walajah I…
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Haggai Matar
May 11, 2012
The Wall,10 years on / part 6: What has the struggle achieved?
Commemorating 10 years since construction of the wall also means commemorating almost 10 years of the struggle against it, as described in the previous chapter. Just as we shall later examine what the wall has accomplished, one should also ask what exactly the struggle against it succeeded in doing, especially as so many people have…
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Haggai Matar
May 9, 2012
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