Al Arakib Protest JNF Policies
Jerusalem January 29, 2012: Al Arakib protest eviction in front of JNF offices
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Amoun Sleem
Amoun Sleem is one of the Domary, the Gypsy community of Jerusalem. As director of a local community center, she fights to help the women in her community to obtain education and economic independence.
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Protest the new checkpoint at Shu'fat
Approximately 30 Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals gathered at the edge of Shu'fat refugee camp today to demonstrate against the new Israeli checkpoint, which opened last Monday, December 12 and that an Israeli activist referred to as "ethnic cle
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Anti-African March
Dozens of right-wing Jewish Israelis marched through South Tel Aviv on December 11, protesting the presence of African refugees in the country. The march was led by far-right Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari and extremist settler Baruch Marzel. For more inf
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Portrait of a Grape Farmer
Ali's tale is that of a life-long struggle with the Israeli occupation: Arrestations, violence, road-blocks, water restriction and economical hardship, a struggle to maintain the life of a Palestinian grape farmer.
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Khulood Badawi
Khoolod Badawi, a charismatic and passionate Palestinian woman takes us to the "ground zero" of her identity -- the village of Safuri, from which her family was exiled in 1948.
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Campesina Congress
Representatives from Via Campesina Brazil met and discussed with UAWC, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and other Palestinian grassroots social movements for a conference in the Hebron district, West Bank in November. The meeting was an effort to
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African-Palestinian Community in Jerusalem
Approximately 100 Palestinians of African descent currently live hidden away in a small compound in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, just steps from the al-Aqsa mosque. The AIC spoke with political activist Mahmoud Jiddah about his family's exp
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Prisoners Hunger Strike
Palestinian political prisoners began an open-ended hunger strike on September 27, in protest of inhumane conditions in Israeli prisons. The prisoners are demanding an end to the use of solitary confinement, including that of major Palestinian political l
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Home Take Over: Stern 61 // שטרן 61: המאבק על הבית
ב-1 בספטמבר 2011 משפחות חסרות דיור ופעילים פלשו לבניין נטוש ברחוב שטרן בירושלים שבבעלות האוניברסיטה העברית. במשך שבועיים חסרי הדיור והפעילים ניסו ללא הצלחה לשאת ולתת עם נשיא האוניברסיטה העברית, והציעו לשקם את הבניין בסיוע של משרד השיכון, כך שזה ישמש את הא
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61 Stern St. Jerusalem
ביום חמישי 1 בספטמבר 2011 נכנסו עשרות משפחות מחוסרות דיור לגור בבניין נטוש ברחוב שטרן בשכונת קריית היובל בירושלים. הבניין שימש בעבר כמעונות סטודנטים של האוניברסיטה העברית, אך בשנים האחרונות הבניין עומד ריק. האוניברסיטה דחתה את הצעתה של חברת הדיור הציבורי
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TRAILER - Sumoud: The Struggle for al-Araqib
Israel has demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib nearly 30 times in the span of one year. Despite seemingly insurmountable odds, residents have rebuilt their homes and have vowed to remain on their ancestral lands. Sumoud: The Struggle for al-Araqib
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Halhul and Settlements
The Palestinian town of Halul counts 20,000 residents and sits in the southern portion of the occupied West Bank. Much of the village's lands have been annexed to build the nearby Jewish-only settlement of Karmei Tzur, and Palestinian farmers continue to
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Social Protest: Interview with Marcelo Weksler
The roots of Israel's social movement protests lie in decades of neo-liberal economic policies and massive privatisation of public services. What social groups are protesting and what are their primary demands? What is the role of Israel's Palestinian min
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Salit quarry workers strike
35 Palestinian workers in the Salit quarry in Mishor Adumim in the West Bank are on strike since June 16, 2011, demanding a collective bargaining agreement. The workers are organized by the Maan workers organized by the Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN). I
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New Camp in Jerusalem
Single mothers, supported by students and the independent trade union, established a new protest camp in Jerusalem on 15 August 2011. The mothers of the camp demand public housing for all single mothers in Israel and state they will remain in the camp unt
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Silwan Targeted
Silwan is a Palestinian village in occupied East Jerusalem. Over 55,000 Palestinians live in Silwan, 50 percent of whom are under the age of 18. In recent years, Jewish-Israeli settlers have gradually moved into the neighborhood, bringing with them privat
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Public housing protest
A group of single mothers led a protest Sunday (August 7) morning in front of the Jerusalem office of Amidar, one of Israel's public housing companies. The women have been living in tents in a nearby park for over two weeks in protest of the high cost of
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Social Protest in Israel
A social awakening in Israel over the past two weeks has given birth to the most impressive protest movement in the past forty years. The movement consists of university students, members of the middle class who cannot meet their economic responsibilitie
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Welcome to Palestine
Organizers of Welcome to Palestine Campaign held a press conference at the AIC offices in Jerusalem on July 18, 2011.
In response to a Palestinian invitation, hundreds of international visitors reserved flights to Israel's Ben Gurion airport for July 8t
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