By Dafna Banai Originally published in Haaretz – November 30, 2015 [Photo by Eliyahu Hershkovitz] The military has forbidden construction in Area C of the West Bank, which is under total Israeli military and civilian control. Anyone violating this ban risks the demolition of their building, sometimes without warning. That’s why Abu Sakr …
Read More »Call for International Presence: High Court Hearing on Wadi al Qteyf Community (Sateh al Bahar)
Date: Monday, November 9th at 09:00 At: The Israeli High Court of Justice, Case number HCJ 8115\12 (Judges panel led by Chief Justice Miriam Naor) Address: Kiryat Ben-Gurion, 1 Sha’are Mishpat St., Jerusalem Attendance by international and local observers is requested Summary On Monday 9 November 2015, the Israeli High Court …
Read More »Blog about living a week with the Jahalin (Norwegian)
Engang Jahalin – alltid Bedouin Det er store forskjeller mellom flyktninger som ble fordrevet fra landet sitt under Nakba i 1948. Mens noen har reist utenlands har andre bosatt seg i de palestinske byene. Bedouinfolket er blant dem som ble kastet ut fra sine landområder og lever ennå i en …
Read More »Israel demolishes Bedouin village in E1 — that Obama declared was key to two-state solution
A week ago today I visited E1, a mountainous patch of land east of Jerusalem that is famous because the Israelis have designated it for more settlements that will further fragment the West Bank and limit Palestinians’ movements, as the State Department has repeatedly stated. In E1, I witnessed the …
Read More »[Haaretz] Tracking Terrorists and Smugglers Just Like the Bedouin Do
This article was originally published in Haaretz – October 5, 2015 [Photo by Tal Shofman-Schejter] By Judy Maltz SALAMEH, Upper Galilee – Ziad Sawaid, a Bedouin tracker, bends down and draws a circle in the earth with his stick. After a brief examination, he rules: “It’s not the footprint of a goat. Not a …
Read More »Driving Bedouin From Their Homes Is a Crime
By Bill Van Esveld 4/10/15 at 5:07 PM A Palestinian Bedouin man prays on October 27, 2014, beside his former home that Israeli bulldozers demolished near the Jewish settlement of Karmel, in the village of Um Alkhier near the West Bank city of Hebron. Mussa Qawasma/Reuters On April 1, Palestine …
Read More »[AP] West Bank Bedouin Fight Israeli Order to Demolish Homes
This report and associated video footage was originally filed by AP Television – September 15, 2015 Video Link: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/MEEX-West-Bank-Bedouin/820de64f26b2d47f4a70e3cb897387bf *English translation of Arabic footage available in the audio transcript. Bedouin children have a kick about in Abu Nuwar. But these football games may soon be a thing of the past. Israel’s Civil Administration …
Read More »[+972 Magazine] In five-year high, Israel demolishes 143 Palestinian structures in single month
This article was originally published in +972 Magazine – September 5, 2015 [Photo by Oren Ziv/ActiveStills] By Natasha Roth Israel demolished 143 Palestinian structures in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the month of August, the highest such total in five years, according to statistics released by the UN Office for the Coordination of …
Read More »[Mondoweiss] Caught between Jerusalem and expanding settlements, uncertainty hangs over residents of Abu Nuwwar
This article was originally published at Mondoweiss – August 28, 2015 [Photo by Lydia Noon] By Lydia Noon The leafy city of Ma’ale Adumim lies 7 kilometres east of Jerusalem and is Israel’s newest tourist attraction. Palm trees lining the sidewalk offer respite on a hot August afternoon, buses driving the well-maintained roads serve …
Read More »Israel-Palestine NGO Working Group Releases Statement on Forced Relocation of Bedouin
Statement Version Forced Relocation and Transfer of Indigenous Bedouin Populations- June 17th 2015: This statement is based on a letter the Israel-Palestine NGO Working Group at the United Nations sent to the Permanent Representative of every Member State mission to the United Nations in New York on Wednesday 17th June …
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