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Posts Tagged ‘House Demolitions’

Israeli military set to demolish 55 Palestinian homes in Nablus Saturday

By Guest Post • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Action Alert, Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Israel, Maps, Newswire, Palestine, Zionism

WRITTEN BY Saed Bannoura – IMEMC News
Despite the outcry raised by Palestinian and international human rights organizations, the Israeli military announced this weekend it plans to go ahead with 55 home demolitions in Nablus — a city deep inside the West Bank which is supposed to be under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
The [...]

CBS 60 Minutes, MUST WATCH VIDEO on Israel!!

By Mary Rizzo • Jan 27th, 2009 • Category: Analysis, Biography, Documents, Interviews, Israel, Newswire, Palestine, Religion, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, Video, War, Zionism

Is Peace Out of Reach? is the title of this absolutely fundamental video which presents facts, information and some interviews which show to the world public what things really are like regarding the chances for peace in Israel. I cannot recommend this video more than I do. It is an important document that I believe should be seen by everyone.

falastin quote

By Mary Rizzo • Sep 14th, 2008 • Category: Falastin, Photos

Given the gendered socio-economic structure, house demolitions inordinately impacts women, for the home is where women most acutely invest their time, build their safety nets, advance their talents and hobbies, carry on their work of looking after the family, and carrying on with their life responsibilities. Once the home is destroyed, women are left with [...]

Richard Jones Poetry: 60

By Guest Post • May 9th, 2008 • Category: Israel, Music, Poetry, Events, Palestine, Zionism

Today the bulldozer crawled
Into my village.
I watched the trees' resistance,
Heard them groan and shake,
Hoping beyond hope
They could not break and after the trees bowed,
the stones ground their teeth in impotent fury,
Before they too tangled with the bones
Of lost tomorrows, in unmarked graves,
Corrupt foundations
For a shimmering, empty city,
Destruction in the myth of creation
By architects stripped of [...]

Born to Demolish

By Guest Post • Apr 19th, 2008 • Category: Features, Israel, Palestine

"…we were accosted by a slim, blond Border Policeman, probably of Russian origin. "I was born to demolish Palestinian homes," he informed us mockingly, a big smile on his face, a swagger in his movements. "I love demolishing homes. I wake up in the morning hungry to demolish homes."

Picture by Virginia Paradinas
By Jeff Halper
It [...]