West Bank

Turning Haiti, Tunisia and the West Bank inside out: A documentary on JR’s worldwide participatory art project to air on HBO tonight

Mon, 20 May 2013 15:56:03 GMT

Source: blog.ted.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
“We use images like a weapon to fight for social causes,” says a man in the trailer for INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project , a new documentary that airs on HBO tonight. The doc tells the story of JR’s INSIDE OUT , a global art project in which anyone, anywhere, can send the artist a portrait and have a poster-sized version sent back to them for pasting in public spaces. JR's TED Prize wish: Use art to turn the world inside out Since the project’s launch in 2011, when JR received the TED Prize , these oversized black-and portraits with a faded polka dot motif in the background have become a fixture on the walls , fences and sidewalks all around the world. To date, more than 130,000 INSIDE OUT posters have been pasted in more than 100 countries. INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project , directed by Alastair Siddons, isn’t about untangling the identity of JR – who always appears in public wearing Ray Bans and fedora. Instead, it aims to show how people around the globe have made this fascinating project their own. Yes, cameras show JR in his Paris studio but, from there, they travel to Haiti, where photographer Benoit has pasted up dozens of images of those living in tent cities following the devastating earthquake of 2010. The message: that while hardship continues in the country, people remain infused with hope. The film goes on to bring viewers to North Dakota and the West Bank, where major INSIDE OUT actions have been launched, a ...

World View: Israel's Army to Begin Using Live Fire on West Bank Palestinians

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:46:00 GMT

Source: www.breitbart.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Interest in Hizb ut-Tahrir grows after Marathon bomber visited Dagestan Israel's army to begin using live fire on West Bank Palestinian protesters Qatar competes with Russia and Iran for influence in the Mideast Interest in Hizb ut-Tahrir grows after Marathon bomber visited Dagestan Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left (dead), and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, right (captured) - the Boston Marathon bombers (AP) Hizb ut-Tahrir al-Islami (Hut - the Party of Islamic Liberation) is a pan-Islamic political party, founded in Jerusalem in 1953, which promotes the Islamic way of life in countries around the world, and speaks out against U.S. policies across the Muslim world. However, unlike al-Qaeda and some other international pro-Islamic groups, HuT publicly renounces violence, and has not been associated with terrorist acts. It views itself as an educational and cultural party that encourages mass conversions to Islam by showing that Islam reflects their real concerns, and by exposing the plans and conspiracies of others. The oppose "Islamists" like the Muslim Brotherhood who "[come] in to power with no Islam but to promote the idea of secular/civil state in line with America's wishes." Instead, their main purpose is to unite all the Islamic nations into a single Islamic state or caliphate by creating a Community of Hizb ut-Tahrir, whose members will work together like the companions of the Prophet M ...

Nazi flag flown near West Bank mosque

Mon, 20 May 2013 09:09:00 GMT

Source: elderofziyon.blogspot.com --- Monday, May 20, 2013
From Tazpit News Agency: Hundreds of residents of Gush Etzion were astounded to find a Nazi flag flying right near the mosque in the Palestinian town of Beit Omar. The IDF was notified. Uri Arnon told Tazpit News Agency: "I felt we were going back 75 years, losing our hold on the land. The Arabs no longer feel the need to hide their murderous tendencies, announcing out loud that they wish to destroy us." An IDF spokesman said that the flag was hung on an electrical line, and that they were waiting to professionals to come and remove it. Apparently, no Arabs were offended enough by this flag to want to take it down themselves. But remember - according to Columbia University professor Joseph Massad, Zionists are the Nazis and Palestinian Arabs are the ones fighting antisemitism. (h/t Avi Mayer ) ...

Israel’s ‘illegal’ military entry permit bars selected tourists from West Bank – report

Sun, 19 May 2013 22:28:50 GMT

Source: endthelie.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
A Palestinian protester places a flag on the controversial Israeli barrier during clashes with Israeli security officers (unseen) after a rally marking the 48th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah movement, in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah (Reuters / Ammar Awad ) Many tourists hoping to visit the West Bank are finding it impossible to do so – because Israel requires certain visitors to have an entry permit. Obtaining permission is anything but easy, because Tel Aviv doesn’t explain the process, Haaretz reported. The requirement for military entry permits reportedly began at the beginning of 2013. However, not everyone is required to obtain the special pass – and no information has been published surrounding the selection process. Clerics from the US reportedly had to sign a declaration at Ben-Gurion International Airport recently, promising not to enter Area A without permits from the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT). Area A includes all Palestinian cities and their surrounding areas, with no Israeli settlements. The area is fully controlled by the Palestinian Authority. COGAT is a military office which coordinates civilian issues between the Israeli government, the Israel Defense Forces, international organizations, diplomats, and the Palestinian Authority. “I understand that in the event that I enter any area under the control of the Palestinian Authority without the appropriat ...

USAID West Bank/Gaza/World Food Programme Food Voucher Program gives families in...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:00:01 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
USAID West Bank/Gaza / World Food Programme Food Voucher Program gives families in Palestine choices and supports the local economy. Photo credit: WFP/Quique Kierszenbaum ...

Israel’s ‘illegal’ military entry permit bars selected tourists from West Bank - report

Sun, 19 May 2013 19:43:50 GMT

Source: rt.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Many tourists hoping to visit the West Bank are finding it impossible to do so – because Israel requires certain visitors to have an entry permit. Obtaining permission is anything but easy, because Tel Aviv doesn't explain the process, Haaretz reported. Read Full Article at RT.com ...

Video: Soldiers aim guns at fallen boy’s head outside West Bank settlement http:...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:20:42 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Video: Soldiers aim guns at fallen boy’s head outside West Bank settlement http://t.co/lEnWVeN1jb Settler aims gun at child's head, who's the settler these soldiers are working for? mondoweiss.net A grim video of the occupied territories shows a Palestinian boy fallen apparently after being shot outside an Israeli settlement and soldiers and security pointing guns at his head. ...

Video: Soldiers aim guns at fallen boy’s head outside West Bank settlement

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:00:04 GMT

Source: mondoweiss.net --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
This video is said to show Israeli soldiers and a "security" man aiming guns at the head of an injured boy, Maysara, who fell down, apparently after he was shot in the right leg while running away from an Israeli settlement in an occupied village near Nablus. It says it was recorded May 15th. Rawan Yaghi translates: The Arabic at the beinning says: "Video showing IDF soldiers attacking an injured boy, Maysara, who fell down after he was shot by settlers while running away from them in the village of Qaryoun near Nablus." Voices in the video say "soldiers and security are surrounding him." What "security" in the West Bank is authorized to aim a gun at a child's head? Who is authorized to use live ammunition on children? ...

Israel effectively barring tourists from West Bank by neglecting to explain mandatory permit

Sun, 19 May 2013 15:04:00 GMT

Source: www.haaretz.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
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The land where a Jewish settlement once stood in the West Bank is finally to be...

Sun, 19 May 2013 14:41:10 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
The land where a Jewish settlement once stood in the West Bank is finally to be returned to its Palestinian owners, an Israeli NGO said on Sunday. Legal rights group Yesh Din said state attorneys told the Supreme Court last week the government would revoke a 1978 military seizure order relating to land belonging to the Palestinian village of Burka in the northern West Bank. Land claimed by former settlement to be returned to Palestinians, NGO says english.al-akhbar.com The land where a Jewish settlement once stood in the West Bank is finally to be returned to its Palestinian owners, an Israeli NGO said on Sunday. Legal rights group Yesh Din said state attorneys told ...

Settlers attack West Bank farmer twice a week (Jillian Kestler-D'Amours, The Electronic Intifada )

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:56:08 GMT

Source: imeu.net --- Sunday, May 19, 2013
Makhlouf's home sits on the outskirts of the West Bank village of Asira al-Qibliya, only 500 meters from the illegal Israeli settlement outpost of Shalhevet Farm, an offshoot of the equally illegal settlement of Yitzhar. Makhlouf said that his house was attacked by Israeli settlers at least two times per week and has been vandalized more than 100 times. The windows on Makhlouf's two-story home all have bars on the outside to prevent them from shattering when settlers throw stones. ...

Rabbi Guido Sarducci's 5-Minute 'West Bank' University

Sun, 19 May 2013 05:22:00 GMT

Source: www.israelnationalnews.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Everything you need to remember about the dangers of a Palestinian "demilitarized" state that you'll remember 5 years from now. ...

Palestinians in West Bank's Area C suffer in limbo

Sun, 19 May 2013 01:45:00 GMT

Source: www.latimes.com --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
Residents largely cut off from the Palestinian Authority say Israel is trying to drive them off the land by demolishing homes and withholding services. MALEH, West Bank — In remote Palestinian villages of the northern Jordan Valley, children read by gas lamp, and water must be purchased from miles away, even when electricity lines and water pipes to Israeli settlements run directly past their homes. ...

Israel plans to legalize 4 settler units in occupied West Bank

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:56:57 GMT

Source: www.legitgov.org --- Saturday, May 18, 2013
ShareThis Israel plans to legalize 4 settler units in occupied West Bank 18 May 2013 An Israeli court document shows that the Tel Aviv government is planning to legalize four housing settlements already built in the occupied West Bank. In a reply to a Supreme Court petition by the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now, the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had adopted measures in recent weeks to legalize retroactively four West Bank settlements, which were constructed without official authorization, the court document showed on Thursday. Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman for acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the Israeli plan. ...

West Bank and Gaza - WBG Public Procurement Reform Support Project : P124239 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02

Sat, 18 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Source: www.worldbank.org --- Friday, May 17, 2013
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Five West Bank Palestinians wounded by IDF sniper fire

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:18:29 GMT

Source: www.debka.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
The Israeli army snipers opened fire after failed anti-riot police attempts to disperse an illegal Palestinian demonstration near the Jilazoun camp north of Ramallah Friday. The five injured men were transferred to Red Crescent Paramedics for treatment. Riotous demonstrations have swept the West Bank and Jerusalem in the last 24 hours marking Naqba (meaning the “disaster” of Israel’s 1948 independence). ...

Palestine: ‘Israel’ arrests 28 children within 2 weeks & plans to legalize four unauthorized West Bank outposts

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:32 GMT

Source: realisticbird.wordpress.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Israel arrests 28 children within 2 weeks RAMALLAH, ( PIC )– A Palestinian official report showed that the Israeli occupation forces have arrested 28 children from different cities and villages in the occupied West Bank, since the beginning of the month of May. The report noted that the occupation forces “continued its aggression against the Palestinian children, as they arrested during the first half of May 28 children, and injured dozens of others during attacks on them by Israeli soldiers and settlers.” Data of the Ministry of Prisoners’ Affairs states that the occupation forces have arrested since the start of the Al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000 until the 7th of May 2013 nearly 9500 children under the age of eighteen, at the rate of 760 children per year. Israel is still holding in its jails 243 Palestinian children, 42 of them are under the age of 16. ————————————————————————————- “Israel” plans to legalize four unauthorized West Bank outposts AL-KHALIL, ( PIC )– Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Thursday that the Netanyahu government wants to give retroactive approval to four unauthorized West Bank settlement outposts already slated for demolition. Haaretz newspaper reported that “in a document submitted to the High Court of Justice on Tuesday, the state said that it will act to legalize four West Bank outposts for which a delimitation order was issued in 2003.” The four outposts in question are: Givat Asaf, Mitzpeh La ...

Settlers attack West Bank farmer twice a week

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:55:36 GMT

Source: electronicintifada.net --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Even if Israel considers settlement outposts to be illegal, it is still facilitating their construction. ...

Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:43:54 GMT

Source: www.unitycoalitionforisrael.org --- Friday, May 17, 2013
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks. Israel has been sending mixed signals on its internationally condemned settlement policy as Kerry pursues efforts to revive negotiations Palestinians quit in 2010 in anger over Israeli settlement building on occupied land they seek for a state. In a reply to a Supreme Court petition by the Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now, the government said it had taken steps in recent weeks to authorize retroactively four West Bank outposts built without official permission. Nabil Abu Rdainah, a spokesman of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, condemned the move.... ...

Memorial Day services planned on the West Bank, East Jefferson

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:26 GMT

Source: www.nola.com --- Friday, May 17, 2013
Two Memorial Day services are coming up in Jefferson Parish, one on the West Bank and one in East Jefferson Parish.In East Jefferson, Jefferson Parish and members of American Legion Post 397, Harahan – River Ridge, invite the public to... ...