“As-salamu alaykum,” Bassem Tamimi began. “Peace be upon you.” Around 100 New Yorkers squeezed into a The New School lecture room on the evening of September 15. They were there to listen to the veteran Palestinian activist speak about life under occupation, and the nonviolent resistance he helps lead against that occupation. Tamimi overtured his […]
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‘We are with humanity; we are against occupation’: Bassem Tamimi on life and resistance in West Bank village Nabi Saleh
September 19th, 2015 Awake Goy
Free movement zone to be ‘on agenda’ if EU doesn’t fairly distribute refugees – Merkel: Zio-Watch, August 31, 2015
August 31st, 2015 Awake Goy
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A video showing an Israeli soldier swarmed by Palestinian women and girls trying to prevent the arrest of a boy during a West Bank demonstration reportedly has gone viral. The video from Friday’s incident shows an Israeli soldier catchings the boy, 11, who has a broken arm and according to the military […]
Video: Palestinian women rescue child from attack by Israeli soldier
August 30th, 2015 Awake Goy
Ali Abunimah Rights and Accountability 29 August 2015 This video shows several women preventing an Israeli soldier from abducting a Palestinian child in the village of Nabi Saleh in the occupied West Bank on Friday. The footage, shot by Bilal Tamimi, shows a masked soldier assaulting a child whose arm is in a […]