“People say Palestine made me political, I think it made me Human.”

— Remi Kanazi (via asrar-i-khudi)

12:52 pm  •  14 April 2012  •  211 notes

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All Land is Holy. All People are Chosen. Zionism is Racism.

12:50 pm  •  14 April 2012  •  91 notes

Jewish settlers take over a Palestinian home. Disgusting. 

9:25 pm  •  28 February 2012  •  2 notes

On Friday morning, a group of Israeli settlers entered the West Bank Palestinian village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills. The settlers, who were escorted by the Israeli military, marched through the village in what seemed to be an attempt to intimidate and provoke Palestinian residents. Several of the settlers were armed

According to Operation Dove, several Israeli military vehicles parked outside of At-Tuwani’s entrance around 10:30 am. Dozens of settlers from the illegal settlement of Havat Maon arrived on foot around noon. They entered the village soon after and were escorted by the Israeli army. Settlers trampled on a resident’s agricultural field and an olive tree was reportedly damaged during the march.

Operation Dove adds that since January 29, Israeli settlers have damaged or cut down 17 Palestinian-owned olive trees in the area.

As settlers marched through At-Tuwani on Friday, they verbally harassed villagers. Witnesses report that the residents of At-Tuwani stayed calm, despite the fact that there is a real fear of settler violence based on past experiences with settlers from Havat Maon, who have attacked and injured residents of At-Tuwani and international escorts as they made their way from the village to school.

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9:26 pm  •  6 February 2012  •  2 notes

On 28 January 2011 at 6:30am, Yousef Ikhlayl, 17, went with his father Fakhri to their farmland on the outskirts of the West Bank village Beit Ommar, where they prepared the land around their grapevines. At approximately 7am, two groups of Israelis from the illegal settlements Bat Ayn and Kiryat Arba were taking a “hike” in the privately-owned Palestinian agricultural land belonging to the residents of Beit Ommar (“Palestinian killed in clashes with settlers near Hebron,” The Jerusalem Post, 29 January 2011).

There was no indication that the settlers were planning on shooting. Yousef’s father reported that the first shot fired by the settlers hit his son in the head. The settlers then began shooting in the air and the surrounding areas to prevent others from approaching, as his father screamed desperately for help.

Yousef was carried to a car that drove him out of the agricultural valley and to the main road, where an ambulance “rushed” him to the hospital in Hebron, passing two Israeli military checkpoints on the way. At the hospital, Yousef was put on a respirator, though he had no brain activity. He passed away soon after.

At his funeral the following day, as is common practice with the Israeli military involving martyr funerals, soldiers numbering in the hundreds invaded Beit Ommar and attacked the funeral with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and even live ammunition, as the Palestine Solidarity Project reported (“Funeral of Yousef Ikhlayl attacked by Israeli military, dozens injured,” 29 January 2011).

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9:24 pm  •  31 January 2012  •  1 note

A Palestinian father “steals” water from an illegal Israeli settlement and gets arrested in front of his traumatised son. 

9:50 pm  •  25 January 2012  •  3 notes

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9:27 pm  •  25 January 2012  •  79 notes

Taxi driver finds a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict. I’m crying. 

9:20 pm  •  24 January 2012  •  11 notes

I met this flawless lady last year <3

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9:31 pm  •  19 January 2012  •  135 notes

In a historic move, the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK has thrown its weight behind campaigns targeting companies complicit in Israel’s occupation and breaches of international law.

A new page on the NUS website that went online today calls on students to campaign against the campus presence of Eden Springs and Veolia. In the preamble, NUS notes:

In a similar move to the South African Anti-Apartheid movement, activists in Palestine - from Students’ Unions to LGBTQ organisations - have asked international supporters to refrain from supporting companies and institutions that profit from or maintain the occupation.

For both Eden Springs and Veolia, NUS acknowledges the work already done on a number of campuses, and offers “resources and support” to any students wishing to organise their own campaign.

This comes soon after the NUS’ National Executive Committee voted to condemn a collaboration between King’s College London (KCL) and Ahava, an Israeli company located in an illegal West Bank settlement. In fact, NUS President’s subsequent letter toKCL’s Principal is also featured in the ‘Global Justice’ section of the website.

James Haywood, member of NUS’ NEC,  commented: “NUS has historically been good on global issues - with the exception of Palestine. This is an encouraging step that Palestinians are being treated as equals in their demand for basic rights and protection from breaches of international law.”

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9:20 pm  •  13 January 2012  •  8 notes