A number of activists accompanied a harvest adjacent to Wadi J’kheish, about a kilometer southwest of the settlement of Susia. The activists continued on to a visit in the Bedouin village Ateer, located within the green line, some ten kilometers from the “Shani” border crossing; last Wednesday [21.12.11] the Israel Land Administration [Minhal Mekarka’ey Israel] carried out house demolitions in the village, leaving about 60 people without a roof over their heads. Of these about thirty will pass the night in a tin structure with a torn roof while the […]Saturday, December 3 2011 Maghair al-‘Abid and Daqaiqeh- By David Shulman Let me introduce you to Shehade Mahamra Salama in his dusty blue winter coat, with his white beard, joyful eyes, face burned wine-red by the sun. He lives in the tiny encampment of Maghair al-‘Abid on one of the eastern ridges overlooking the desert. There are four or five families here, some twenty caves. The lands they own are scattered in a wide arc over the parched hills—some of them, unfortunately, like the plot they’re plowing today, in the shadow of Chavat Maon, perhaps the most notorious and merciless of […]
Friday, November 18 2011 Immediate Danger to Homes in Dakeika and Yavneh. Upcoming Danger in Silwan A Minute Before Shabbat: Immediate Danger to Homes in Dakeika and Yavneh. Upcoming Danger in Silwan Volunteers Needed Question: What is the connection between homes in Yavneh, Dakeika in the S. HebronHills, and Silwan? Answer: Families are in danger of losing their homes. We have spoken before about Rachel Levi – A single parent who has been fighting for years not to be evicted from the Amidar (public housing) apartment she grew up in. A few months ago the threat was temporarily lifted when the mayor of Yavneh intervened and […]
Saturday, November 12 2011 Wadi Rahim – By David Shulman For once, a quiet day in South Hebron. No settler attacks, no Closed Military Zone, no overt violence—only the background hum of a violent machine running through its familiar rhythms. The soldiers came and went without causing any particular harm; even Ezra said, “They’ve never been so nice to me!”—this after they stopped and searched him repeatedly on the road. We were able to work unhindered, so we opened a long, winding water channel and bordered it with heavy rocks and now, if the rain comes mid-week as they say […]
Monday, November 7 2011 Al-Aseifar and Susy – By David Shulman Two things strike you immediately, closely followed by a familiar third. The first is the sheer brazenness of the theft—or, rather, of the thief, who stands before you jeering, smug, sure of his power, eager to hurt. He has already taken some 95% of your family’s land, and now he bullies his way into the tiny patch that is left in order to harass you and humiliate you further, for this evidently gives him joy. Then there is the pure racism, purer perhaps than what one sees anywhere else in […]
Thursday, November 3 2011 A solidarity visit to the Dqeiqa village
Last Tuesday, The Israeli Civil Administration (Hminahl hahezrachi), The IDF and the police have arrived in the Bedouin Village Dqeiqa. The village which has existed since the Ottoman period, is located in the eastern, more desert like, side of the South Mt. Hebron. There are 400 inhabitants in the village, who are living in poverty and severe conditions: no electricity, no flowing water, no cellular reception, EST. The civil administration came in order to evacuate them. 36 demolition orders were delivered that day. The Orders apply to 46 buildings. Including; […]Saturday, August 6 2011 Al-Ganub and Al-Sa’ir – By David Shulman I knew it was a mistake as soon as I said it. I was apologizing to Russil—an activist guest from abroad, first time in south Hebron—about the relatively placid hours we’d spent here in Ganub. I thought she’d like to see some action, the standard Ta’ayush fare. Maybe it was even a little boring? “Boring?” says one of the Palestinians. “You know,” I say, teasing him, “no settlers, no police, no soldiers….” “This is how we like it,” he says, and I have to agree. We’ve had long hours talking […]
Saturday, May 7 2011 Al-Aseifar and Susy Two things strike you immediately, closely followed by a familiar third. The first is the sheer brazenness of the theft—or, rather, of the thief, who stands before you jeering, smug, sure of his power, eager to hurt. He has already taken some 95% of your family’s land, and now he bullies his way into the tiny patch that is left in order to harass you and humiliate you further, for this evidently gives him joy. Then there is the pure racism, purer perhaps than what one sees anywhere else in […]
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