checkpoints

Palestinian Children Detained Oppressively in Isolation

by Stephen Lendman January 5, 2012

“I was in a very bad psychological state, so I decided to confess. I confessed to throwing Molotov cocktails and stones at army jeeps,” even though he was innocent.

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Israeli Checkpoint On-Camera with no shame [Must watch video]

by Antoine Raffoul January 5, 2012

“We let them suffer, in the sun, in the rain, that’s it. That’s what I wanted to say. Let the whole world know.” – Israeli border police
If this goes on ON-CAMERA, just imagine what goes on OFF-CAMERA.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu to UC Berkeley: Divesting is the Right Thing To Do

by Haitham Sabbah April 11, 2010

Sent from Emily Schaeffer, human right lawyer in Israel/Palestine, who asked Archbishop Tutu to write the letter. Dear Student Leaders at the University of California – Berkeley It was with great joy that I learned of your recent 16-4 vote in support of divesting your university’s money from companies that enable and profit from the [...]

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Palestinian classes held at Israeli army checkpoint

by Haitham Sabbah March 18, 2010

Israeli soldiers prevent students and others from crossing a checkpoint between their homes and schools on the edge of the West Bank city of Qalqiliya on 17 March 2010. Some teachers used the checkpoint as a makeshift classroom and held studies despite the closure, which was linked to clashes elsewhere in the occupied territories. A [...]

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No Way Through [Video]

by Haitham Sabbah November 27, 2009

Imagine life for Palestinians behind Israeli checkpoints and the Palestinian experience in a totally different land. No Way Through highlights Israeli checkpoints imposed in the West Bank, that are limiting its habitants access to health care, thus violating a fundamental human right. Video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcYcw-uWqzk Take Action to help people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories [...]

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Video: Daily Humiliation at Bethlehem Checkpoint

by Haitham Sabbah September 21, 2009

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Kalandia – A Checkpoint Story

by SR Editor September 12, 2009

By Sameh A. Habeeb Ramallah, September 11, 2009 (Pal Telegraph) – I think that anything is worth writing about if it is filtered through an aware consciousness. I learned this from reading Billy Collins; I learned this from hearing the work of our former local poet laureate who is ageless and energetic in his eighties. [...]

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Israel’s Back Yard

by Haitham Sabbah March 13, 2009

Check these testimonies from checkpoints of the West Bank.

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Held at Einab Junction: Inside Israel’s New Terminals

by SR Editor November 25, 2008

By Anna Baltzer When I first visited the West Bank in 2003, checkpoints were controlled by young Israeli soldiers, nervously clutching their weapons and yelling at Palestinians to stay in line. When I returned in 2005, I found many checkpoints replaced by metal turnstiles into which Palestinians were herded to wait for soldiers to push [...]

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Video: Demonstrations against 40 Years of Occupation

by Haitham Sabbah June 8, 2007

1. Planting Trees Against 40 Years of Occupation Demonstrations against Israel’s 40 years of illegal Occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Golan Heights, are springing up all over Palestine and the world. Here is one at Huwara checkpoint, one of the most notorious and humiliating in all of the West Bank. 51,000 trees [...]

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Want to understand Israeli society?

by Haitham Sabbah January 25, 2007

Want to understand Israeli society? Spend some time at a checkpoint. â€œAnyone who wants to become acquainted with Israeli society should go to the checkpoints. Not for a quarter of an hour, under the guidance of commanders who will glory in the pavilion they built for the people waiting in line and will explain that [...]

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