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ation hate demeaning one another intolerance step three is a radical but incremental experiment the return of several thousand jews to the muslim and christian quarters of the old city where they were driven out in 1948 and to hevron where they were driven out in 1929 but at the same time the return of several thousand arabs to the areas in old qatamon and baqqa which they evacuated in 1948 these populations will return as close as possible to their old houses but no one will be thrown out of the houses occupied since the previous populations left the idf and the israeli police forces will be stationed everywhere to guarantee the safety of jews and arabs now let s talk asher lopatin posted in foreign affairs leave a comment tags apartheid hebron israel israel palestine conflict jewish state netanyahu occupation one state solution orthodox judaism palestinian state palestinians rabbi rabbi asher two state solution the elders visit to bilin september 12 2009 http electronicintifada net v2 article10770 shtml jody mcintyre writing from bilin occupied west bank live from palestine 11 september 2009 a delegation of prominent former statespersons and business leaders known as the elders meets with appointed palestinian authority prime minister salam fayyad third from right in the occupied west bank city of ramallah 26 april 2009 mustafa abu dayeh pool maanimages thursday 27 august was a special day in bilin dozens of blacked out suvs approached the village disturbing the quiet of a usually peaceful morning however unlike the israeli occupation forces who come at night to arrest boys from the village this arrival was extremely welcome the suv passengers were a truly respected group of international diplomats known as the elders among the delegation were archbishop desmond tutu and former us president jimmy carter both outspoken critics of the form of apartheid being imposed upon the palestinians in the occupied territories also present were former brazilian president fernando cardoso indian gentle revolutionary ela bhatt the first woman president of ireland mary robinson and former director general of the world health organization gro brundtland they were joined by jeff skoll founding president of ebay and richard branson virgin multi millionaire and co founder of the elders as part of their four day trip to the middle east the elders came to bilin to see the daily impact of israel s occupation and its apartheid wall on the daily lives of palestinians they were also very interested to hear how residents are responding to the oppression they face through a campaign of nonviolent resistance after stopping at the village council to pick up selected members of the bilin popular committee the elders made their way toward the wall and the site of bilin s weekly nonviolent demonstrations with israeli soldiers looking on they laid stones at the grave of bassem abu rahme the palestinian man killed at one such demonstration in april of this year when he was shot in the chest with a high velocity tear gas projectile fired from close range at the request of gathered reporters desmond tutu made an impromptu statement mahatma gandhi as a simple man led his people to freedom through nonviolent methods rosa parks followed in his footsteps and now the people of bilin will do the same former us president jimmy carter added that we are standing here on palestinian land and on the other side of the wall is also palestinian land this occupation must end next was the short drive back to the village council where the elders were to have a meeting with members of the local popular committee security was extremely tight and only eight persons selected in advance were allowed to attend but thanks to my wheelchair and some quick thinking i managed to enter in the meeting abdullah abu rahme coordinator of the popular committee introduced his fellow attendees and thanked the elders for their visit before handing the meeting over to village activist mohammed khatib khatib explained the origins of bilin s popular nonviolent struggle against the wall a few years ago the israeli army set up a checkpoint at the entrance of bilin which you had to pass through on foot the soldiers had stretched a thin line of tape over the entrance one meter from the ground anyone could cut it of course but because of the soldiers you didn t dare so instead we had to crawl under the tape as if we were praying this was done deliberately to humiliate us but there was one young man from the abu salim family someone we knew who refused to crawl under it he cut the tape and they shot him in the leg he sat there bleeding in front of our eyes for two hours and no one was allowed to help or give him treatment we called an ambulance but the soldiers stopped it there is nothing more painful than being powerless in this kind of situation the israeli media reported that the soldier had shot the palestinian in self defense that was a lie of course but it was published as factual when the story about abu salim got out the al aqsa martyrs brigade decided to carry out a response operation we later heard seven soldiers at the checkpoint were killed our first reaction in bilin was good for al aqsa but later we realized that these were not the same soldiers who had killed our friend two weeks before a new unit had taken over the checkpoint so these soldiers had taken the punishment for what the old soldiers had done it made us wonder this cycle of death of action and reaction how can we break it next to speak was rajaa abu rahme a young student from the village on 10 july rajaa s father adeeb abu rahme was arrested while participating in the weekly nonviolent demonstration against the wall adeeb was charged with incitement to violence based on the supposed confessions of two 16 year old boys the israeli military had previously taken from the village and sentenced to 101 days in prison renewable for an indefinite period i am not talking to you as politicians rajaa told the elders i am talking to you as mothers and fathers as she told her story i could see tears forming in branson s eyes my sister is getting married soon i will be graduating rajaa continued and our father will not be able to share our joy i just want to see my father free also present in the meeting was shai pollak an israeli activist and long time supporter of the people of bilin a member of the family as mohammed khatib described him twenty years ago i did my military service shai explained but if i knew then what i know now i never would have served in the israeli army israeli society today is becoming increasingly closed off shai continued making pressure from outside even more important after the second intifada i went and met with literally thousands of palestinians while my friends in tel aviv were telling me they would stab me with a knife the opposite was true everyone i met welcomed me with open arms because the palestinian people want a peaceful solution the visit of these world leaders to bilin was a clear message to the israeli government that they are opposed to the continuing oppression of the palestinian people now it is time for the leaders currently in power to follow suit jody mcintyre is a journalist from the united kingdom currently living in the occupied west bank village of bilin jody has cerebral palsy and travels in a wheelchair he writes a blog for ctrl alt shift entitled life on wheels which can be found at http www ctrlaltshift co uk he can be reached at jody mcintyre at gmail dot com a version of this article originally appeared in the huffington post posted in foreigh relations leave a comment tags apartheid bilin desmond tutu ghandi idf israel israel palestine conflict israeli occupation jimmy carter mary robinson non violent resistance palestine racism the elders a palestinian anne frank september 3 2009 girl 15 seeks justice for gaza in world court http www google com hostednews afp article aleqm5hx9p9wd31ay9f9rc0ya8ken2 ljq girl 15 seeks justice for gaza in world court afp 2 days ago the hague a 15 year old palestinian girl who says israeli troops killed her father and two siblings in gaza in january sought justice from the international criminal court on monday i am here to lodge a complaint against the occupying army amira alqerem told journalists in the hague seven months after her family was killed in an early morning assault in the tal al hawa neighbourhood that also left her severely injured i hope this complaint will succeed because it is the truth the soft spoken teenager said seated next to her lawyer on his way to the icc to file the complaint with the office of the prosecutor in her court filing alqerem says her 67 year old father fathi 16 year old sister ismat and 14 year old brother ala were killed by israeli army fire in the early hours of january 14 the three children were awoken by an explosion to find their father s body covered in blood next to a crater near their house the document claims ismat and ala went off to seek help but were killed in another explosion amira who had stayed behind with her dead father was hit in the right leg this was a crime against humanity that is why we brought it to the icc said her lawyer gilles devers who claims the attacks were aimed at civilians israeli politicians and military leaders must be held responsible israel s 22 day offensive on islamist hamas controlled gaza left more than 1 300 palestinians dead before ceasefire took effect on january 18 icc prosecutor luis moreno ocampo announced in february he had begun a preliminary analysis of alleged crimes committed by israel during the gaza offensive he has to date received complaints and evidence from the palestinian justice minister ali kashan the palestinian national authority and over 360 other individuals and non governmental bodies his office said on monday amira meanwhile is undergoing physical and psychological rehabilitation in france i am doing this for all the children of gaza she said through an interpreter i want to do something to change the situation posted in foreigh relations leave a comment tags anne frank arab palestinians gaza gaza massacre human rights icc israel palestine conflict palestine palestinian anne frank palestinian resistance world court the elders in israel palestine august 31 2009 visit the site of the elders for an incredible inspiring webcast of the elders that are currently visiting the middle east http www theelders org who are the elders the elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders brought together by nelson mandela who offer their collective influence and experience to support peace building help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity posted in foreigh relations leave a comment tags israel israel palestine conflict israeli occupation mandela middle east peace process palestine robinson the elders tutu riding the peace train but missing the peace august 27 2009 when it comes to palestine peace is the whore of anybody with a hidden agenda the israelis have used the struggle for peace for over 60 years now as a cover for settling on lands that belong to others the americans have used it to cover their complete bias towards israel the europeans have used it to deal with their holocaust guilt other arab governments have used it to deal with their own restless populations even the pa and hamas have used it to get and stay in power within the peace movement itself peace is mocked by peace activists that care more about the zionist dream than about a just peace for both nothing is more common than a zionist talking about peace while maintaining that the right of return is an unfair demand nothing is more common than hearing those interested in peace talk about how the palestinians need to compromise too as if they have still anything left to compromise the palestinians are the ones that forever are paying the price of this peace game besides still not having any peace they also have no land no nationality no decent living circumstances no medical care no security and no dignity the old peace adagio land for peace is a joke because the israelis over the years have gotten themselves a lot more land and more security while the palestinians have less land and less security than ever palestinians are killed robbed and harassed by the idf and the settlers on a daily basis in a complete asymmetrical conflict situation the palestinians have nothing left to bargain with with so many parties interested though not really interested in peace it is difficult to navigate possible solutions and possible means to achieve those solutions the so called international consensus since oslo has been a two state solution carter clinton blair barak and olmert they all professed a deep belief in two states for two people the means to achieve such a solution would be a political negotiated process however besides the fact that in reality a 15 year long struggle for a two state solution has only led to more land and more security for the israelis to the extent that whatever land was set out for the palestinians is now populated with jews 300000 jews in west bank and a 150000 in east jerusalem and counting as they continue to settle both regions it is unclear how even in theory a two state solution could possible produce anything even remotely fair for the palestinians in a conflict in which one side is completely intertwined with the world s superpower has most of the land already has the nukes and other hi tech weapons controls the propaganda war and is economically so much more prosperous than its opponent who to be frank has nothing it is hard to understand how a fair deal could ever be negotiated the underlying idea of a two state solution seems to be that the palestinians should be happy with whatever they can get and not complain any further the fact that such a profound unfairness doesn t seem to bother any of the abovementioned peace activists is the clearest indication that it is not peace they are concerned with but their own agenda besides the two state solution there are peace activists who are promoting a one state solution or some type of binational state the merits and fairness of such a solution are obvious but the voices for it are scattered and unorganized israel itself remains pathological attached to its ethnicity as the most important criteria for citizenship it is not clear to what degree the palestinians would tolerate such a solution and the peace movement itself with its jargon of peace but lack of intentions for it has not decided upon such a goal in fact the peace movement as a collective still seems to think a two state solution is within reach besides the lack of common goal of the peace movement there is also no unity as to what should constitute the means to achieve any kind of goal dialogue interfaith exchanges political summits backroom diplomacy 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