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| Silwan expanding settlements, East Jerusalem |
More walls...............more detoured roads............. to Israeli settlements which illegally have grabbed and occupied others’ lands. More irrigated manicured gardens of settlements which now use 10 times more water than that allowed for the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem. This is the part of Jerusalem which was designated, in 1967 boundaries, to be for Palestinians. West Jerusalem for Israelis. Demography has now changed....
East Jerusalem is becoming uglier as Palestinian lands show past demolitions and snaking fences to enclose them from new settlement developments.
IZBAT TABIB PROTESTS:
On July 11, back in Izbat Tabib, a village near Jayyus, international protest activists from the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) attempt to remove barbed wire fences along a road where Israelis have tried to demarcate areas ‘grabbed’ from Palestinians to expand building of more settlements. Fences snake through the villages as more and more lands are designated by 'court orders' as Israeli lands for new outside Settlers who build their havens as holiday homes; few actually reside in their settlements.
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| ISM activists trying to remove barbed wire fence in Izbat Tabib village |
It really was more of a media event, than a real challenge to the Israeli Army soldiers (since few Palestinians, other than the leaders, participated in the march) who watched and took photos from their vehicles….as the rest of us were doing.
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| Israeli soldiers taking photos & surrounded by activists taking photos; fire alerts |
The fires were set – using old tyres - by Palestinians to alert the neighborhood that the Israelis were in town.
Maybe we should all get together on Picasa and ‘share photos’ !!
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