The Olive Tree Movement

Ahalan WaSahalan!
Welcome to the Olive Tree Movement's brand new website!
Here you'll be able to receive information about the group activities and reports from past activities.

Enjoy!

חברים יקרים, ואנשים טובים שלום

אני מקבלת לאחרונה הרבה פניות מכפרים שונים וממשפחות

נזקקות בבקשה לציוד לבית ספר, כמו ילקוטים, מחברות, כלי

כתיבה גם נעליים ובגדים לילדים מגיל 6 עד 12.

חשוב לי לציין שהבקשה לא באה מקום של מתן צדקה אלה חובה עלינו כלפי שכנינו כאחראים בצורה זו או אחרת על חלק גדול בסבלם וממה שעובר עליהם

Solar Charger for video and mobile phone in South Hebron

July 2008

The video cameras that 'B'tselem' distributes to families in
Palestine, proved to be an important tool in documenting in the
settlement and IDF harassment of the Palestinian population under the
occupation. Few recent video clips taken by these cameras shocked the
public by showing brutal behavior both of the IDF and of settlers. The
video documentation has some impact on the public opinion and on the
political and army decision makers. It also well accepted by the
Palestinian, who use it as a mean to show the world how badly they are

http://www.nrg.co.il/online/54/ART1/759/199.html

להסרה מרשימת התפוצה, שלח/י אימייל ריק לכתובת: removeme@alt-arch.org

Court victory for the residents of Silwan
After more than a year and half the court decided that the Jerusalem municipality has no right to expropriate the residents' lands and use them for parking lots.

The history of the struggle
About two years ago, the Jerusalem municipality decided to expropriate nine private lands in Silwan from their Arab owners and turn them into parking lots. The decision was based on a regulation which allows the municipality to expropriate private land for public use if the owner doesn't build on it.

לא נשתוק מול אלימות גזענית!

בליל רביעי, ה-16 ליולי, הותקף מחוץ למעונות גואטמלה בקריית-יובל סטודנט לרוקחות על-ידי חמישה אנשים, אשר שברו על ראשו בקבוק זכוכית, והשאירוהו עם חבלות על הפנים וגיד קרוע ביד. הרקע, לפי הראיות, לאומני. זה אינו המקרה הראשון מסוג זה בשכונה או בירושלים: בערב יום השואה הותקפו שני נערים משועפאט בפסגת זאב ואחד מהם כמעט נרצח. לאחר פיגוע הדחפור ברחוב המלך דוד בוצע נסיון לינץ' בשני פלסטינים ואדם שגונן עליהם אף נדקר בבטנו בידי התוקפים.

ندعو جمهور الطلاب والمعنيين عموما إلى المشاركة في المظاهرة ضد العنصرية في القدس

كما ندعو الصحافة إلى أخذ دورها بتغطية هذه التظاهرة الهامة..

وفيما يلي نص الدعوة الصادر عن المنظمين:

لن نصمت أمام العنف العنصري

مساء الأربعاء، الـ 16 من تموز، أعتدى خمسة شبان على طالب للصيدلة قرب مساكن "جواتيمالا" في كريات توفال وكسروا برأسه قنينة زجاج وتركوه مصابا بوجهه وذراعه. الخلفية لهذا الحادث، حسب الأدلة، قومجية،. ليست هذه الحادثة الأولى في الحي أو في القدس: عشية ذكرى الكارثة هوجم صبيان من شعفاط في بسجات زئيف، وأحدهما كاد يُقتل. بعد عملية الجرافة في شارع الملك داوود نفذت محاولة "لينتش" بفلسطينيين وشخص ثالث حاول الدفاع عنهما وطعن في بطنه من قبل المعتدين.

Aya is 8 years old, a resident of Beit Umar, in the Hebron region, and is one of 8 children in her family.

About a year ago, a cancerous growth was found in Aya's head. Over the last half a year, Aya has undergone 3 difficult surgeries in order to remove the growth, and she was hospitalized in Hadassah-Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem for 3 months. The surgeries were funded by the Peres Peace Center.

Recently Aya began radiation and chemotherapy treatments at Hadassah Hospital, which she will need to continue for around two months. The Palestinian Authority funds the treatments themselves, but none of the accompanying expenses.

Saturday, April 19, 2008

Update: Dr. Gassan Sharif Khaled’s second abduction and subsequent imposing of a six months administrative arrest by the IDF/Shabak

Hebrew text follows

Dr. Gassan Sharif Khaled is a professor of international commercial law at A-Najah University in Nablus, and the son of our close friend Abu Azzam. (http://www2.najah.edu/nnu_portal/index.php?page=95).

Dr. Khaled was abducted from his home in Nablus by the IDF on January 16th/08 and imprisoned for two months; the initial three weeks included interrogation by the Shabak (Israeli Secret Service) that included continuous physical torture (due to which he also suffered internal hemorrhage in one leg).

sing the petition
To: Obtain the Realease of Dr. Gassan Sharif Haled from the Israeli Occupation Prison

AN INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF DR.
GASSAN SHARIF HALED WHO WAS ABDUCTED BY THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION ARMY ON 16/01/08 !!!

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*Hebrew text follows

We are friends and supporters of Dr. Gassan Sharif Haled?s family for the past five years, both from Israel and from the international community. Some of us are also frequent visitors of Gassan?s parent?s home in the West Bank village of Ja?ayus. We ask you to sign this petition to demand the immediate release from prison of our dear friend, who holds a Ph.D. in law and is a respected professor of international law at Al-Jajah University in Nablus.

photo gallery
Click here to watch video from the convoy (sorry, Hebrew only, except for Jeff Halper’s speech, partially in the video)
The initiative for the large action that took place today (26.1.08) started when the well-know psychiatrist, Dr. Eyad al-Sarraj, the human-rights activist from Gaza, met in the Gush Shalom office with a small group of Israeli peace activists, in order to tell them about the desperate situation in the strip. It was decided on the spot to organize in Israel a relief convoy for the Gaza Strip people, and to fight by all political and juridical means for the right to get it in. It was agreed that two parallel protest rallies would be held simultaneously on the two sides of the wall.