The Olive Tree Movement

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

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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.

On Saturday January 26

nobody stays home-

End the Siege!

Relief convoy to our neighbors in Gaza

Does it help the children of Sderot when we force the children of Gaza to drink polluted water? It seems the government of Israel thinks so (if they think).

Gaza is under siege! Hundreds of commodities needed for the maintaining daily life are not allowed into the Strip, by order of the Government of Israel. Even the entry of water filters - vital for purifying the water drawn from Gazan wells, which are heavily polluted by brine, oil and sewage - is prevented for more than half a year already. The Israeli communications media don’t succeed (and not always even try) to convey to the public a real impression of how severe is the situation. But anyone who talked to Gazans in the past months understands that the situation has long since developed into a regional disaster, which puts us, too, in danger.

The inhabitants of the villages Beit Furiq (about 15,000) and Beit Dajan (about 5,000) suffer restrictions and special prohibitions. At Beit Furiq Checkpoint – located between Nablus and Beit Furiq – the Israeli army allows only the residents themselves passage to the two places, while other Palestinians are prevented, including immediate family members. The army has committed itself in the Supreme Court to keep the checkpoint open 24 hours a day and allow a normal fabric of life. But in actual fact, this checkpoint is usually closed after 8 or 9 p.m.

On April 20, 2007 a woman from Salem village married in Beit Furiq. The bride's parents and other relatives were not allowed to attend the wedding in Beit Furiq.

Memorial demonstration in memory of Abir Aramin

Tomorrow, Sunday January 20th, students of all 3 schools in Anata will hold a memorial demonstration for 10 year old Abir Aramin. Abir was shot by a border police officer on Tuesday morning outside of school. On Thursday evening Abir died from her injuries and was buried in East Jerusalem on Friday afternoon.

Abir's schoolmates and the students of the 2 other schools in Anata wish to conduct a memorial demonstration on Sunday. The demonstration will start at the Anata Girls School at 10:30. Anata residents and students have invited the Israeli and international peace activists to participate in the demonstration.