The title should have "Solidarity" in it
Feb. 22nd, 2008 08:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eumeliaI went to Bil'in today, as it was the three year anniversary for the struggle against the Separation Wall (which in that area is a fence) and to mark the half year mark since the Supreme High Court declared the path of the fence to be moved.
This hasn't happened and the weekly demonstrations have and will continue.
This was my first demo in the area so I stayed on the hill and didn't go into the wadi and as such avoided the actual "action" of being tear gassed and shot at with rubber bullets. Today twenty or so activists were injured (one had to be evacuated to hospital, thankfully there was Red Crescent presence) from the soldiers actions and one soldier was injured from a stone thrown at him.
I managed to take some pictures that weren't total crap with my obsolete Point & Shoot Digital Cam:
When we began to march.
Kids participate in the demos in the hopes that their presence will reduce the violence.
This doesn't always work.
Kids sometimes just watch the weekly chaos that goes on in their village.
Most of the women at these demos are Israeli or International, it was great seeing the Palestinian women join in with the men.
The white plume is tear gas, you could smell it a kilometre away. Rubber bullets were also shot by this point.
Those are IDF soldiers.
Nice Jewish Girls who Oppose the Occupation by the name of Mel were also photographed.
We arrived there at about 11:30, began marching at 12:30, began disperding at around 15:00, I got home at 17:30.
Long, good and productive day, I feel.
23/02/08 10:25 - Edited to Add: Link to English Ha'aretz story.
This hasn't happened and the weekly demonstrations have and will continue.
This was my first demo in the area so I stayed on the hill and didn't go into the wadi and as such avoided the actual "action" of being tear gassed and shot at with rubber bullets. Today twenty or so activists were injured (one had to be evacuated to hospital, thankfully there was Red Crescent presence) from the soldiers actions and one soldier was injured from a stone thrown at him.
I managed to take some pictures that weren't total crap with my obsolete Point & Shoot Digital Cam:
When we began to march.
Kids participate in the demos in the hopes that their presence will reduce the violence.
This doesn't always work.
Kids sometimes just watch the weekly chaos that goes on in their village.
Most of the women at these demos are Israeli or International, it was great seeing the Palestinian women join in with the men.
The white plume is tear gas, you could smell it a kilometre away. Rubber bullets were also shot by this point.
Those are IDF soldiers.
Nice Jewish Girls who Oppose the Occupation by the name of Mel were also photographed.
We arrived there at about 11:30, began marching at 12:30, began disperding at around 15:00, I got home at 17:30.
Long, good and productive day, I feel.
23/02/08 10:25 - Edited to Add: Link to English Ha'aretz story.
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Date: 2008-02-22 07:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-22 07:53 pm (UTC)Please don't be jealous, I'd really rather it weren't. NYC is anything but boring :D
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Date: 2008-02-22 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2008-02-23 08:01 am (UTC)Hope you guys get what you want, hope less people would get hurt along the process. What that little hop of hills need is some judge to get off his plump ass and get a good survey of what's going on. Maybe, just maybe, it might have the effect needed to move the fence.
Stupid politics.
Hack, this can be done by flight.
*frustrated*
Before another soldier looses an eye, before some demonstrator receives a rubber in the chest.
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Date: 2008-02-23 08:22 am (UTC)I saw a young guy pick up a rock and told him it would be better if he didn't start the action (this guy wasn't Palestinian and soldiers assume that anyone who throws a rock is an Arab and begin shooting, so you know, blah).
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Date: 2008-02-23 08:22 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-23 01:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-02-23 05:56 pm (UTC)Got your package, by the way, and listened to it last night while driving to Georgia to help Shawnda move a washer for her dad. I also ripped it to my library this morning and am really liking her though I obviously can't understand even the first word. I think this is the first time I've ever really heard Hebrew uttered at length and sounds mostly French to my ignorant ears, though all the glottal stops(?) give it away as not being it.
Anyway, none of this has anything to do with your entry. I just wanted to let you know that I got it and appreciate it. Thanks so much. As sappy as it sounds, it really makes me feel special that you sent it to me. :)
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Date: 2008-02-23 06:02 pm (UTC)I'm really happy you like her, I think she's amazing, definitely my fave artist working right now over here.
Hon, you're my friend, obviously you're special :)