A-Infos (en) Palestine-Israel, The Spring is behind the corner - the persistent joint struggle slowly expand

The winter cold did not freeze the joint struggle against the occupation, settler 
colonialist encroachment and occupation. The struggle in Beit Ummar, Bil'in, East 
Jerusalem, Kfar Al-Dik, Ma'asara, Nabi Saleh, Ni'ilin, Qadum, South Hebron hills, 
Walaje... The world Spring upraising did not perish coming the winter cold, not even 
hibernating... just went into a lower gear. After getting over the cold shock of mid 
winter, the spring buds are starting to develop and the swallows start to fly. In our 
region there are some signs in the occupied Palestine regions and more so in Israel. The 
destruction of the last main tent camp of Tel Aviv Hatikva ignited the social struggle 
movement pre-spring wave of struggle.


Bil'in

This Friday we did not march towards the separation wall in Bil'in ... We just traveled 
the about three kilometers distance from the village center to the wall. The rain was a 
good excuse for the half of the the demonstrators who usually make the journey on foot. 
Twenty Israelis, few international, and few dozens of Bil'iners arrived at the route of 
the separation wall. The armed forces of the State of Israel conducted several experiments 
by rubber bullets, stinker fluids and tear gas grenades before they could fire effectively 
and convinced us to return to the village.
The hot tea and the variety of delicacies at Veggie were above expectancy and warmed our 
frozen bones.

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.347529525257358.92301.136633479680298

Jerusalem-Al-Kuds

This week we recorded the first success of this campaign when we managed to stop the 
illegal work that the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) began to perform on the 
private lands of residents of Issawiya as part of the development of the new national park 
scheduled to be built on their land. The planned national park, located adjacent to the E1 
area, would constitute another obstacle to any future agreement regarding Jerusalem and 
would "choke off" a number of Palestinian neighborhoods.

In the coming days, together with residents of A-Tur and Issawiya, organizing a series of 
protests against the approval of this national park:

1.    The INPA destroyed it, we will fix it:
This Friday, January 13, join the residents of Issawiya in repairing the damage caused by 
the Israel Nature and Parks Authority through the work it started on the park 
infrastructure this week. Meet at 11:15 next to the Aroma Cafe on Mount Scopus (by Hebrew 
University). Contact: D.

2.    A large demonstration in Safra square:
On Tuesday, January 17, we will demonstrate together with hundreds of residents of East 
Jerusalem in front of City Hall to protest the city's support of the National Park plan. 
Meet at Safra Square at 4:00 PM. Details about transportation will be published shortly. 
For the Facebook event, click here.


Nabi Saleh

13.1.2012 Raids and Arrests Precede Weekly Demo in Nabi Saleh. See http://t.co/ogyfenXs
By Abir Kopty:
This Friday, the weekly rally in the village of Nabi Saleh had a different smell for some 
of us.
We arrived early morning and learned that the Israeli army just left the village, after a 
raid that started at 2am. They raided more than ten houses using dogs, terrorized the 
families and children and detained three residents, Anan (15), Mahdi (20) and Khaled (27).
Army raid to Nabi Saleh 13.1.2012 Photo by Zeinab Tamimi at 
http://abirkopty.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/occupation-stinks/
Despite the heavy rain and freezing cold there was a good turn out. The demonstration 
started as usual after the Friday’s noon prayer. Minutes before the demo started, heavy 
rain began. However we all walked, chanted and sang while shivering and freezing.
Usually we walk towards the entrance of the village in an attempt to walk towards the 
spring through the main road, at the entrance the army wait for us, the moment we are 200m 
away, they start shooting tear gas directly towards us. Today, for the first time ever, 
they did not shoot tear gas at all, and we managed to get closer than usual. But they were 
‘kind enough’ to spray us with the skunk water, which never reached us due to the strong 
wind and rain. Even when the rain stopped, the wind was moving the water away from us.
At the front, we were about 20 people, mostly women, 20-30m from the soldiers and the 
skunk water’s truck, still no tear gas. “How come?”, “What’s is wrong with them?” we asked 
ourselves. In fact, many of us, became addicted to tear gas, we need to inhale it every 
week. http://abirkopty.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/nabi2_b.jpg
Even when the Shabab-youth of the village started throwing stones from far away, the army 
did not respond. All of the sudden, the stones no longer “endanger” life . Soldiers could 
survive it without using arms.
There were two debated reasons for why we are not going to get our weekly dose of tear 
gas. One, That there was an American delegation of lawyers and scholars who were visiting 
Nabi Saleh and present at the rally. The other reason, also possible, that the tear gas 
will not work in this windy and rainy weather.
So, completely wet, shivering and freezing, we dared to come closer, to the closest point 
were the skunk water can’t reach us. It was very close. And this, it turned out, was the 
trap. The skunk pulled full gas, moved towards us and started spraying, everyone started 
running, but it was too late, we all got showered all over. The hair, body, clothes. 
Shitty and stinky smell was all over. If you ask me, I would rather inhale tear gas all 
day, even get rubber bullet than getting one drop of skunk water.
When the skunk stopped, it was one of the craziest scenes we viewed. We started all 
laughing, joking and hugging each other. We even started hugging those who did not get 
sprayed so we pass for them some of the ‘grace’. And that’s how the demonstration ended. 
No one could bear his\her or others’ smell and just wanted to rush back home.
Before saying good bye, people of Nabi Saleh advised us to scrub our hair with tomato and 
our skin with water and salt.
On our way back, we were four stinky people in the car and could not open the window since 
it was raining & freezing. We made fun of ourselves for the rest of the day. One decided 
to call us his “skunk comrades”, another created the hashtag #SmelllikeAThawri” (Thawri 
for revolutionary), one said her mother threw her shoes outside the house, another, who 
got the skunk via a hug, demanded a new jacket. One expected a long week with lots of 
tomatoes, and another wanted to give stinky hugs to everyone.
I think this picture with a quote of one of us says it all: “We Palestinians are crazy & 
Israeli army is right in hating us, we are skunked but still laughing & hugging”
In one month we experienced deep sorrow and grief after Mustafa Tamimi was murdered by 
Israeli army, and we experienced deep sarcasm and craziness after we got sprayed with 
skunk water. It is the greatness of becoming part of the Nabi Saleh family.
It will take at least one week until the smell get away of our bodies, and perhaps we will 
continue to joke about it for sometime, I guess because we understand that this is not our 
biggest problem. What really stinks is the occupation, and that’s the smell we want to get 
rid of.
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.347531478590496.92302.136633479680298
Reports that demonstration has ended for the day. No reported arrests during the 
demonstration or injuries. Some protestors were bathed with skunk but nothing serious.


Qadum

13/01/12, 200 Palestinians, joined by Israeli and international activists, marched in 
Qaddum this week. During the demonstration the army took over a village house to shoot 
tear-gas canisters at local youth.
yisraelpnm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuzpz2wW9go
abooood711 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMSBKLbui50


South Hebron hills

Friday, 13 January 2012 - Non-violent Action on the road from At-Tuwani to Yatta
What: The South Hebron Hills Popular Committee organizes a protest action on the road 
connecting At-Tuwani and nearby villages to the city of Yatta
Where: Beginning in At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills
When: Friday 13 January 2012, 9.30 am
Why: to allow the work improving the road who connects this area with others Palestinian 
communities; to highlight the difficulties that Palestinian communities living in the 
South Hebron Hills villages face in their attempt to reach the nearest city of Yatta.

Additional Info: Villagers from the South Hebron Hills area, after the usual Friday 
prayer, will start working to improve the road leading to Yatta.

The purpose of the action is:
- to allow the Palestinians to work to improve their living conditions and their ability 
to me moving, the Israeli Military considers illegal the work on improving the road;
- to protest against the permanent difficulties that Palestinians from this area face when 
trying to travel along the only road connecting their villages to Yatta.

Please come to participate and to support the Palestinian communities of the South Hebron 
Hills in their attempt to secure the right of movement.


Al-Walajeh

Israel Puterman video  Al-Walajeh, 08.01.2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVnpIUDnAfM


Tel Aviv

Demonstration against the draconian law against "infiltrators" - refugees and work 
seekers, Tuesday late evening in city square.
Israel putermam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76-nnlX1fc
Wednesday: All those arrested last night in Tel-Aviv, protesting the recent amendment to 
the 1954 Infiltration Law, are due to be released shortly
Haim Schwarczenberg http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.3086256154687.2157796.1212414101

Sunday morning 15-1-12 a huge number of state and city forces attacked the Hatikva tent 
camp and demolished it - arresting 4 activists.
Emergency demo in front of city offices entrances at 16:00 was declared. Hundreds 
participated. About 14 activists were detained - two were taken to hospital for treatment.
Israel putermam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfLqsmVtRcs
18:00 at the interior and other state offices building a demo against the scandalous law 
of 3 years jail with no court hearing for refugees and worker immigrant crossing illegally 
the border.
Evening and night: activists of the Occupy movement return to the Rothschild 
boulevards/Habima location.

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Don't say we did not know

Dear Friends
I prepared a story about attack of Settlers in Palestinian village Burin.. The Israeli TV 
channel 1 made a report about it. So I don't send my report and instead of it I send an 
article I wrote few weeks ago.
All the best to you!
Amos


I.D.F.  and THE PRICE TAG HOOLIGANS

The scam was a success. The political storm which followed the actions of the "price tag 
hooligans" has reached countries outside of Israel , presenting the government as fighting 
extremists who strike against Palestinians and even against the I.D.F.  Only Lieberman's 
Foreign Ministry has managed, again, to jeopardize Israel 's relations with European 
countries, when describing them as "irrelevant", for not buying the scam.

A comparison between the I.D.F. and the "price tag hooligans" confirms that the I.D.F., 
which is subordinate to the Israeli government, inflicts much more severe damage and on a 
regular basis:  Land robbery (over 50% of the land in the West Bank are in the hands of 
the Israelis), destruction of houses (over 26,000 since 1967), deportation, establishment 
of settlements on confiscated lands, water rights violations, uprooting of orchards and 
destruction of cultivated fields, prevention of the return of Palestinians who resided 
overseas for long periods of time and the prevention of family reunification of 
Palestinians with their spouses – this are only a partial list of the everyday occurrences 
and damages inflicted on the Palestinians in the occupied territories.

All these acts and occurrences have nothing to do with the safety of the Israeli people! 
These actions are done within the framework of the expansion frame work of Israeli 
governments since the Occupation in 1967. Even if only a small percentage of traumatized 
Palestinians, which trauma is a result of I.D.F. actions in the occupied territories, will 
decide to avenge their comrades, a small army of terrorists will arise to strike at the 
Israeli population.

Here begins the roll of the I.D.F.:  Palestinian riots must be subdued and the Israeli 
population protected.  In the name of national security land is  confiscated and fruit 
trees are uprooted, the separation fence is built inside Palestinian territory and not on 
the Green Line border.  Soldiers conduct night searches in villages causing destruction 
and traumatizing children and their families (until they take revenge).  On these night 
searches not only terrorists are hunted but also non violent popular activists.  Those 
activists adopt a struggle which poses no threat to the security of Israel 's population. 
It does, however, pose a threat to the continuing Occupation and its crimes.

What is the difference between the I.D.F. and the "price tag hooligans"? The I.D.F. has 
been active throughout the years to transfer the occupied territories to Israel so they 
will become part of it.  These actions actually remove Palestinians from the remaining 
land that is still theirs. These actions are slow and calculated in order not to anger our 
overseas supporters. after all, our existence depends on their good will. Contrary to this 
practice, the "price tag hooligans" would like it to happen immediately, not understanding 
that Israel cannot allow itself to lose the support of the West, since those countries 
have policies against occupation, racism and the violation of human rights. The debate is 
not about removing or transferring the Palestinians from their lands but the pace of process.

It can be observed that all the effort of peace making has not slowed down the removal of 
Palestinians from their lands. Abu Mazen has understood that and today demands a true 
peace process which will prevent it. To this demand, the Israeli government does not 
agree. And so, as the Arab League suggests a peace treaty , including an end of Occupation 
and a reasonable solution to the refugee issue, Israel refuses; the Occupation is more 
important than securing our existence.
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See http://awalls.org
See Previous reports about the joint struggles of the Anarchists Against the Wall at: 
http://ilanisagainstwalls.blogspot.com
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