Testimonies

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Big media screws small nobody?

26/12/2007

I thought that headline might be the best angle for a hard news story to capture the tale of Emad Bornat, a Palestinian cameraman I met the other day near where I live in France. Emad was the story’s sometime stringer and “nobody” while Reuters was to play the part of big bad media. But then I hesitated for reasons some people, not least fellow journalists, might criticise.

Injuries and arrests at demonstrations across the West Bank on Friday

09/12/2007

  • Four injured and two arrested in Bil’in anti-Wall protest
  • Three injured in peaceful protest near Ramallah
  • Collective punishment during Um Salamona Demonstration

Palestinian Outpost swiftly evicted near Jerusalem

08/12/2007

In a similar tactic to the one used by settlers to establish new outposts, a house was built today by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists in the controversial E-1 area between the Ma’ale Adumim settlement and Jerusalem.

Three Nonviolent Protests in the West Bank

30/11/2007

  • Palestinian villagers protest on Road-443, Israel prevent them from using it
  • Six wounded, five detained in Bil’in’s Anti-wall protest
  • Israeli army attacks a peaceful demonstration in a Bethlehem village

Day of Violence at Nonviolent Demonstrations Accross the West Bank

23/11/2007

At the demonstration today in Bil’in, three demonstrators, two Palestinians and one Israeli, were seriously hurt. The first wounded demonstrator was a 40 year old resident of Bil’in and was shot in the hand and chest with a teargas canister which burned through his coat and shirt, broke the palm of his hand and injured his chest. The teargas canister was fired directly at the protester from short range.