Protest in Hebron February 25, 2010 from Open Shuhada Street on Vimeo.
The protest was held on February 25th to mark the 16th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, when Israeli-American settler Baruch Goldstein shot and killed 29 Palestinians praying at the mosque and injured 150 more. Since the massacre, the IDF has instituted ever tightening restrictions on Palestinian movement throughout Hebron, and particularly on Shuhada Street where six settlement blocks were established. Today even Palestinian residents of Shuhada Street have to walk on complicated make-shift pathways on rooftops and climb over roadblocks to reach their home since walking or driving on the street is prohibited. (Read more on the “Open Shuhada Street” website.)
What do the orange flags mean?
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Molly. My guess is that as a movement, Open Shehada Street, they adopted a distinctive flag..
ReplyDeleteI think this type of thing will generate international support; and support among many Israelis (among the 1.5 million Palestinian Israelis, 2 million Arab Israeli Jews, Israeli liberals.)
ReplyDeleteIsrael needs to stop actions that weaken the Palestinian economy and Palestinian capacity.
<span>"Israel needs to stop actions that weaken the Palestinian economy and Palestinian capacity".</span>
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<span>But you don't mind the occupation..That's a taboo word in your mouth, isn't it?
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