4/12/2009
Gaza 2009. - Nusayrat - An Al-Quds Brigade fighter, Abu Mujahed talking about the Jihad and peace
Gaza 2009. - Nusayrat - An Al-Quds Brigade fighter, Abu Mujahed talking about the Jihad and the peace from bogARTphoto on Vimeo.
This video is a part of my new documentary.
English subtitle coming soon.
Gaza 2009. - Nusayrat - Meet with the fighters of Al-Quds Brigades
Gaza 2009. - Nusayrat - Meet with the fighters ofAl-Quds Brigades from bogARTphoto on Vimeo.
This preedited video is part of my new documentary about Gaza.
The english subtitle is coming soon.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in Hebron's Old City
A group of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the old city of Hebron Saturday afternoon, causing damage to the vehicle.
The ambulance was moving a patient from the Hebron governmental hospital to her home in Ash-Shuhada Street when the attack occurred, Head of Ambulance and Emergency Services for the Red Crescent Abed Al-Haleem Al-Ja’afra said. The Israeli army was aware that the ambulance would be crossing the normally closed area, and had okayed the move.
As the ambulance arrived to the Al- Qarantina area, the soldiers opened the checkpoint allowing the vehicle into the area where it was attacked by settlers who pelted stones on the vehicle.
“The vehicle was ambushed, and the soldiers turned a blind eye to the incident, making no move to stop the settlers from throwing stones,” Al-Ja’afra said.
Being unable to move forward and take the patient safely to her home, the ambulance tried to back out of the street but soldiers would not open the checkpoint for several minutes.
The patient was returned to the emergency ward and awaits approval from Israeli authorities as to when she will safely be able to return home.
Life under attack in the Old City
The Israeli military checkpoints in Hebron like the one at the entrance to Ash-Shuhada street have made life impossible for local residents, many who have moved to other areas to ecape constant harassment from nearby settlers, the annoyance of having to walk through metal detectors on the way home, and having the street blocked off from vehicle traffic.
Residents say the area has the feel of a closed military zone.
“In the old city, we are living inside a cage,” one resident, Atif Al-Uweiwi, said.
School pupils in the old city also suffer from settler attacks as they are en route to and from school. Some pupils prefer to stay home for fear of the attacks.
“Our lives are like cats and dogs; when the settlers are absent, we go to school and we play outside. But, when they are there, we are stay indoors or use back alleys to get where we need to go,” said Haytham Ar-Rajabi, a school boy in the area.
He adds, “In the old city we live as if we were not human beings. Where are the children rights which humanitarian organizations claim we have?”
World Volunteers Organization for Peace reported last week that Israeli soldiers had installed yet another checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque for security proposes.
According to Iyad Khamasiyya, spokesperson of the group, “settlers assault school pupils in the middle of the day, especially those who study at the Ibrahimi elementary school located in the centre of Hebron.”
Source: Maan News Agency
The ambulance was moving a patient from the Hebron governmental hospital to her home in Ash-Shuhada Street when the attack occurred, Head of Ambulance and Emergency Services for the Red Crescent Abed Al-Haleem Al-Ja’afra said. The Israeli army was aware that the ambulance would be crossing the normally closed area, and had okayed the move.
As the ambulance arrived to the Al- Qarantina area, the soldiers opened the checkpoint allowing the vehicle into the area where it was attacked by settlers who pelted stones on the vehicle.
“The vehicle was ambushed, and the soldiers turned a blind eye to the incident, making no move to stop the settlers from throwing stones,” Al-Ja’afra said.
Being unable to move forward and take the patient safely to her home, the ambulance tried to back out of the street but soldiers would not open the checkpoint for several minutes.
The patient was returned to the emergency ward and awaits approval from Israeli authorities as to when she will safely be able to return home.
Life under attack in the Old City
The Israeli military checkpoints in Hebron like the one at the entrance to Ash-Shuhada street have made life impossible for local residents, many who have moved to other areas to ecape constant harassment from nearby settlers, the annoyance of having to walk through metal detectors on the way home, and having the street blocked off from vehicle traffic.
Residents say the area has the feel of a closed military zone.
“In the old city, we are living inside a cage,” one resident, Atif Al-Uweiwi, said.
School pupils in the old city also suffer from settler attacks as they are en route to and from school. Some pupils prefer to stay home for fear of the attacks.
“Our lives are like cats and dogs; when the settlers are absent, we go to school and we play outside. But, when they are there, we are stay indoors or use back alleys to get where we need to go,” said Haytham Ar-Rajabi, a school boy in the area.
He adds, “In the old city we live as if we were not human beings. Where are the children rights which humanitarian organizations claim we have?”
World Volunteers Organization for Peace reported last week that Israeli soldiers had installed yet another checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque for security proposes.
According to Iyad Khamasiyya, spokesperson of the group, “settlers assault school pupils in the middle of the day, especially those who study at the Ibrahimi elementary school located in the centre of Hebron.”
Source: Maan News Agency
Hamas: Egypt suggested temporary Palestinian committee to take control
gyptian mediators have suggested a temporary Palestinian committee in order to end a two-year-long political crisis, said Hamas leader Salah Bardaweel on Sunday.
He explained in a statement sent to media that after Hamas and Fatah realized during their last meeting in Cairo on 2 April that it would be difficult to reach consensus on the political platform of a transitional government, Egyptian intelligence director Umar Sulaiman suggested formation of a temporary Hamas-Fatah committee instead of a government.
Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will form a new transitional government to create the conditions for the suggested committee to be formed. The committee is supposed to operate in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip only, and will be in charge of implementing what is being agreed on in Cairo, especially regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. The committee is supposed to be separate from the government, which will help the committee carry out its tasks.
“This suggestion needs to be clarified in more detail,” Al-Bardaweel commented on the Egyptian suggestion. He asserted that Hamas did not give a formal response to the proposal, but rather asked questions about the plan.
He also expressed Hamas’ hopes that the Egyptian suggestion, after being clarified, will be an opportunity to break the stalemate and enhance positive dialogue in order to heal the rift between Palestinian rivals and be able to counter Israel’s “extremist agenda.”
Al-Bardaweel also highlighted that the Egyptian suggestion did not resolve the question of the future of the de facto government in the Gaza Strip, nor did it give details about the mechanism president Abbas will follow in forming the new government.
Source: Maan News Agency
He explained in a statement sent to media that after Hamas and Fatah realized during their last meeting in Cairo on 2 April that it would be difficult to reach consensus on the political platform of a transitional government, Egyptian intelligence director Umar Sulaiman suggested formation of a temporary Hamas-Fatah committee instead of a government.
Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas will form a new transitional government to create the conditions for the suggested committee to be formed. The committee is supposed to operate in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip only, and will be in charge of implementing what is being agreed on in Cairo, especially regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. The committee is supposed to be separate from the government, which will help the committee carry out its tasks.
“This suggestion needs to be clarified in more detail,” Al-Bardaweel commented on the Egyptian suggestion. He asserted that Hamas did not give a formal response to the proposal, but rather asked questions about the plan.
He also expressed Hamas’ hopes that the Egyptian suggestion, after being clarified, will be an opportunity to break the stalemate and enhance positive dialogue in order to heal the rift between Palestinian rivals and be able to counter Israel’s “extremist agenda.”
Al-Bardaweel also highlighted that the Egyptian suggestion did not resolve the question of the future of the de facto government in the Gaza Strip, nor did it give details about the mechanism president Abbas will follow in forming the new government.
Source: Maan News Agency
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