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Palestine International Anti-War

Beit Ommar Settlement Protest 12/18/2010

by tangle (tanglealso [at] gmail.com)

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Beit Ommar, nestled between Bethlehem and Hebron, currently has six settlements surrounding the southern West Bank village. Since 2006 there has been a weekly demonstration in Beit Ommar to protest the cutting of (worker's) trees and building of the security fence.

The picture above is of a minaret of the main mosque in Beit Ommar.

The weekly Beit Ommar demos are organised by Palestine Solidarity Project: http://palestinesolidarityproject.org

For more information: http://indybay.org/palestine

§Beit Ommar Habibti

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§International activists, shebabs gather

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Demonstrators line up to begin the weekly peaceful march.

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§Free Palestine

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§March starts down the road

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

All but one room of the house on the right has been confiscated by IDF soldiers.

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§occupied home

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

A Beit Ommar house along the demonstrator's path where a Palestinian family has been pushed into a single room in their own house by soldiers.

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§The demonstration is well-supported internationally

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§Karmei Tsur settlement

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

settlement we were demonstrating against.

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§Demonstration

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

IDF, demonstrators, the usual tear gas.

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§Palestinian Solidarity Project

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

PSP leader and shebab flee from tear gas

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§mementos

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Teargas canister from today's demo and an Indybay sticker

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§Owner of the house that was taken over by invading IDF soldiers

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§The march returns

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§beautiful habibi & habibti :)

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Several hundred residents from Beit Ommar are currently political prisoners in Israeli prisons, and the village is subjected to late-night raids by Israeli forces almost every night. The main road leading in to the village has a permanent watchtower guarded by the Israeli military.

https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/05/18668375.php
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/219356-Palestine-Beit-Ommar-returns-to-its-roots

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§mosque

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§Mousa, cofounder of PSP, points to old text identifying mosque

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Mousa explains that, four days prior to the protest, the IDF came to state that part of this 800 year old mosque would be used as a synagogue. Mousa told us that the IDF were told that they would have a large outcry were this to be enforced, and the IDF has not yet returned to the mosque.

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§Palestinian flag adorning mosque

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§centuries-old tomb beneath mosque

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

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§Sheep herder of Beit Ommar village

by tangle

Wed, Dec 22, 2010 2:42PM

Beit Ommar has approximately 17,000 residents, many of whom make their living as farmers.

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§video from Beit Ommar

by dave id

Fri, Dec 24, 2010 2:31PM

Beit Ommar Protest Against Karmei Tsur Settlement, West Bank, Palestine, 12/18/10: video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/24/18667461.php

Settlers and IDF Attempt to Steal Old Village Mosque, Beit Ommar, West Bank, Palestine, 12/18/10: video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/24/18667473.php

Interview with Mousa Abu Maria, Beit Ommar, West Bank, Palestine, 12/18/10: video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/24/18667481.php

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