Palestine Today

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Um Jamil is among several Palestinian women pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo in besieged Gaza. She has been working in Gaza's fish market for 15 years.

 

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PALESTINIANS HAVE RIGHT TO RETURN.
PALESTINE BELONGS TO PALESTINIANS WITH ITS CAPITAL: JERUSALEM!!

 

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PALESTINIANS HAVE RIGHT TO RETURN.
PALESTINE BELONGS TO PALESTINIANS WITH ITS CAPITAL: JERUSALEM!!

Why does it belong to only them?

 

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Skillful picture that could mean many things. So the question is, in this one, what do you see?

It reminds me of Norman Rockwell’s painting of a little black girl, in a white depress, escorted by the police to her newly desegregated school. The vantage point is from her perspective and the police loom huge in their uniforms and guns.

We see a soldier, clearly relaxed, listening to a boy sitting next to his downed bicycle. The boy is gesturing with his hand as he he is talking. He too looks relaxed in body language. A second soldier is walking over. The perspective is shot from the boy’s level, So the soldiers loom large and potentially threatening but no one looks tense.

I like this picture because there is a lot hidden there. A story.

Perhaps his bike is broken, and he is trying to fix it, and the soldiers are coming to help.

Where is it from?

 

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Skillful picture that could mean many things. So the question is, in this one, what do you see?

It reminds me of Norman Rockwell’s painting of a little black girl, in a white depress, escorted by the police to her newly desegregated school. The vantage point is from her perspective and the police loom huge in their uniforms and guns.

We see a soldier, clearly relaxed, listening to a boy sitting next to his downed bicycle. The boy is gesturing with his hand as he he is talking. He too looks relaxed in body language. A second soldier is walking over. The perspective is shot from the boy’s level, So the soldiers loom large and potentially threatening but no one looks tense.

I like this picture because there is a lot hidden there. A story.

Perhaps his bike is broken, and he is trying to fix it, and the soldiers are coming to help.

Where is it from?

The boy's face looks worried.

The architecture looks like Hebron.

 

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Skillful picture that could mean many things. So the question is, in this one, what do you see?

It reminds me of Norman Rockwell’s painting of a little black girl, in a white depress, escorted by the police to her newly desegregated school. The vantage point is from her perspective and the police loom huge in their uniforms and guns.

We see a soldier, clearly relaxed, listening to a boy sitting next to his downed bicycle. The boy is gesturing with his hand as he he is talking. He too looks relaxed in body language. A second soldier is walking over. The perspective is shot from the boy’s level, So the soldiers loom large and potentially threatening but no one looks tense.

I like this picture because there is a lot hidden there. A story.

Perhaps his bike is broken, and he is trying to fix it, and the soldiers are coming to help.

Where is it from?

The boy's face looks worried.

The architecture looks like Hebron.

Of course he looks worried. His parents have just told him he will have to kill a Jew and die a martyr so that they can collect a pension from the Martyr's fund, and he is asking the Israelis to help him.

 

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Mother of the Palestinian martyr Badawi al-Masalma cries as she holds a cellphone picture of her son who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces yesterday in al-Khalil.

 

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israeli settlers, under the armed protection of the israeli occupation forces cut down 150 olive trees in the village of Burqa, near Ramallah

 

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Breaking: Israeli snipers have shot and killed 16-year-old Fahd al-Astal east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.

 

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A Palestinian girl takes part in basketball training at Starts Academy in Gaza City. Photo by Mohammed Zaanoun.

 

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Let’s address this

Instead of looking for reasons to demonize Israel, can we please have a real conversation about the real issues?

Fair enough. But discrimination is a valid issue and pretending it isn’t doesn’t help the conversation.

Discussing specifically, the small, isolated, Arab villages in Area C...

They are populated by people who are not citizens of Israel, but citizens of Palestine. Palestine is, by treaty, responsible for their welfare. But they live in an area controlled by Israel.

They tend to be economically and socially based in an agricultural society, mostly farmers and herders. They are being overtaken by urban growth.

They have a very different culture of land use and ownership than Israelis.

There are security concerns.

There are accessibility concerns.

There are community development plans which should be written.

There is infrastructure to be built.



If we are trying to solve problems, these are the topics we should be discussing.

Part of the problem, from what read is that the Palestinians in Area C are kind of in a no man's land situation - they aren't quite governed by Israel, but must submit to Israel's building authority, and they aren't quite governed by the PA who issue building permits only to have them torn down by Israel. In some cases cities straddle borders creating even more confusion as to jurisdiction and the ability to expand.

There have been potential partnerships between Israel and PA to try to increase housing but they get shot down by Israeli politicians not wanting to see resources spent on Palestinians or anything that gives any more land to Palestinian families. It's extremely political.

IMO (which will probably be shot down) - Israel should just annex Area C, offer the resident Palestinians citizenship, and then treat them as financially disadvantaged communities in need of resources and development and, maybe cultural protection for their agrarian lifestyle. Fund the necessary infrastructure to bring them up to par with their fellow citizens.

 

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