Eviction of Abu Aisha's home in the Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem by Israeli Border Police on July 27, 2008. His house was demolished later that day. [ More Detail ]
Less than six months after the Israeli military raided orphanages and schools in Hebron, the Palestinian Authority followed suit in nearby villages. Christian Peacemaker Teams(CPT) visited the orphanage in Beit Ummar a few days after the PA raided it in August 2008. [ More Detail ]
Israel Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished a house in Beit Hanina, East Jerusalem (Palestine) on the pretext that it was built without a permit. 5 families, including more than 50 people, were expelled violently from their homes, without even having the chance to take out their staff before. For a Jerusalem palestinian family is extremely difficult to obtain a building permit from the Israeli authorities, as a result of the judaisation policy in the city. Therefore, there's no other chance than building "ilegally". [ More Detail ]
The Beit Rivka Geriatric hospital in Petah Tikva provides a warm and caring environment for the elderly undergoing rehabilitation or require complex nursing. The hospital that opened in 1957 is in dire straits and requires funds in order to offer patients the best in modern care. For details see:http://www.beitrivka.org.il 06/01/08 [ More Detail ]
A United Nations inquiry is taking place in Gaza over an Israeli air-strike 18 months ago that killed 23 Palestinians - 20 of them from the same family.Accounts differ about what happened in Beit Hanoun and how many missiles were fired. Israel has already said it was a mistake.From Gaza, Owen Fay reports for Al Jazeera. [ More Detail ]
ey Brits, these are your tax schillings at work.Al-Beeb produces yet another piece of blatantly biased media in Israel. This one is called 'Bethlehem fights for tourists.' If you watch this video and know nothing about what goes on in this country, you come away with the impression that the poor hoteliers of Bethlehem can't attract any tourists and it's all because those mean, cruel Israelis put up a wall and make people walk through gates and turnstiles (ominously called a 'military checkpoint') to get into the city. Let's go to the videotape and then we'll try to point out some of the ways in which this report could have been less biased.How could we make this report somewhat fair? For starters, we could say that the 'wall' (which is really nothing more than a fancy fence in much of the country) is there because it has reduced terror attacks outside it by a huge percentage over the last four years despite the fact that it is not yet complete. We could tell the folks at home that the reason it's a wall and not a fence in the Bethlehem area is because 'Palestinian' terrorists used Bethlehem's suburbs to shoot at the Jews of the Jerusalem suburb of Gilo during the early part of this decade, and that in Gilo they also have a wall where the 'Palestinian' gunfire most often hit. It's much easier to shoot through a fence than it is to shoot over a wall, although shooting over a wall is also not impossible. Just go visit Gaza.We could cite some other reasons why those who might otherwise be most likely to visit Bethlehem may be put off. For example, some Christians might remember the siege on the Church of the Nativity that was carried out by 'Palestinian' terrorists from the 'moderate' Fatah organization and how they held hostages inside the church and trashed it. A Christian who might otherwise visit Bethlehem might keep that in mind when weighing the risks of a visit. They also might remember the IDF's anti-terror operation in Bethlehem in March and wonder how many more terrorists are lurking in the city's alleyways. And given that all but one of Bethlehem's main tourist attractions are Christian (and the one that is not Christian is Jewish), and that most of the tourists the Arab population is targeting are Christian, those tourists may be put off by the fact that Bethlehem was 90% Christian (and the area was 60% Christian) when the 'Palestinian Authority' took over in 1995, and now has less than 20% Christians. Maybe the townisn't hospitable to Christians? (More on the treatment of Christians in the Bethlehem area here).Finally, there is the practical question of how attractive Bethlehem would be as a tourist destination even if it were easier to reach. Note the hotelier's complaint that most tourists only stay 2-3 hours and don't spend any money. Is there really more there than what the average tourist could see in 2-3 hours? Does the average tourist really feel obligated to sit down and eat lunch in overpriced restaurants and shop in overpriced gift shops? And why would the average tourist want to stay in an overpriced hotel in Bethlehem, when he could stay in a hotel in Jerusalem and have a much wider selection of hotels, restaurants and tourist sites? Maybe things would be better if the 'Palestinian Authority' were allocating money to developing tourism instead of spending it on weapons for its oversized 'police force.'Those are the questions the BBC and the 'Palestinians' in Bethlehem ought to be asking. When they answer them adequately, Bethlehem may not have to 'fight' for tourists anymore. [ More Detail ]
this is a video for my country beit sahour that i love. a do this for it. hope to give it a little thing to my country as it gave me a lot of things [ More Detail ]
Dedicated with pleasure to the professional, admired CAST of CATS from Beit Zvi, Ramat Gan, Israel and especially to Eran Mor the member of the original first cast! [ More Detail ]
Novmeber 2006The killing of 19 civilians and wounding of 40 more at Beit Hanoun was the biggest single loss of life since the Intifada began. Holes are appearing in the IDF's version of events.According to the IDF, the shots all came from one canon which erroneously fired into a building because of a computer error. But survivors dispute this. "There were many shells coming from different directions," says one woman angrily. "What they say is a lie." One of the biggest questions is why the Israelis continued firing for 30 mins. The IDF claims soldiers at a nearby observation tower were too busy looking for Qassem rockets to notice anything wrong. But amateur footage shows heavy plumes of smoke and wailing sirens coming from what was clearly a residential area. [ More Detail ]