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Palestine | International | Anti-WarBeit Ommar Settlement Protest 12/18/2010
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.  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1... 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
§Beit Ommar Habibti
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1... Demonstrators line up to begin the weekly peaceful march.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_2... All but one room of the house on the right has been confiscated by IDF soldiers.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_3... 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.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_3...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_4... settlement we were demonstrating against.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_4... IDF, demonstrators, the usual tear gas.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_5... PSP leader and shebab flee from tear gas
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_8... Teargas canister from today's demo and an Indybay sticker
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_8...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_9...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_9...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1... 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. http://www.sott.net/articles/show/219356-Palestine-Beit-Ommar-returns-to-its-roots
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1... 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.
 beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1...  beit_ummar_12-18-2010_-_1... Beit Ommar has approximately 17,000 residents, many of whom make their living as farmers.
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 |