On August 10th, between 3:00 and 4:00 in the afternoon, in response to peaceful Palestinian resistance to the military occupation of Hebron — and ongoing settler violence — the Israeli army decided to collectively punish Palestinian shopkeepers in the Old City. They had been threatening for weeks to close certain shops because they are located by the yellow gate that closes off Shuhada street, where a weekly peaceful demo has started each Saturday for the past few months. At about 3:00 the army announced that three of the five shops would be closed, and that they would weld the doors shut. Three families would lose their entire livelihoods. Crowds of people then began gathering by the shops. There were members of ISM, CPT and EAPPI. There were also many Palestinians who came out to see what was happening. Some internationals and Palestinians stood in front of the shops. Some people spoke to the soldiers who at that point were behind the gate. They asked them why they were punishing innocent people. The soldiers told them to leave. They did not listen to people telling them that they should disobey unjust orders. They just stared vacantly. Some young Palestinian men tried to take off the gates before the soldiers got to them, so they would not be welded shut. One of the shopkeepers, an elderly man, tried to move his products out of the shop. After about an hour, the gate to Shuhada Street swung open. Armed soldiers walked into the crowd and began ordering people to …
You only need to see the situation with Iran as an example of things changing in the middle-east: Israel,the dull pro-zionist western media & the toothless paymasters under the spell of AIPAC in Washington simply DESPERATE to hype up the Iranian “threat”? yet most of the world is standing back especially war weary, bankrupt Europe whose populace have had enough of people like Blair making (pointless) wars safe of course in the knowldege that it is never his own kids who get butchered in them!
can I clarify what the last sentence of your comment means? Kicking out of Israel all the non-jews – right? Half a century ago that may have been a possibility (1) after all there was far more goodwill in the early days of Israel – especially from guilt ridden Germany and even support from the USSR (2) Israelis army was far better trained & equipped (3) Israels neighbours were very backward especially economically – hardly the case? now hence the west is too scared to even intervene against Syria
nah, support israel in their middle east campagn, you? can thank hitler
We need a? global intifada. Kick Israels embassies out of every civilised nation on the planet. Lobby your governments to cease ALL aid to Israel. Stop supporting these vicious thugs.
IDF? do his job excellent.
Don’t worry those? welds won’t hold.
This is false. The jews are the? troublemakers. there is no god. god did not creat man. Man created god.