Infographic: An ongoing displacement and the forced exile of Palestinians, by Visualizing Palestine for #Nakba
“May 15th marks the 65th anniversary of the Nakba - when 750,000 Palestinians were displaced from the territory that became Israel. In 1948, more than 50% of the entire Palestinian population was ethnically cleansed.
In commemoration of the Nakba, and the displacement that continues today, we are releasing ‘An Ongoing Displacement’. The new visual quantitatively catalogues the multiple dimensions of Palestinian displacement and loss of land.”
(Source: visualizingpalestine.org)
A member of the Jaradat family stands in the remains of his home demolished by Israeli authorities in the Al Tur neighborhood of East Jerusalem, April 24, 2013. Authorities demolished an addition built for the children of the 45-member Jaradat family. Palestinians are routinely denied permission to build or add to their homes in East Jerusalem as part of a municipal policy designed to maintain a wide Jewish majority in Jerusalem’s population. Israeli forces demolished two other houses in the Al Tur neighborhood on the same day. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
March 30 is Land Day.
Land Day marks the day in 1976 when six Palestinian citizens of Israel— Khayr Ahmad Yasin of Arraba; Khadija Shawahna, Raja Abu Raya, and Khadir Khalayla of Sakhnin; Muhsin Taha of Kafr Kanna; and Rifat Ali Zuhayri of Nur Shams— were gunned down by police while demonstrating against the Israeli government’s decision to confiscate tens of thousands of dunams (decares) of Palestinian-owned land.
The events of March 30, 1976, which include the protests, a general strike, and the subsequent killing of the six young Palestinians are considered a turning point in the relationship between Palestinian citizens and the Israeli state. Palestinians inside Israel were subject to military law from 1948 until 1966, after which a gradual relaxation of regulations allowed them to organize politically and mobilize against Israeli state policies that discriminated against them and dispossessed them of their lands, culminating in the events of March 30.
Seizure of Palestinian land by Israeli authorities under numerous pretenses and laws continues to this day. Land Day symbolizes and invokes Palestinians’ ties to their land in defiance of Israeli state policies that seek to break them.
The Palestinian Museum honors the memory of those fallen Palestinians of March 30, 1976.
These infographics appearing on the DC metro for the AIPAC conference, made by visualizingpalestine
Soldier’s photos: Naked, armed, raging, racist and smoking (now taken down from the net)
Ali Abunimah aggregates posts from “Osher Maman, another 20-year-old Israeli soldier currently enlisted in the “elite” Golani Brigade.”
“Maman’s Instagram account currently includes 549 images which show, among other things, images of him mishandling weapons and breaking military laws. The earliest date from April 2012 and the most recent from today. An illustrative selection – with tags where he included them – are used throughout this post. Maman also expresses deeply racist and even genocidal views towards Palestinians and Arabs.
Maman, who grew up in Naples, Florida after his family left Israel a decade ago, made the news in 2006 when as a 14-year-old he brought a BB gun given to him by his parents to school and used it to threaten two girls.”
Captions:
1. A montage posted by Osher Mamam features a blindfolded and bound Palestinian prisoner, weapons, and tags that reveal fantasies of violence. Source
2. Osher Maman freely expresses his deep, even genocidal hatred of Palestinians and his desire to see them oppressed and killed. Responding to a comment on one of his images.
3. Maman’s Facebook bio says: “From israel to Miami to the I.D.F Kik: eazybaby310 An active assassin/hitman” and he identifies himself as a member of Barak, the 12th Battalion of the supposedly “elite” Golani brigade. This is corroborated by many images he has posted of weapons, uniforms and other military paraphernalia bearing the insignia of this battalion. Gun play Source
4. Over a map of Gaza, the Hebrew slogan says “Soon to be a giant theme park.” Source
5. Maman celebrated the anniversary of his move in another Facebook status
6. A criminal offense under Israeli military law, Golani brigade soldier Osher Maman smokes marijuana in his uniform. Source
7. Playing God? Note the caption Osher Maman has attached to this image of what might be the controller of remote weapon system. Source
8. Star of David formed with guns. Source
9. Green tipped bullets are often armor-piercing or explode into fragments when hitting a target.
10. Note the horrifying tags Israeli soldier Osher Maman, who took a BB gun to school as a teen and used it to threaten two girls, has attached to this image. Source
“Osher Maman is not a “rotten apple.” He, along with Mor Ostrovski – the author of the infamous photo of the boy in the crosshairs – is another symbol of the occupation army under whose arbitrary and dictatorial rule Palestinians have been forced to live for decades.
It is soldiers just like these who whine to the Israeli media that they can’t be more brutal and violent against Palestinians because cameras are watching them.
It is soldiers just like these who are responsible, though never punished or held to account, for the killings of Palestinian children like Samir Awad, Salih al-Amarin and Muhammad al-Salaymeh, young men like Mustafa Tamimi and Rushdi Tamimi and young women like Lubna Hanash among so many thousands more.
With thanks to Benjamin Doherty for research and to Dena Shunra for research, translation and analysis.”
From Stoned, naked, armed and dangerous: more disturbing images from an Israeli soldier’s Instagram
World Press Photo of the Year: GAZA BURIAL
20 November 2012 by Paul Hansen
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories
“Two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father Fouad was also killed and their mother was put in intensive care. Fouad’s brothers carry his children to the mosque for the burial ceremony as his body is carried behind on a stretcher.”
Two observations on Gaza tunnels flooded by Egypt
I visited the tunnels a couple years back and the smugglers said there’s one way to stop the tunnels: water. It makes the soil too soft to dig. The Egyptian government knew that, but kept talking about fences, etc. because American military aid was paying for it. Now the Muslim brothers are in power and finally it happens? They must really be trying to appease the Americans or be getting something out of this. Another thing is interesting: the first time I interviewed a brother more than 7 years ago he told me Palestine was their most important cause. Now it seems that it was only a disingenuous way to get support from the public.
(Source: reuters.com)
Scientific studies reveal health problems of Palestinian refugees @NatureMEast
Palestinian refugees struggle to survive- Scientific surveys raise concerns about the living conditions of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and their access to healthcare and food.
Historic maps of Palestine from the 19th and 20th centuries
Egyptian photographer @mosaaberizing on covering #Gaza: “People have the right to know what is going on in the world.” http://tinyurl.com/cffjt5u
Infographic: Statistical timeline of Israeli and Palestinian deaths since 2000
by Visualizing Palestine
WaPo chart compares Israeli strikes in Gaza to Rockets fired from Gaza in 2008 and 2012
“Sources: Staff reports; Israel Defense Forces. The Washington Post. Published on November 20, 2012, 7:13 p.m.”
Photo: Leaflets dropped in Gaza warns anyone near Hamas is a target; so anyone near the local gov’t is targeted.
This is obviously an absurd warning because Hamas is the political party that rules the entire Gaza Strip. No one can avoid being around its own local leaders. This seems like justification for attacking civilian areas. The leaflet also blames Hamas for the current Israeli offensive, but according to an Israeli negotiator, Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari–and Hamas as a whole–was considering a long term ceasefire only hours before Israel assassinated Jaabari. Now the ceasefire is dead, along with it many people.
The translated text of the leaflets:
“Important announcement for the residents of the Gaza Strip:
For your own safety, take responsibility for yourselves and avoid being present in the vicinity of Hamas operatives and facilities and those of other terror organizations that pose a risk to your safety.
Hamas is once again dragging the region to violence and bloodshed. The IDF is determined to defend the residents of the State of Israel. This announcement is valid until quiet is restored to the region.
Israel Defense Forces Command.”
Video: Spoken word on normalization by Remi Kanazi
