simmons | September 24, 2011
Israeli troops fired tear gas and clashed with protesters at the Qalandiya checkpoint as thousands rallied across the West Bank to show support for the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN. (Sept. 21)
simmons | September 23, 2011
http://www.euronews.net The Palestinian push for United Nations recognition of independent statehood still has not resolved what land it would be on. Since the start of the Israelis' occupation of the West Bank in 1967, their steady construction here has accompanied any diplomatic talk of considering any possible two-state solution. Today Israel presents a vision of interlinked Jewish settlements and separate Palestinian communities connected by bridges and tunnels.
simmons | September 15, 2011
The film Valley of Hope and Despair, by Joshka Wessels, Jakob Schiller and Lubna Sharief, illustrates how the Israeli occupation deprives Palestinians of their water resources and how illegal settlements continue to pour raw sewage into the many valleys of the occupied West Bank. Villages are being imprisoned by an eight-metre-high wall, causing severe environmental and human impact.
simmons | September 4, 2011
Aug. 31 - West Bank settlers want to put teeth into their security with attack dogs ahead of Palestinian bid for statehood. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
simmons | September 3, 2011
From Al Khalil, in the West Bank, Faisal Shahada, an 81-year-old Islamic calligrapher, has seen his income double during the month of Ramadan, because customers are keen to purchase his artistic renderings of Quran verses to hang in their homes during the holy month. Mr. Shahada said, "I started my career - it was my hobby to know Arabic calligraphy when I was in the second or third class
simmons | August 30, 2011
JPAS (West Bank) Shelter 8/26/2011
simmons | August 30, 2011
In only 2-minutes you'll learn the history of the West Bank (Judea and Samaria) that you have probably never heard.
simmons | August 26, 2011
UNRWA's West Bank job creation programme is part of the Agency's emergency work, which began in 2000 in order to ease the economic and social impact of the Israeli occupation. Palestinian refugee communities are disproportionately affected by Israeli practices.
simmons | August 25, 2011
A separation barrier being built by Israel in the West Bank, the occupied Palestinian territory, will further isolate the village of al-Wallaja from the outside world, Palestinians say. The Hajajleh family, whose backyard is already bound by an electronic fence, is among those who will be cut off from relatives in al-Wallaja. So Israel is building him an $800000 personal tunnel as the family's only connection to the village
simmons | August 14, 2011
When police in the West Bank discovered that Aya El Baradeiyah had been murdered by her uncle who claimed to have been cleansing the "family honour" the news provoked a national outcry that prompted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to amend decades old laws. Duration: 01:36
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