Palestinian Camp Shines Light On Protest Action

[Purveyor]

By Agence France-Presse
Sunday, January 13, 2013 13:45 EST

A Palestinian “village” on land slated for Israeli settlement could draw new attention to non-violent Palestinian protests against Israeli occupation and be a model for future action, activists say.

Early on Sunday, some 500 Israeli police moved to evacuate the West Bank Palestinian protest camp of Bab al-Shams, a tent village activists set up on Friday in the controversial E1 area outside Jerusalem.

The camp, named for a novel whose title means “Gate of the Sun” in English, was intended to draw attention to Israeli plans to build settlements in the area, which the Palestinians say would crush their hopes of a contiguous future state.


Activists from the grassroots Palestinian Popular Struggle Coordination Committee have years of experience protesting Israeli measures including home demolitions, the construction of the separation barrier and land confiscation.

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[patrice]

1. K&R and Shared.

[DonCoquixote]

2. yay for non violence

what we need more of

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

3. First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win."

-Mahatma Gandhi