East Jerusalem: Six Voices” is the result of an innovative collaboration between B’Tselem and The Guardian newspaper, in which five Palestinians and two Israelis created personal video diaries about the human rights’ reality in East Jerusalem.
On the 63rd Israeli Independence Day, Israelis defy the ban on mourning
Israel’s Independence Day is in a few days. Its also the commemoration of the Nakba for Palestinians. This video was taken in 2007 as Zionist youth march through the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem on their way to the Temple Mount on Israel’s independence day. Why they were allowed to march through the Muslim Quarter with the army rather than go around and enter through the Jewish Quarter is beyond my unerstanding… it was a completely provocative action that also disrupts life for Palestinians living in the old city… this wasnt a peaceful march… it was in my opinion a racist declaration Zionists meant to let the Palestinians who live in the old city of Jerusalem know that they are not welcome in Israel’s “eternal undivided capitol”. I stood by a Palestinian family with a chld that were not allowed to get to their home. Whether the racist youth throw a bottle at me or the Palestinian family I am standing next to… i dont know… the soldiers do nothing…
Israeli military fire tear gas at children in Aida Refugee camp as the last section of the “Wall” is being finished.
