Things seem to be heating up, both in the West Bank as Tom J has noted in his diary, and in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan.
A security guard for Jewish settlers in Silwan shot dead 32 year old Samer Sarhan, a father of five. His funeral led to rioting by Palestinians. Daniel Argo talks here about the situation.
You never know what kind of a day you’ve woken up to in this city. Will it be a lazy and serene day, the first day of a vacation that I’ve waited so long for, or a day where the entire city turns into a Kafkaesque story. But perhaps it’s not the city – but the people who live here. So here’s the story: it’s about murder; the police; detainees; missing people; hate; lies and loads of stupidity and folly. In short a typical day in East Jerusalem.
His piece talks about the Jerusalem police taking down a sukkot Israeli demonstrators tried to build outside a seized Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah. Here's the video.
In Nabi Saleh, Palestinians continue to resist settlers & the IDF, set to the tune of Eddi Reader's Simple Soul .
In Gaza, Israel has allowed 20 cars to be imported into the besieged territory.
Outside of Hebron, Philip Weiss films new construction in the settlement of Kiryat Arba.
And Viva Palestina, the group led by George Galloway, has started a convoy to Gaza. Egypt has announced it will ban Galloway from entering the country.
For more info, go to the Viva Palestina UK website.