The US has once again vetoed a UN Security Council resolution. This one condemned settlements in the West Bank, a position that is the official position of the US, except when it comes to UN resolutions.
Susan Rice, US Ambassador to the UN, does a yeoman job, though her logic breaks down. The US vetoed the resolution because a resolution condemning settlements would lead to more settlements. Huh?
Villagers in Al-Arakib see an escalation by Israeli police when they attack villagers standing in the cemetery with rubber bullets & teargas.
These next two videos are in the series Inside the Military Repression of Nabi Saleh. The first shows the arrest of a 11 year old boy. The second shows a raid at 2am to check youths' names & IDs.
Inside the Military Repression of Nabi Saleh: Arrest of Children from Joseph Dana on Vimeo.
Inside the Israeli Military Repression of Nabi Saleh: Night Raids from Joseph Dana on Vimeo.
In Bilin, hundreds (Palestinians, Israelis & internationals) turn out to mark six years of demos. They are met with teargas.
Israelis are still reacting to the Egyptian ouster of Hosni Mubarark.
Gazans, on the other hand, were jubilant.
Protests continued last Friday in Ni'ilin and Nabi Salih.
Michel Warschawski of the Alternative IInformation Center is interviewed on how Israel will react to democractic uprisings through out the Arab world.