As a protest of the Cape Town Opera Co. staging Porky & Bess in Tel Aviv, this group of Israelis sing a song to the tune of "Summertime" about Israeli apartheid & the BDS movement on the opening night.
In Jerusalem, demonstrators in Sheikh Jarrah march on the one year anniversary. The police block off the march.
Later, settlers come out from Friday night prayers to sing thanks to Shimon Hatzaddik (Simon the Just) that the neighborhood will be Jewish; deport the leftists; you are a traitor; the Jews are the chosen nation.
Last Friday, there was a march in honor of Yasser Arafat in Ni'ilin, & more teargas in An Nabi Salih.
Last Friday in Bilin, marchers also commemorated Arafat.
Later that night, the IDF raided the village, specifically the cameraman's (Haitham al Khatib) house.
Today also there was a demo in Bilin.
Let's concentrate on the Saffa Valley. Last Saturday, farmers with 30 activists, International, Palestinian & Israeli, went to their land to work it. The IDF shot teargas at them.
On Sunday, farmers near Beit Ommar in the Saffa valley went with ten activists to their land.
Thursday, 30 activists again accompanied farmers to their land in Saffa near Beit Ommar. The IDF detained the activists & took them to a police station at a nearby settlement. They had been burning brush to clear the land, & the settlers accused them of burning olive trees in order to accuse settlers of the arson.
In Gaza, Muslims prepare for the feast of Eid Al-Adha, even with the siege.
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In the US, Rabbi Melissa Weintraub speaks at the Jewish Federation General Assembly on the alienation of young Jewish people with Israel's PR talking points.