The Netanyahu Government has proposed a law that would require new Israeli citizens to swear an oath of citizenship that calls Israel a 'Jewish and democratic' state. Jewish and Arab Israelis demonstrated against this in Tel Aviv last Saturday. At the 2:27 mark, we catch a glimpse of Uri Avnery of Gush Shalom (the man with white hair & beard.)
In Jerusalem,the mayor has decided to not renew the licenses of street vendors, who are mainly Palestinians & Mizrahi Jews.
In the West Bank, settlers dump untreated sewage on a Palestinian farmer's land in Beit Ommar.
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Later, the settlers & the IDF prevent Palestinians from bringing new soil to put on their farm land.
In Al Ma'asara, demonstrations have been taking place since Nov. 2006. And the back of the Anarchists t-shirt says 'Don't shoot. I might explode.' (Joke.)
In Bil'in, there is another demo.
The Abdullah they are chanting about is this guy. As Philip Weiss noted on his website, Adib Abu Rahma is the Palestinian Gandhi.
Bil'in has also celebrated an olive festival.
In Nabi Saleh, Israeli undercover cops arrested several people at a peaceful demonstration.
In Gaza, Palestinians risk their lives to break up rubble to sell near the Gaza border. We also visit the biggest coffee plant in the Middle East.