There's an old axiom that says, "Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime." However, the Women's Programs Centre in Gaza's city of Rafah believes it should be rewritten this way, "Teach a woman to fish, and everyone eats for a lifetime."
Read MoreNo Israeli media outlet sends its reporters to cover this one-sided war. If a year ago we were astonished at the number of house demolitions among Bedouin citizens in the Negev (1,158 in 2016), in the last year it turns out that the number has doubled! The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz has reported that 2,220 Bedouin homes were demolished in 2017! This means that, in the Negev, the government of Israel is waging a unilateral war against its Bedouin citizens. It euphemistically calls the war "law enforcement."
Read MoreIn the West Bank's Jordan Valley settlers often expel Palestinian shepherds from their pasture lands.
On March 6, 2018 settlers from Umm Zuka in the northern Jordan Valley started to expel Palestinian shepherds. Guy Hirshfeld, an activist in the "Ta'ayush" organization, called the police and asked them to arrest the attackers. Instead of arresting the lawbreakers, the police arrested Guy and charged him with making a false claim. He was released a few hours later with an order forbidding him to enter the area for five days and his cell phone was confiscated.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, Nov. 21st, the Government of Israel, as required by its High Court, finally responded: they will demolish 20% of the village of Susiya on or before December 6th — before the High Court even hears Susiya's case, leaving dozens of residents (half of them children) homeless. The Government of Israel is waiting to ‘enforce demolition’ of the remaining homes once new rules are in place supporting expansion of illegal Israeli settlements.
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