Drowning out dissent aicvideo 2017-02-22 | Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated on February 8, 2017 in west Jerusalem in support of Barbur Gallery after the Jerusalem Municipality announced its intentions to close the space for hosting a lecture with Yuli Novak, the director of Breaking the Silence.
Molly Mae Dobrovsky aicvideo 2016-11-01 | We need your support Donate: generosity.com/community-fundraising/alternative-information-center/x/9366145 or via PayPal: http://alternativenews.org/index.php/donateFor over 30 years the AIC has been at the forefront of bringing together Palestinian, Israeli and international activists to resist apartheid and occupation. While local and international leaders are unable to sustain initiatives in this post-Oslo accords period, the AIC works to break this stalemate by bringing Palestinians and Israelis together to create new ideas and actions for real change on the ground.The nature of Israel's colonial occupation means that the joint Palestinian-Israeli work of the AIC is a necessity, not a choice.
Michel Warschawski calls to support the AIC aicvideo 2016-11-01 | We are Palestinians and Israelis who believe that peace and justice go hand-in-hand and that there will be no peace if there is no justice. But these days, most people believe that this is a conflict where peace is utopian and justice is impossible.We need your support because we are few and change takes efforts, time and money. Your support will help us continue our work to elevate grassroots Palestinian and Israeli voices, initiate joint actions, and promote a culture of resistance.To donate please follow the link: generosity.com/community-fundraising/alternative-information-centerIf you prefer to donate with a PayPal account please visit the AIC: http://alternativenews.org/index.php/donate
Israeli politics on Jerusalem aicvideo 2016-09-20 | Ingrid Jaradat, a lobbyist and expert on Jerusalem affairs discusses with alternativenews.org Israeli politics on Jerusalem and the problem of a lack of specific solidarity strategies regarding the city. Jaradat, who is a former director of Badil, a civil society organization working on Palestinian residency rights, states that it is not enough to speack about occupation and settlements in general because “in the wider public perception Jerusalem has a separate agenda.”Speaking about the Palestinian population in Jerusalem Jaradat says that its daily concern is about protecting its existence as East Jerusalem is transformed by the occupation and lose it Arab characteristics. The Palestinian population is confined to live in enclaves.Jaradat also speaks with alternativenews.org about Palestinian resistance. “The main form of resistance is the routine, a silent attempt to stay in Jerusalem,” she says as she called for solidarity activities relevant to Jerusalem and the lives of its Palestinain residents. “We don’t lack oportunities and targets in Jerusalem,” she concludes.
Policies of ethnic cleansing aicvideo 2016-09-12 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Palestinian Authority of seeking to ethnically cleanse the West Bank.Palestinian and human rights organizations document Israel's ongoing displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.From January to April 2016 Israeli authorities demolished 598 Palestinian structures in the West Bank and displaced 858 people.In 2015, Israeli authorities demolished 548 Palestinian structures and displaced 787 people.According to OCHA, the vast majority of demolitions took place in small agricultural communities in Area C that are especially vulnerable to forcible transfer.
Plans for new construction units in Gilo settlement aicvideo 2016-09-05 | The Jerusalem municipality is promoting a plan to build 2,500 new housing units to the east of Gilo settlement. The plan encompasses 50 acres near Route 50, one third of which is absentee property -- meaning, it belongs to Palestinian refugees.In July, the Israeli government also announced the construction of 240 housing units in settlements elsewhere in East Jerusalem.Since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Israel has built more than a dozen Jewish-only neighborhoods in East Jerusalem for the benefit of 200,000 Israelis settlers.The international community views Israeli settlement construction and expansion as a clear violation of international law.
Neglecting settlers violence aicvideo 2016-08-31 | In contradiction of extremely low conviction rates, settler violence against Palestinians is at least a weekly occurrence in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. In 2016, there have been an average of 2 incidents of settler violence per week in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Incidents of settler violence are notoriously under reported as victims often fear retaliation by the Israeli police or their attackers. Moreover, there is little hope that such complaints will be taken seriously: Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din determined that a police complaint filed by a Palestinian in the West Bank has a mere 1.9% chance of being effectively investigated.Human rights groups say that such negligence on the part of Israeli authorities constitutes yet another violation of Israel’s legal obligation to protect the Palestinian population as an occupying power.
The military demolish a home in Bani Naim aicvideo 2016-08-15 | On Monday, Israeli forces demolished the home of Mohammed Tra'ayra, a 17 year old Palestinian who killed a 13 year old Israeli girl in June before being shot to death by settler security forces.An Israeli military spokesperson said that his family's home in the West Bank town of Bani Naim was razed under the instructions of Israel's political leadership.The United Nations as well as human rights groups maintain that punitive home demolitions are illegal under international law and a form of collective punishment.Between November 2015 and August 4th 2016, Israeli authorities demolished 31 Palestinian homes on punitive grounds, according to the Israeli human rights organization HaMoked.
Solidarity with Bilal Kayed in Ashkelon aicvideo 2016-08-11 | Dozens protested outside of Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoner Bilal Kayed. Kayed started hunger striking in June after Israeli authorities transferred him to six months of administrative detention upon his completion of a 14-yearlong prison sentence. Heavily armed Israeli police set up checkpoints around the city and tried to prevent the demonstrators from reaching the hospital. Clashes broke out between demonstrators and Israeli police when a counterdemonstration of right-wing Israelis yelling “Death to Arabs” threw stones at police. Israeli forces arrested 13 people at the scene, primarily counterdemonstrators. This demonstration is the latest mobilization sparked by hunger striking Palestinian prisoners. Some Palestinian political commentators claims it is a prisoners' intifada. All agree that the huger strike is fostering a sense of unity that Palestine has missed for a long time.
2016 Spike in home demolitions aicvideo 2016-07-31 | According to B'Tselem - The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, Israeli authorities demolished more homes in Palestinian communities the first six months of 2016 than in all of 2015.From January to July in 2016, the Israel demolished 168 homes in the West Bank, displacing 740 Palestinians, including 384 minors.In some communities, Israeli authorities demolished residents' homes more than once. In comparison, in 2015, the Civil Administration demolished a total of 125 homes, displacing 496 Palestinians, including 287 minors.Over the last decade Israel demolished at least 1,113 Palestinian homes in the West Bank, displacing 5,199 people, including 2,602 minors.
House Demolitions in Qalandia refugee camp aicvideo 2016-07-05 | Israeli forces carried out two punitive house demolitions in Qalandia refugee camp.Israeli forces entered the refugee camp with 70 military vehicles and shot live ammunition, rubber coated bullets, sound grenades and tear gas at locals. Four Palestinians were injured and two were arrested. The homes belonged to the families of Issa Assaf and Annan Abu Habsa. Both men were shot dead in December after allegedly attacking Israelis in Jerusalem.Since the start of 2016, Israeli authorities have demolished more than 19 Palestinian homes on punitive grounds according to the United Nation's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. The Israeli government stopped punitive house demolitions in 2005, admitting they were ineffective at deterring attacks against Israelis. Israeli authorities resumed the practice in 2014 without explanation.
A watermelon story aicvideo 2016-06-09 | What is green on the outside red on the inside and threatens Israeli security?On June 1, 2016 an elderly Palestinian tried to go through Shuhada Street in Hebron carrying a watermelon.This is his story.Video produced by Ta'ayush, translated by the Alternative Information Center (AIC)
The funeral of Abd al Fattah al Sharif aicvideo 2016-05-30 | Thousands attended the funeral of Abd al-Fattah al-Sharif.An Israeli soldier executed al-Sharif in March by shooting him in the head at point-blank range. Israeli military court has charged al-Sharif’s killer, Elor Azaria, with manslaughter, not murder.Approximately 49% of Israeli public believes Azaria is not guilty of any crime. Some even celebrate him as a hero.Al-Sharif’s funeral procession turned into a demonstration against the Israeli occupation. Thousands decried the impunity afforded to Israeli soldiers and the growth of Israeli settlements.
Israeli forces raid East Jerusalems Silwan aicvideo 2016-05-25 | On Monday, Israeli occupation forces raided Palestinian homes and shops in the Silwan neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli police arrested two brothers from the Abu al-Hamam family and shot a third with a rubber bullet. After the raid, Israeli forces set up checkpoints throughout the area and subjected Palestinian passersby to ID checks, causing major traffic jams.
Fascism in Israel today by Nathan (Nati) Linial aicvideo 2016-05-05 | Nathan (Nati) Linial is a 2016 recipient of the Rothschild Prize, and here we present his speech at the Knesset. Linial is an Israeli mathematician and computer scientist, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a highly cited researcher.Linial, a son to holocaust survivors, did his undergraduate studies at the Technion, and received his PhD in 1978 from the Hebrew University under the supervision of Micha Perles. In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.The video was recorded by Tal Schneider and it is re-posted here with her permission.
Elor Azaria released released from jail for Passover aicvideo 2016-04-25 | Sergeant Elor Azaria, the Israeli soldier who assassinated a wounded Palestinian, was released Friday on furlough from on-base detention to his home for the Passover holiday. Azaria, a 19-year-old sergeant in the Kfir infantry brigade, was charged with manslaughter and unbecoming military conduct.On March 24 Sergeant Azaria shot dead Abdul Fatah al-Sharif, a Palestinian who a few minutes earlier was shot and wounded by another Israeli soldier. Al-Sharif and a second Palestinian were suspected of attempting to stab a soldier before troops killed one of them and shot and wounded the other. A video that surfaced after the killing showed that al-Sharif was still alive before Azaria shot him in the head.Azaria, a resident of Ramle who has been in the army for about 18 months, was ordered to remain in open detention on the Nahshonim military base, near the town of Rosh Ha’ayin, until the end of his trial. The case has led to a major controversy in Israel and has sparked political tensions, with far-right supporters and politicians calling for the soldier’s release, and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and Chief of Staff General Gadi Eisenkot condemning Azaria's action, deeming it unacceptable.
Palestinians in Israeli School Books aicvideo 2016-04-07 | A presentation by Nurit Peled-Elhanan. Peled-Elhanan is an Israeli professor of language and education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a human rights activist. She is a 2001 co-laureate of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought awarded by the European Parliament.
One Secular Democratic State aicvideo 2016-04-06 | Eli Aminov on perspectives of a secular democratic state.
shooting in hebron aicvideo 2016-03-27 | Some minutes after Israeli soldiers shoot and wounded two Palestinians in Hebron who allegedly wounded a soldier moderately in a stabbing attack carried out by two Palestinians a soldier approached on of the wounded Palestinians, who is prone on the ground, and shoot him in the head at point blank range. The other Palestinian, was left to bleed to his death without receiving medical treatment.
Nassar Ibrahim on Palestine in the Arab context aicvideo 2016-03-24 | Nassar Ibrahim discusses the Palestinian struggle in a globalized era and the Arab uprisings.
(co) Resistance: Michel Warschawski talks about the One State Solution aicvideo 2016-03-08 | Michel Warschawski, a co-founder of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) and member of Matzpen, discusses the limitations of "one state" as a solution to the colonial conflict in Palestine.
Guy Butavia speaks aicvideo 2016-02-29 | Guy Butavia is one of three activists, along with Ezra Nawi and Nasser Nawajah, who were arrested following a TV news show that depicted inciting work made about them by extremist settlers. Police questioned Butavia on suspicion of conspiracy in attempted murder as well as several other offenses, including accessory to manslaughter and passing information to a foreign agent.The three were released by a court without bail and without restrictions, claiming the accusations brought forward by the police were baseless.
Hebron 2016: Dismantle the Ghetto aicvideo 2016-02-21 | Israeli forces respond to a joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration against the occupation in Hebron with tear gas, rubber bullets, and arrests.The Hebron Defense Committee, Tarabout and the Alternative Information Center (AIC) held a demonstration on Saturday in Hebron under the slogan “Dismantle the Ghetto, Take the Settlers Out of Hebron.”Demonstrators marched to the Beit Romano settlement checkpoint that seals off al-Shuhada Street.Israeli soldiers responded to the peaceful demonstration with rubber bullets, tear gas and sound grenades.Israeli forces also physically assaulted some protesters and arrested 12 Israeli activists for entering territory under the control of the Palestinian Authority. The arrested Israeli activists were released later that day.The demonstration was held on the 22nd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre, when, in 1994, militant Jewish nationalist Baruch Goldstein opened fire on Palestinians praying in the mosque, killing 20 and wounding another 125.
The shooting of Yasmin Rashid al Zarou aicvideo 2016-02-15 | On Sunday February 14, Israeli forces shoot 14 year old Yasmin Rashid al Zarou at a checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron and then surround her, scaring away those who wanted to help her.
Israelis pay a solidarity visit to Sair aicvideo 2016-02-14 | On Saturday, February 13, Jerusalem left-wing activists and members of the Alternative Information Center (AIC) visited Sa'ir, a Palestinian town located east of Hebron, as guests of the municipality. The visit comes due to the many killed in the town since the beginning of October 2015 and the many closures imposed on its residents.
Lea Tsemel on the persecutions of human rights defenders in Israel aicvideo 2016-02-11 | On January 21 the Israeli police arrested Ezra Nawi, a prominent Israeli human rights activist. He was arrested following an TV news show that depicted inciting work made about him by extremist settlers. Police questioned Nawi on suspicion of conspiracy in attempted murder as well as several other offenses, including accessory to manslaughter and passing information to a foreign agent.Two weeks after Nawi's arrest, the police arrested Guy Butavia, another prominent human rights activists and Nasser Nawaja, a field worker of B'tselem, an Israeli human rights organization. The three were released by a court without bail and without restrictions, claiming the accusations brought forward by the police were baseless. Lea Tsemel, a human rights lawyer claims the arrests are part of a political campaign aimed at Israeli dissidents.
Reprisal operation in Qabatiya aicvideo 2016-02-04 | The Israeli army attacks Qabatyia on February 4, 2016. The day beofre 3 residents of the town made an attack in Jerusalem killing a soldier and injuring another one. All entrences to the camp were sealed. Dozens of residents were arested, Several were injured (Videos by Qabatyia residents).
AIC: Planning the Future aicvideo 2015-12-16 | We at the AIC are planning our future You can help us to make it true.
(co)Resistence: Abdel Alim Daana aicvideo 2015-12-06 | Dany Sail, an Israeli Black Panther, worked alongside the Palestinian resistance to end Israeli colonial occupation in the early 1970s. He managed to escape from Israel when his comrades were arrested. Later he disappeared and he is thought dead. Abdel Alim Da'ana, a Palestinian activist who collaborated with Sail back then, tell us a story of the early joint struggle. The video will be best seen in HD quality.
Checkpoints and harrasement in Jerusalem aicvideo 2015-11-19 | In the neighborhood of A-Tur, children fear going to school because of the permanent Israeli police presence in front of a school.Parents and activists organized a small protest this week.In other areas, young Palestinians are being harassed on their way to work or studies in West Jerusalem or when trying to access the city's light rail.
Tel Rumeida under closure aicvideo 2015-11-12 | The Israeli Military issued and order declaring the areas of Tel Rumeida and Al-Shuhada street a closed military zone restricting the access of Hebron residents, journalist and international activists.
(Co)resistance: Hashem al Azza aicvideo 2015-11-10 | (Co)resistance: Palestinians and Israelis searching for a common future, a web-series of the Alternative Information Center (AIC). Here, Palestinian activist Hashem Al Azza relates both the daily crimes of the Israeli occupation and settlers in Hebron, as well as his vision for just peace in the area.
Support the AIC: the time for co-resistance is now aicvideo 2015-11-05 | Support the AIC to promote joint Palestinian-Israeli actions against the Israeli occupation.
Jerusalem calls to end the occupation aicvideo 2015-10-18 | More than 2000 Israeli Jews and Arabs demonstrated Saturday night in Jerusalem.Protestors marched under the slogan “we will not surrender to despair.”They called for an end to the occupation and a just Israeli-Palestinian peace.
Sheikh Jarrah aicvideo 2015-10-16 | Released in 2011 Arabic and Hebrew with English subtitles (see Close Captions). In Shikh Jarrah Neighborhood of East Jerusalem, Israeli NGOs and State authorities have worked for more than a decade to evict 550 Palestinian residents from their homes in order to build a Jewish Settlement, rationalizing that prior to 1948 there was a Jewish neighborhod in the same location. Sheikh Jarah presents the stories of local residents, themselves Palestinian refugees, the owner of the land and Israeli solidarity activists, who struggle together against this eviction and the ethnic cleansing in Jerusalem.
New closures in Jerusalem aicvideo 2015-10-15 | Attempting to regain control over the city Israeli police forces began sealing off East Jerusalem Arab neighborhoods on Wednesday. This move was decided a day earlier after two weeks of clashes and violence Transport Minister Israel Katz (Likud) said it is a “Jerusalem defensive shield operation”. 30 Palestinians and seven Israelis have died sine October one during the current wave of violence. Palestinian President, Abu Mazen, called for international protection of Palestinians in the city.
Now is the time for (co)resistance aicvideo 2015-10-13 | The Palestinians, a people representing the aspirations and hopes of the entire world, are now tragically alone, enduring vicious attacks by the Israeli military and settlers. We are launching an appeal now, not simply because of this current Israeli offensive, but as we know there are more to come and we must be prepared. Inaction is a crime. For 30 years the Alternative Information Center (AIC) has brought together Palestinian, Israeli and international activists to resist apartheid and occupation. Your support will allow the AIC to defy Israeli aggression. With your help, the AIC will initiate joint actions against settlers and settlements, while denouncing Israeli impunity. We will concentrate our efforts in Jerusalem and Hebron, which today are at the centre of the conflict. We will demand an end to Israeli military and settler violence, disseminate information on Israeli impunity and organise activities to denounce Israeli colonial policies. You can help make (co)resistance possible.Please donate to our campaign today!
Police shoot a woman in Afula aicvideo 2015-10-10 | Asra Zidan, a 30-year old Palestinian citizen of Israel from Nazareth, was shot by the Israeli police at the Afula central bus station. Policemen alleged she attempted to attack an Israeli soldier. At the video the police calling upon the woman to drop the knife while in the background bystanders call upon the policemen to shoot her. A thing they eventually do.
Palestinian author Nafez al Refai talks about culture and national liberation. aicvideo 2015-09-03 | An interview with Palestinian author Nafez al Refai about the contribution of Palestinian culture to the struggle for national liberation.
Issawyia entrance opened aicvideo 2015-09-01 | After 18 days the municipality of Jerusalem open's the eastern entrance to East Jerusalem Neighborhood of Issawiya.
Jerusalem: Interview with Nassar Ibrahim aicvideo 2015-08-13 | We met with Nassar Ibrahim, the co-director of the AIC, to talk about the role of Jerusalem in Palestinian national liberation.
Arab-Jews: interview with Zvi Ben Dor Benite aicvideo 2015-08-03 | The Alternative Information Center met NYU Professor of Middle East studies, Zvi Ben Dor Benite, to discuss the history and identity of Jews from Arab countries.
צבי בן דור-בנית: היהודים-הערבים והמזרח התיכון מעליית הלאומיות ועד ימינו aicvideo 2015-07-13 | שיחה במרכז לאינפורמציה אלטרנטיבית עם פרופ' צבי בן דור-בנית, מאוניברסיטת ניו יורק, ב-9 ביולי 2015
Bentzi Gopsteins Lehava aicvideo 2015-07-12 | Lehava (flame) is a racist group that objects to all relationships between Jews and Arabs. Most of the group's activists are minors. On Thursdays Lehava activists roam the streets of West Jerusalem to intimidate Arab residents and workers.
