{"id":12998,"date":"2010-03-31T08:08:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T14:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12998"},"modified":"2010-03-31T08:08:58","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T14:08:58","slug":"mazin-qumsiyeh-inspiring-images-of-resistance-to-apartheid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12998","title":{"rendered":"Mazin Qumsiyeh: Inspiring images of resistance to apartheid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mazin Qumsiyeh<br \/>\n31 March 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We now have three videos up on youtube for the historic march that breached the apartheid walls on Palm Sunday insisting on right of freedom of movement.\u00a0 Ten people of the original 16 are still held by the occupation forces (as are the  donkey and horse used in the event!)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kSsxd-JhVvA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palm Sunday protest in Bethlehem 28.03.2010\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M1uBMnPBFCQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Palm Sunday Demonstration\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4f8hlye2y78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Israeli authorities are trying to punish the town by preventing even those few with permits from crossing between Bethlehem and Jerusalem (again a war crime to do  collective punishment). But the people will not succumb and in Bethlehem area we  had other events in the days that followed.\u00a0 It also happened that Tuesday was  land Day and hundreds of demonstrations, vigils, and other events were held not only in Palestine but throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I will start with our own  event in Beit Sahour.\u00a0 Land day events were appropriately held at Ush Ghrab  (threatened area of the Bethlehem district) and despite an Israeli military  presence at the site, the events involved participation from over 1000  individuals from throughout the district (several towns and villages  represented).\u00a0 Over 300 women and their very young kids participated (also a  belated celebration of International Women\u2019s day).\u00a0 Six high schools sent  buses.\u00a0 We also had volunteers and activists of all walks of life.\u00a0<br \/>\nSee story at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imemc.org\/article\/58325\">http:\/\/www.imemc.org\/article\/58325<\/a><br \/>\nand video at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4mo_wK_LR-w\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4mo_wK_LR-w<\/a><br \/>\nand photos at:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/imemc\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/imemc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main action this year was in  the town of Sakhnin in areas occupied since 1948.\u00a0 Over 10,000 attended the  events from throughout historic Palestine. <\/p>\n<p>See pictures here: (scroll to bottom,  truly inspiring)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.panet.co.il\/online\/articles\/1\/2\/S-282259,1,2.html\">http:\/\/www.panet.co.il\/online\/articles\/1\/2\/S-282259,1,2.html<\/a><br \/>\nand Haaretz story here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1160094.html\">http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1160094.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is a shame the this event is covered widely throughout the region but not in many western media outlets.<\/p>\n<p>In other areas, the Israeli troops attacked demonstrators (e.g. in Budrus where several civilians were injured  including a TV reporter, and in several locations in Gaza near the borders were Israeli troops opened fire on demonstrators killing a youth and injuring many).  Actions were also held outside of Palestine on Land Day (which is also  International Day of Boycotts, Divestments, and Sanctions against  Israeli Apartheid).\u00a0 An example of action from over 400 events world-wide is shown in this video (again illustrating what a few individuals can do to make a huge impact)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MsYS2iLHhHg\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MsYS2iLHhHg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD<br \/>\nA Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.qumsiyeh.org\/\">http:\/\/www.qumsiyeh.org<\/a><br \/>\nPopular Committee to Resist the  Apartheid Wall and Settlements-Beit Sahour<br \/>\nProfessor, Bethlehem and Birzeit Universities<br \/>\nChairman of the Board, Palestinian Center for Rapprochement Between People, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcr.ps\/\">http:\/\/www.pcr.ps<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mazin Qumsiyeh 31 March 2010 We now have three videos up on youtube for the historic march that breached the apartheid walls on Palm Sunday insisting on right of freedom of movement.\u00a0 Ten people of the original 16 are still &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12998\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-3nE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12998"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13003,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12998\/revisions\/13003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}