Meanwhile..some clashes in the West Bank / Pendant ce temps, des confrontations en Cisjordanie

 

(c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org, Bethlehem, 12.7.2014

Clashes in Bethlehem in solidarity with the Gaza Strip as the Israeli military operation enters its sixth day. Israeli soldiers entered Bethlehem and fired live ammunition and scores of tear gas canisters. The clashes have happened daily at night since the beginning of the week.

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Des affrontements à Bethléem en solidarité avec la bande de Gaza alors que l'opération militaire israélienne entre dans sa sixième journée. Les soldats israéliens sont entrés dans Bethléem et ont tiré à balles réelles ainsi que des dizaines de grenades lacrymogènes. Les confrontations se produisent quotidiennement la nuit depuis le début de l'opération.

Aida refugee camp under attack for fourth day / le camp de réfugiés de Aida est attaqué pour le 4eme jour

 (c) Anne Paq/Activestills.org, Aida refugee camp, Bethlehem, 10.04.2013

For the fourth day, the Israeli army entered Aida refugee camp, provoking clashes with Palestinian youths. The Israeli army fired tear gas and many rubber-coated metal bullets. Every day the clashed had been lasting for hours. Many inhabitants for the overcrowded camp remained stuck in their homes, many of them suffering from tear gas inhalation.
On Wednesday, 4 youths were injured, one of them in the head.  The day before; on the 8th of April, a Palestinian photographer was directly targeted and was hit by a rubber-coated metal bullet in his face, on his cheek. He was lucky and his condition is stable but he had to undertake surgery. For a detailed report and photos see here.

The clashes are largely under-reported in the media. yesterday I appeared to be the only photographer there. Also worth stating: the Palestinian Authority police was stationed just at the entrance of the camp, just a few hundreds away from the Israeli soldiers and they were just standing there as nothing was happening.

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Pour le quatrième jour, des soldats israéliens sont rentrés dans le camp de réfugiés d'Aïda, provoquant des affrontements avec des jeunes palestiniens du camp. L'armée israélienne a tiré des gaz lacrymogènes et de nombreuses  balles de métal recouvertes de caoutchouc. Chaque jour, les affrontements ont duré plusieurs heures. Beaucoup d'habitants du camp surpeuplé est resté coincé dans leurs maisons, beaucoup d'entre eux souffrent de l'inhalation des gaz.

Ce mercredi, 4 jeunes ont été blessés, l'un d'eux à la tête. La veille, le 8 Avril, un photographe palestinien a été directement pris pour cible et a été touché par une balle en métal recouvert de caoutchouc sur son visage, à sa joue. Il a été chanceux, à quelques centimètres près il aurait pu perdre son oeil ou sa vie.  Son état est stable, mais il a dû procédé à une intervention chirurgicale. Pour un récit detaillé et des photos voir ici.

Les affrontements sont largement peu exposés dans les medias. hier, je semblais être la seule photographe.

Il est aussi intéressant de mentionner que des membres de la police de l'Autorité palestinienne était stationnée juste à l'entrée du camp, à quelques centaines de mètres des soldats israéliens et ils étaient posés là et agissaient comme si rien ne se passait.

La vie au camp de Aida- Concert de Rap/ life in Aida Refugee camp- Rap concert under the shadow of the Wall

(c) Anne Paq/ tourbillonphoto.com

3 avril. Concert au camp de Aida; à l'ombre du Mur. avec un rappeur de Hollande Ali B. , le groupe de reference en matiere de hip hop palestinien DAM, un rappeur de 14 ans de la region de Bethlehem et le groupe de danse de Al-Rowwad.
Rap concert in Aida refugee camp.

Dutch rapper performs in a Bethlehem refugee camp as part of Dutch-Palestinian Week

Date: 03 / 04 / 2007 Time: 20:56

Bethlehem - Ma'an - New ideas for civic initiatives between Dutch and Palestinian youth are being explored this week as part of the first Dutch-Palestinian Week, April 2-8. Under the title, 'Youth are the future', a Dutch rapper is performing in a refugee camp in Bethlehem (West Bank) and in Sakhnin (northern Israel), and a graffiti artist will demonstrate his skills on the Separation Wall in Anata (north of Jerusalem). On Tuesday, Dutch rapper Ali B performed in an open-air concert in Aida refugee camp in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The leading Palestinian rap group, DAM, who hail from Ramla, a Palestinian town inside Israel, also performed, as did a young Palestinian rapper from the Bethlehem area. Youths from the refugee camp also performed the traditional Palestinian dance, the 'dabke'. Ali B is also scheduled to perform in Sakhnin, a Palestinian town in the Galilee region of northern Israel on 7 April, alongside DAM and the Jerusalem-based Sagol 59. On April 5, the Dutch graffiti artist, Niels Bakkerus, will be demonstrating his skills on the Wall near the Boys Governmental School in Anata, located north of Jerusalem. Ali B is also scheduled to attend. Ali B and Niels Bakkerus have come to the region with the assistance of the Dutch peace organization 'United Civilians for Peace' and the Aida concert was organized in cooperation with Al-Rowwad center in Aida, the Arab Educational Institute-Open Windows in Bethlehem, and 'Eyes of Youngsters' in ad-Doha, Bethlehem district. The Dutch-Palestinian Week is organized by 'Tulips @ Olives', a group of Dutch passport-holders residing in the occupied Palestinian territories and in the Palestinian areas inside Israel. One of the group, Toine van Teeffelen, says that this initiative hopes to bring Palestinian and Dutch citizens closer together and "work together in bottom-up initiatives for better communication, development, and peace and justice." Their website, www.tulipsandolives.nl, adds that the group would like to develop "grassroots connections between Dutch and Palestinian civil societies by encouraging tourism, partnerships; volunteering, and studies." Another objective stated on the website is "Correcting any stereotypes Palestinians may have of the Netherlands." Van Teeffelen, who is the development director of AEI-Open Windows in Bethlehem, adds that the tulip, "originally imported from Turkey, is a symbol of Dutch identity that evokes the new spring." On the other hand, "the olive, a national fruit in Mediterranean countries, is a Palestinian symbol of being rooted in the land."