Inspiring Video and More Action in the Holy Land

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Families of political prisoners rally in Hebron on the International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners, last January. Photo courtesy: alternativenews.org

(BETHLEHEM) - Committee for Solidarity with Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails and Popular Resistance Committees in the Bethlehem area invite you to join us to stand in solidarity with Palestinian and Arab political Prisoners who are engaged in a hunger strike.

Where: South Entrance of Al-Khader Village, Al-Nashash near Hwy 60

When: Friday 4 May 2012, 2 PM

Why: Because the thousands of Palestinians in Israeli jails are political prisoners who deserve protection and fair treatment in accordance with the 4th Geneva Convention.

*Inspiring Video*: Flagwoman protester raises Palestinian flag on Israeli military vehicle outside Ofer prison (she and other friends of ours are attacked and pepper-sprayed) *Inspiring Video*: Flagwoman protester raises Palestinian flag on Israeli military vehicle outside Ofer prison (she and other friends of ours are attacked and pepper-sprayed) - Video: #Flagwoman protester raises Palestinian flag on Israeli military vehicle outside Ofer prison - mondoweiss.net

*Reflection*: This Week in Palestine" is in my humble opinion the best magazine in Palestine. Evey issue has a theme. This month it is the Nakba but it is with a positive spin, celebrating our resilience ansd success as a people despite the persistent efforts at ethnic cleansing over the past 64 years. Take time to browse the articles available on the internet at http://www.thisweekinpalestine.com

A pattern repeats itself:* Israeli forces kill and injure civilians. Media attention forces the Israeli authorities to start an investigation. Years later the case dies out quietly and no one is punished. The "international community" especially the US government provides a diplomatic cover and scuttles any international investigations. Is it any wonder that Israel continues to get away with it after nearly 100,000 Palestinian civilians killed via Israeli actions over the past 64 years?

Is it any wonder that International law will not be enforced when it comes to the continuing ethnic cleansing and refusal to allow nearly 7 million refugees and displaced their right to choose to go back to their homes and lands? In the latest atrocity and after over three years, the Israeli military closed the "investigation" into the murder on 5 January 2009 of 21 members of the Samouni family. The apartheid soldiers had ordered the family into the house that they then bombed and that they then investigated and found themselves innocent. - IDF closes probe into Israeli air strike that killed 21 members of Gaza family - ha'aretz.com

*Book* *Review by Mazin Qumsiyeh.* Gilad Atzmon, The Wandering Who? A Study of Jewish Identity Politics (Ropley, Hampshire, UK: Zero Books, 2011). Pp.177. Paperback. ISBN-13: 9781846948756.

Holy Land Studies (copyrighted material), May 2012, Vol. 11, No. 1 : pp. 99-101

http://www.qumsiyeh.org/giladatzmon/

Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD - Popular Committee to Defend Ush Ghrab (PCDUG) "A Bedouin in Cyberspace, a villager at home. Mazin has been an Associate Professor of Genetics; Director, Cytogenetics Laboratory at Yale University School of Medicine since 1999. He previously held a similar position at Duke University. Professor Qumsiyeh has authored over 110 scientific papers in areas of mammalogy, biology, and medicine including mammalian biology and evolution, clinical genetics, and cancer research. He has published over 100 letters to the editor and 30 op-ed pieces in International, national, regional and local papers on issues ranging from politics to environmental issues. His appearances in national media included the Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, C-Span, and ABC, among others. He is the founder and president of the Holy Land Conservation Foundation and ex-President of the Middle East Genetics Association, and Prof. Qumsiyeh won the Jallow activism award from the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee in 1998. Those are just a small list, visit Mazin Qumsiyeh's amazing and informative Website to learn more: qumsiyeh.org.