Israel uses lots of techniques for occupying lands. Some are illegal, even according to their own laws. One way is allowing settlers to place trailers on Palestinian land. ibid.
Then the soldiers came and started shooting. They were everywhere. They were in front of Daddy's car. ibid. son to mother
The military has declared this area a Closed Military Zone ... must evacuate the area at once.' ibid. soldier to resident
The third camera sustained from winter 2007 to winter 2008. During this time, it was shot and repaired twice. ibid.
Time passes. People keep demonstrating on Fridays. But the barrier wends its way to other villages. People feel that nothing will stop the occupation from its course. ibid.
The soldiers use lots of gas and live ammunition. ibid.
Since 1967, an estimated 800,000 Palestinians have been arrested, tried and imprisoned with and without due process in civil and military courts for resisting Israeli occupation. Lea Tsemel has defended tens of thousands of them. Storyville: Advocate: A Lawyer Without Borders, caption, BBC 2020
A rebel with a lost cause. ibid. Lea
I always see the person behind the case. ibid.
You defend terrorists and their families. I imagined you differently, taller and tougher. ibid. Israeli TV presenter 1999
I’ve been called every name in the book. ibid. Lea
In June 1967 I was a law student. Suddenly, one morning, shells started exploding. ibid.
Apathetical to what Judaism is about – Expressly forbidden in the Tora because we were exiled by God. We shouldn’t have a state. We should be living amongst all the nations, as the Jews were doing for two thousand years as loyal citizens – people who were serving God, emulating God and his compassion. Rabbi Yisroel Weiss, Jews United Against Zionism, Fox News interview
How the government works you over: Fourth Branch admits Tel Aviv tap on White House phones. Idaho Observer June 2000
In 1967 following a war between Israel and the countries of Syria, Jordan and Egypt, Israel militarily occupied the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem. That year the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 242 calling on Israel to withdraw from the Occupied Territories. Peace, Propaganda and the Promised Land, 2004
Total aid 1949-2000: $100 billion. ibid.
In January 2001 53 Israeli reserve officers in the Israeli Defence Force publicly refused to serve beyond the 1967 borders. They signed a petition stating that they would not serve in the occupied territories in order to ‘dominate, expel, starve and humiliate an entire people’. Since then hundreds of Israeli officers and soldiers have joined the movement Courage to Refuse. For their refusal they have paid a heavy price. ibid.
Through its unconditional support for Israel, the American government has become one of the biggest obstacles to achieving peace. ibid.
65% unemployment; 75% live below the poverty line. ibid.
Amnesty International has regularly documented serious human rights violations by Israeli military forces in the occupied territories ... And has gone so far to label them war crimes. ibid.
The Israeli Press Office is spitting out press releases, statement, information, all the time. Alisa Solomon, journalist The Village Voice
The Imam said this regime occupying Jerusalem must vanish from the page of Time. George Galloway, Wipe Israel off the Map
Israel has launched wars against all of its neighbours, occupied territory of all of its neighbours, and is in breach of more United Nations Security Council resolutions than all the other countries of the world put together. ibid.
Israel exists because Palestine no longer exists. George Galloway
Israel would not exist if not for imperial decision; it could not exist if not for imperial subvention particularly in the last decades from the United States of America. Every bullet, every aeroplane, every rocket, every shell, fired into a Palestinian refugee camp is paid for by the American taxpayer or by private American philanthropy. George Galloway, Oxford Union 2012, Youtube 26.56
Josh and his team traverse the deserts of Israel to the ruins of Masada, an ancient fortress with a terrible past. 1,000 feet above the ground is this legendary site still home to the restless spirits who died here more than 2,000 years ago. Destination Truth s3e10: Ghosts of Masada, Skyfy 2009
I wanted their opinion [Ghost hunters Jason Halls & Grant Wilson] on the strange drumming noises that both teams heard during our investigation. ibid.
Team Truth travels to a small fishing village in Israel where reports of a real-life mermaid are making headlines. Destination Truth s3e11
The Kiryat Yam incidents are also unique since they are backed by dozens of eye-witness reports by locals who clearly saw something that scared them at close range. ibid.
Mermaid fever sweeps Israeli beach town of Kiryat Yam as many report sightings of fabled creature. Online news article Issie Lapowsky 12th August 2009
5A mysterious cave known as the Cave of Letters; historians believe that 2,000 years ago this desolate cave was used as a hideaway by Jewish refugees escaping the oppressive rule of the Roman empire. But what actually happened here? ... What could the ancient letters and objects found here tell us about their plight? Nova: Ancient Refuge in the Holy Land, Richard Freund reporting, PBS 2004
It was an Israeli expedition in 1960 that made the Cave of Letters famous. ibid.
Hadrian’s wrath knew no bounds. ibid.
This find convinced Freund this cave was indeed occupied in the year 70 following the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem. ibid.
This is Israel’s southern border with Egypt. Today a seven-metre high fence separates the two countries. Israel: Facing the Future, BBC 2013
The most powerful country in the Middle East. ibid.
By 2060 the ultra-orthodox are forecast to become nearly a third of Israel’s population. ibid.
A battle is underway for the soul of the Jewish state. ibid.
One in every five Israeli citizens is an Arab. ibid.
A direct result of the Second World War was the creation of a new state – Israel ... Palestinian Arabs refused to become any part of a Jewish state. World War II: The Complete History: The Presence of History, Discovery 2000
I was deep inside the West Bank, the largely Arab area that Israel has occupied since 1967. Louis Theroux: Ultra Zionists, BBC 2011
Israel’s occupation of East Jerusalem is considered illegal under International Law. ibid.
The West Bank is home to about two and a half million Palestinians, and about three hundred thousand Jewish settlers. ibid.
The Opening Ceremony for the summer games of the twentieth Olympiad took place in Munich, Germany, on 26th August 1972: little did the world know what tragedy lay ahead. Black September, 1999
Entering the grounds was easy ... Unchallenged the intruders approached the Israeli team headquarters. ibid.
The Games went on. But there were also demonstrations demanding the suspension of the Games. There were nine hostages. The Crisis Management Team knew that – but they didn’t know how many terrorists they were dealing with. ibid.
The Israeli team accompanied their slain team-mates home. ibid.
In the Arab world the bodies of the five dead assassins were given a heroes’ welcome. ibid.
The Munich Massacre heralded the dawn of a new age of international terrorism. ibid.
This Stele is what the Egyptians would have called a Triumph Stele, a Victory Stele ... The text reads ... ‘Israel has been shorn. Its seed no longer exists’. Donald Redford, Pennsylvania State University
And by the way, a piece of news, Israel is the one country in which everyone is pro-American, opposition and coalition alike. And I represent the entire people of Israel who say, Thank you, America. And we’re friends of America, and we’re the only reliable allies of America in the Middle East. Benjamin Netanyahu