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[00:00:00] Day by day, the killing of
[00:00:00] safe at all, neither at night nor during dozens of martyrs
[00:00:03] There is suspicious movement at and dozens of injured.
[00:00:08] that at any moment, people and our homes can be attacked. in Jabalya refugee camp, then moved to
[00:00:15] herding or putting and to support refugees in
[00:00:17] today, if you talk to
[00:00:31] I mean, women
[00:00:32] the new plan deprives them of
[00:00:34] today, because the settlement
[00:00:50] in the camp,
[00:00:58] for Balata Refugee Camp Services. It is not
[00:01:07] for public toilets in
[00:01:16] in the camp, behind us. It is a settlement outpost not Of course, this work
[00:01:16] tired, but strong and
[00:01:36] Akhhar, no,
[00:01:42] Gaza, Balata, in
[00:01:52] or to the left of and Balata, in Bank. And thwarting
[00:02:00] Of course, I did not live through the Nakba,
[00:02:03] what he will do. It's very dangerous for I would go out into the sun or to but my grandfather, my ancestors,
[00:02:06] my father, and my mother told us
[00:02:09] in detail, especially
[00:02:15] in the West help my family. I would go to work during we heard in detail from my ancestors how
[00:02:16] Bank. This Israeli the Israeli gangs used to kill
[00:02:20] in our village or neighboring villages or cities
[00:02:24] and how they left the country and how they lived in
[00:02:26] the villages and displacement, the mountains
[00:02:28] The UNRWA cutbacks, unfortunately, for certain periods and days,
[00:02:30] many of them, and moved between the villages of Ramallah
[00:02:34] and Nablus and the village of Balata.
[00:02:37] And how they lived in tents, of course, they kept
[00:02:39] are stronger than planes and stronger than telling us about it and the suffering they endured.
[00:02:39] time. So the conflict with
[00:02:43] as a committee and organizations with
[00:02:44] afraid, meaning they don't like to come to the following year, he allied with
[00:02:54] in the current 11 students who came from is very bad. I have livestock and eliminate
[00:03:07] they witnessed. The situation is very normal with
[00:03:17] the camp. Of course, out of the students until Even in the stories And they have houses in
[00:03:23] occupied Jerusalem for the second that were demolished by of '48, school. and the occupation, they left 18
[00:03:23] emigrated and went to elderly men or women. They couldn't carry them when they
[00:03:26] were leaving. They came back after two days to smuggle them.
[00:03:32] for two and a half years. But in They found them slaughtered or
[00:03:33] the buildings. Therefore, even is one of shot, killed out daily provocations at night, in all of them, even the sheep and cattle, they were all
[00:03:36] killed. Of course, my grandfather hoped
[00:03:40] that there would be a return, and he even died at the age of
[00:03:43] 112 years. He hoped for
[00:03:47] the road, and we have to jump over the barrier the Palestinian return.
[00:03:58] to its decisions. So all
[00:03:58] resign are not the teachers, my fear
[00:04:02] even if there was a house in replaced, whether in
[00:04:05] and terrorist areas are education
[00:04:31] My tent and the wind of injustice
[00:04:34] has swept over us. My brother
[00:04:39] its principles, and my grandfather women are 80% of are sick,
[00:04:43] and the disease
[00:04:46] this village had about 6,000 head of is eating them. My sister and I swallow
[00:04:50] our tears.
[00:04:55] us, and my properties in My mother is sad, her tears
[00:04:59] are precious.
[00:05:03] At the beginning of the Nakba,
[00:05:06] occupations they lived for several years in tents.
[00:05:09] In the camp, this land was rented from
[00:05:13] its owners for 99 years, and they were
[00:05:16] living in tents, and UNRWA
[00:05:19] used to give them some
[00:05:22] food supplies and
[00:05:25] simple things to live on. So,
[00:05:29] the conditions were difficult, and
[00:05:32] without work, without jobs, without anything,
[00:05:35] life becomes very
[00:05:37] difficult.
[00:06:03] So, for example, you can imagine that
[00:06:07] we witnessed this: there were public toilets in Balata refugee camp,
[00:06:09] meaning waiting
[00:06:13] in line, whether it was a woman or a man.
[00:06:16] And four complexes
[00:06:19] the camp. Imagine
[00:06:21] their suffering.
[00:06:23] Then, after that, some housing units were built
[00:06:28] and this I lived through. For example,
[00:06:32] my father, my mother, and I, we were 10 siblings with my mother
[00:06:36] and father in one UNRWA room. We lived there for perhaps
[00:06:39] almost 20 years, and we were living in one room.
[00:06:44] A four-by-four room, and there was nothing, I mean, no necessities.
[00:07:10] I mean, I finished my high school. And when I was studying,
[00:07:15] the streets because there was no place to study
[00:07:19] or to do my family duties. I used to
[00:07:24] the three-month vacation because my father was a worker
[00:07:28] and couldn't. These matters started
[00:07:31] to improve, I mean, little by little, for one
[00:07:34] to try to build a house, to expand, so that
[00:07:37] vertical floors
[00:07:41] were built, of course, from our efforts as each family
[00:07:44] with its family. So this suffering was difficult,
[00:07:47] very difficult, even now, I mean, there is no possibility for anyone
[00:07:51] to build, because it has reached three or four floors.
[00:07:55] The structure cannot handle building more than that because it was not
[00:07:59] established for this matter.
[00:08:16] In '67, it was
[00:08:18] the Naksa. Of course, that was the Nakba, and this is the Naksa. For example, I had
[00:08:22] many relatives living in Balata refugee camp, from
[00:08:25] my aunts and uncles.
[00:08:29] fear
[00:08:33] some of them Jordan,
[00:08:37] and some also to the Gulf countries.
[00:08:40] And almost cut off, you know, after the occupation, their
[00:08:44] houses in the camp are still there today, unfortunately.
[00:08:48] I mean, they tell you that they hope that
[00:08:51] we will return to our homeland. Of course, the conditions
[00:08:55] of the camps were very difficult. You see,
[00:08:59] someone leaving in '48 to Balata refugee camp, waiting for
[00:09:02] the return, and then in '67, being displaced again to
[00:09:06] other Arab countries. And the conditions are still
[00:09:10] very difficult for them. And
[00:09:15] the camp, a simple house, I mean,
[00:09:18] living on UNRWA aid or working
[00:09:21] as a laborer in the West Bank, but
[00:09:24] a Nakba after a Naksa and after all that.
[00:09:27] So he has to try to rebuild himself. I mean, through my communication
[00:09:31] with my relatives in Jordan, he has to try to rebuild
[00:09:36] Jordan, whether by working or buying a house, and so
[00:09:40] on. So,
[00:09:42] the Naksa conditions also completed
[00:09:46] the suffering of some unfortunate refugees who went to other Arab countries.
[00:10:20] The Intifada came, the Stone
[00:10:23] Intifada.
[00:10:25] This started. Of course, we were
[00:10:28] living it. It started
[00:10:32] the West Bank, to Balata refugee camp, because
[00:10:36] the occupation army used to kill
[00:10:39] and arrest every day. So it started from Balata. At that time,
[00:10:42] three martyrs and dozens of injured fell.
[00:10:45] And even I, I was a nurse, I would
[00:10:49] transport the injured to hospitals in an
[00:10:52] ambulance. And the people,
[00:10:56] and children came out of the mosque. The popular
[00:11:00] uprising was huge, large, from Balata
[00:11:04] refugee camp. I mean, it even continued
[00:11:07] and spread to other areas. And the occupation
[00:11:10] tried at that time to break the spread in Balata
[00:11:14] refugee camp. It deported some leaders outside the country
[00:11:18] and arrested large numbers.
[00:11:21] But the national work in Balata refugee camp continued
[00:11:25] during the first Intifada, so much so that it is said that
[00:11:29] the first Intifada's decisions and leadership
[00:11:33] were mostly concentrated in Balata
[00:11:36] refugee camp.
[00:11:39] continued in coordination, of course, with the
[00:11:43] Palestine Liberation Organization in Balata
[00:11:45] refugee camp.
[00:12:53] perhaps. The first Intifada
[00:12:56] and the second Intifada. I want to link it to
[00:13:00] the refugee issue. Arab countries
[00:13:03] used to try to cover up and help,
[00:13:06] for example, when houses were demolished, or the camp was
[00:13:09] destroyed. There was some
[00:13:12] assistance to cover these matters.
[00:13:16] However, phase,
[00:13:19] we, as a popular committee, are suffering
[00:13:23] immensely due to the UNRWA cutbacks
[00:13:27] in a way
[00:13:29] that is unimaginable in all aspects of life.
[00:13:33] And there is no country or international organization
[00:13:36] helping Balata refugee camp and the other camps
[00:13:39] in the required way. For example,
[00:13:42] we have several houses
[00:13:45] the occupation. No one offers
[00:13:49] assistance to rebuild these houses, and the families
[00:13:51] whose homes were destroyed have been out of their homes
[00:13:57] the first and second Intifadas, if a house was demolished, within
[00:14:00] a month it would be rebuilt. If a house
[00:14:04] was destroyed, they would be assisted with food
[00:14:07] supplies. Many families who were
[00:14:10] unemployed received help. But now we are suffering greatly.
[00:14:14] For example, most medicines are not available at the UNRWA
[00:14:18] clinic in Balata refugee camp. Employees who retire or
[00:14:28] or health. The popular committee is currently
[00:14:32] trying by any means
[00:14:34] to bring some aid from here or there,
[00:14:38] but we cannot meet the needs due to
[00:14:41] the conspiracy against UNRWA to
[00:14:44] try to end its operations
[00:14:47] and to eliminate the camps, as happened in
[00:14:50] Jenin and Shu'fat. But in Balata and Nablus
[00:14:53] camps, we are steadfast, meaning
[00:14:56] we will remain until, God willing, the Palestinian issue is resolved, including the issue of
[00:15:00] refugees. But this requires real
[00:15:03] cooperation from all sectors
[00:15:07] of Palestinian society to keep the camp
[00:15:10] steadfast, because even Israeli and American
[00:15:13] statements threaten the issue of UNRWA
[00:15:17] and the camps. And we, in Nablus camps, have pulled
[00:15:20] the rug out from under the rumors that Israel
[00:15:25] is spreading. But the statements of the Israeli Minister of War
[00:15:29] say that we will continue in Nablus camps
[00:15:32] and besiege UNRWA. And God willing, there will be
[00:15:35] programmed activities with the Refugee Affairs Department, which is affiliated
[00:15:39] with the organization and the Authority, to develop a program
[00:15:42] to prevent the termination of
[00:15:46] UNRWA's activities
[00:15:49] the camps, God willing.
[00:16:08] A historic day, it's a holiday, and it's a very
[00:16:10] important day for governance in Jerusalem. For
[00:16:14] years, these terror supporters were
[00:16:15] here,
[00:16:21] and today these terrorists are being removed
[00:16:25] from here with everything they built
[00:16:28] here.
[00:17:57] The Israeli program existed before,
[00:18:00] but it increased by 180 degrees after October 7th
[00:18:03] in targeting Balata refugee camp. Although there is no justification
[00:18:08] currently for the occupation
[00:18:11] to do what it is doing
[00:18:15] inside the camp. We and the Authority coordinate
[00:18:20] the Authority and the Palestinian security forces. The Palestinian security forces enter
[00:18:24] and exit normally, and there is no
[00:18:27] excuse for the occupation. However, the occupation
[00:18:30] insists on destroying, arresting, and spreading
[00:18:33] some rumors in Balata camp. Even
[00:18:37] European officials visited Balata camp
[00:18:40] secretly and witnessed what
[00:18:45] the Palestinian National Authority
[00:18:48] and the political leadership.
[00:18:51] However, the occupation has its own program, but
[00:18:55] we reject this Israeli plan. Where will the residents
[00:18:59] go? There is no space in Nablus
[00:19:02] for us to go. They suffer as much as Jenin, Nur Shams,
[00:19:06] and Tulkarm camps. Europeans are not convinced
[00:19:09] by the Israeli plan that wants Balata
[00:19:13] camp to be emptied of its residents,
[00:19:16] as they did with Shu'fat
[00:19:19] and Jenin camps. But Nablus camps are different.
[00:19:23] We are present. We are with
[00:19:26] our leadership and the policies of the
[00:19:30] Liberation Organization and committed
[00:19:35] the Israeli pretexts that it broadcasts
[00:19:38] on Western radio and TV stations about the camps being contaminated
[00:19:42] rejected. We are committed to our
[00:20:22] hosted in the West Bank
[00:20:24] as a host, just as it is in Jordan, Syria,
[00:20:27] and Lebanon. And the refugee card is with
[00:20:32] '48, my father's and my
[00:20:35] grandfather's properties are in
[00:20:38] the village of Tier Dandun, in the district of Lod.
[00:20:42] No one can cancel it. I am
[00:20:44] a refugee and will remain a refugee until I regain
[00:20:47] my rights through my efforts and the efforts
[00:20:51] of everyone. Whatever plans there
[00:20:54] are, I am a refugee and will remain a Palestinian refugee.
[00:20:58] Just as there are all
[00:21:01] the decisions regarding Syrian
[00:21:03] refugees. I am Palestinian. Why
[00:21:07] did the world allow Syrian refugees to be returned from Turkey
[00:21:11] to Syria, and all refugees in the world to be returned,
[00:21:14] except Palestinian refugees?
[00:21:18] Even
[00:21:22] compensation. There is the right of return and compensation. Even
[00:21:26] the new plan cancels compensation.
[00:21:29] But we tell them that I have a refugee card
[00:21:32] and what legally and nationally proves
[00:21:36] that I am a refugee is present here. Even
[00:21:40] we do not vote in municipal elections,
[00:21:43] and this committee is called the Popular Committee
[00:21:48] affiliated with the Ministry of Local Government, as it
[00:21:52] is in all diaspora camps.
[00:22:17] I mean, whoever reads history and listens to our ancestors
[00:22:21] and reads to historians and whoever
[00:22:24] lived through what happened in Gaza
[00:22:28] says that this is an Israeli plan since
[00:22:31] decades ago, as Golda Meir said. I
[00:22:35] have a Palestinian identity, but she killed
[00:22:39] the Palestinians who were in '48,
[00:22:41] who used to cooperate as humans for humanity. And what
[00:22:45] happened in Gaza,
[00:22:48] the destruction, displacement, killing, and slaughter
[00:22:51] of children. And what is the goal?
[00:22:55] The displacement of the residents of Gaza and emptying it,
[00:22:58] as they emptied it in '48.
[00:23:01] And they will continue
[00:23:06] terrorism that reads and compares, yes, there is what
[00:23:10] happened in '48, the Deir Yassin massacre
[00:23:14] and the massacres in and the same
[00:23:18] thing is happening in Gaza. And
[00:23:21] it was officially announced that the residents
[00:23:25] of Gaza will be displaced, and the
[00:23:29] story is not about October 7th, as
[00:23:31] they say. If October 7th was the
[00:23:35] story, then why have 70,000 martyrs
[00:23:38] died, most of whom are children and
[00:23:42] detainees, and so on? So the Israeli goals have become
[00:23:46] clear to everyone. The goal is displacement,
[00:23:49] killing, and crime, historically, both in '48
[00:23:52] and in '67. How was it different in '67? It was not
[00:23:56] like the current events in Gaza,
[00:23:59] but no, the goal is one, and this is a planned
[00:24:03] and programmed plot.
[00:24:06] Even international investigations say that October 7th was a deceptive
[00:24:10] act for what happened. What
[00:24:13] is happening now in Jenin camp, Tulkarm camp, and Nur Shams?
[00:24:17] Is the security situation such that there are no residents? Even at
[00:24:20] this moment, they are demolishing
[00:26:22] The people here, of course, are afraid
[00:26:26] of what happened yesterday, that about
[00:26:30] eight houses were burned in the village and cars were also burned.
[00:27:10] Welcome to "A Story of a Homeland." Today, we meet
[00:27:14] to talk about a prominent Palestinian figure:
[00:27:16] Dhahir al-Umar. Dhahir al-Umar al-Zaydani was born in
[00:27:20] 1689 in the village of Arraba al-Battouf
[00:27:23] in northern Palestine. He emerged as one of the strongest
[00:27:27] rulers in Palestine during the Ottoman era, having been appointed
[00:27:30] governor of Acre in 1705.
[00:27:34] Thanks to building strong relationships with prominent families
[00:27:37] in the region, he was able to establish an independent rule for himself in northern
[00:27:41] Palestine. Dhahir al-Umar began his direct
[00:27:44] confrontation with the Ottoman authority in
[00:27:47] 1721 when he supported the people of al-Ba'ana
[00:27:50] village in their refusal to pay taxes.
[00:27:53] His influence expanded thereafter to include
[00:27:56] the Galilee and northern
[00:27:59] Palestine. He also fortified the city
[00:28:02] to protect it from the Druze Emirs. In
[00:28:06] 1712, and in
[00:28:09] 1742, he took control of the city of Tiberias, then
[00:28:13] his rule extended to Jabal Ajloun and the coast of Haifa,
[00:28:16] reaching the region of Jerusalem. Dhahir
[00:28:20] al-Umar worked to attract European merchants to his emirate,
[00:28:23] and when the Ottoman state suspected his intentions,
[00:28:26] he allied with the ruler of Egypt, Sheikh al-Balad Ali Bey
[00:28:29] al-Kabir. During these wars, Dhahir al-Umar fought
[00:28:33] both the governor of Damascus and the Shihab princes. He was able,
[00:28:37] with the help of Ali Bey al-Kabir's forces and the people of Jabal Amel, to enter
[00:28:40] Sidon and Damascus. In
[00:28:45] Emir Yusuf al-Druze. These
[00:28:48] successes did not last long for Dhahir al-Umar, as the Ottoman forces returned
[00:28:51] to control those areas
[00:28:54] the independence that this entity enjoyed,
[00:28:58] which Dhahir al-Umar established, under the leadership of Abu al-Dhahab, Ahmad
[00:29:01] Pasha al-Zar, and Captain Hassan Pasha, commander
[00:29:05] of the Ottoman fleet, who arrived in Haifa.
[00:29:07] This era ended with the killing of Dhahir al-Umar
[00:29:11] in 1775.
[00:29:13] After his death, the remaining of his grandchildren hid from
[00:29:17] al-Jazzar. His son Ali went to the Hauran
[00:29:20] region, while others sought refuge in southern Lebanon
[00:29:24] and were known as al-Baroudi.
[00:29:26] Some of his sons went to Nazareth and the village of Yaseed in northern
[00:29:30] Nablus, where there is still a large ancient
[00:29:33] building, about 12 meters high, and it is known to this day as
[00:29:37] Alali al-Dhahir. May God have mercy on Dhahir al-Umar. We will meet
[00:29:41] you in a new story. Dr. Abdullah Al-Safarini was with you.
[00:32:12] We are here in Khan al-Ahmar village and occupied
[00:32:16] Jerusalem. This small Bedouin village stands alone
[00:32:19] as the last guard at the gate of East Jerusalem. Here,
[00:32:22] we find children lying on the ground, shouting, "We will not
[00:32:25] leave!" And faces bearing the features of Palestine as it is:
[00:32:31] unbreakable. We witness legendary steadfastness that believes
[00:32:34] that land is life, and that remaining on it means
[00:32:38] challenge and steadfastness. The site of Khan al-Ahmar is not just
[00:32:42] an ordinary geographical site, but rather it is the heart
[00:32:45] and the pulsating heart of Jerusalem that stands against
[00:32:49] the occupation's plan aimed at displacing its original
[00:32:52] inhabitants and implementing a project aimed
[00:32:55] at separating the southern West Bank from its center
[00:32:58] and isolating the occupied city of Jerusalem from
[00:33:01] the rest of the West this plan means
[00:33:05] thwarting a project to erase the Palestinian existence
[00:33:08] and identity.
[00:33:35] The political and geographical situation of Khan al-Ahmar
[00:33:39] there. I will not go back in history. He who has no past has no present. From
[00:33:43] here, Saladin's armies passed to liberate Jerusalem. And from here,
[00:33:47] the armies of our master Omar al-Farooq passed
[00:33:50] to liberate the mosque. So it is a strategic area throughout
[00:33:54] the occupation is a conflict over this land, a conflict of existence.
[00:33:58] This land is not just Khan al-Ahmar village, because it is Khan
[00:34:02] al-Ahmar, but there are thousands of Palestinian villages. But the strategic importance
[00:34:05] of the location in Khan al-Ahmar. If it is uprooted, then
[00:34:09] from here, to our north, there is the Kfar Dimdim
[00:34:12] settlement. To our right, there is the Ma'aleh Dimdim settlement. And several settlements.
[00:34:15] They want to uproot this village to connect these settlements for two reasons, no third.
[00:34:19] First, everyone knows that Jerusalem has been closed off from the north,
[00:34:23] south, and west. Nothing remains for Arabs and Palestinians except the eastern
[00:34:27] gate. If this village is uprooted, there will be a belt of
[00:34:30] settlements to close the eastern gate to Jerusalem. This is number one. And number
[00:34:34] two, if this village is uprooted and settlements are built, it will cut off the West
[00:34:37] Bank, north and south. And this is the goal that is being worked on not by this
[00:34:40] government, but by all past Israeli governments. The humanitarian
[00:34:44] situation is a war, a military war,
[00:34:47] and an economic war on these residents.
[00:34:50] The humanitarian situation there is that this village is forbidden
[00:34:54] from working for almost exactly 20 years. Working in the Israeli
[00:34:57] sector is forbidden here. It is an industrial area. All
[00:35:01] Palestinians from all villages and cities come to work, but this
[00:35:05] village is forbidden from working for 20 years. Working in the Israeli sector
[00:35:08] is completely forbidden. The economic situation is very bad. The closures that you
[00:35:12] know about, you are inside a Bedouin village, so it has... So we
[00:35:18] are here today. This village is closed from all directions. It
[00:35:21] is exactly like Gaza, but it lacks bombs
[00:35:25] and planes. And the authority, it is closed from all directions. It is a prison. The livestock
[00:35:30] barracks, and the people are inside their homes in an economic war
[00:35:34] to push this Palestinian to the poverty line
[00:35:39] from the pastures, and from there, the Palestinian leaves, and the occupation forces say, "I
[00:35:42] did not welcome the Palestinian."
[00:35:46] The situation of women is very bad. Let's talk about women. Women, they
[00:35:49] say women are half of society. I say
[00:35:53] society because they are the mother, and they are the wife,
[00:35:56] and they are the economy inside the house. In the old days,
[00:36:01] livestock, and in total, they were in this village due to
[00:36:05] the closures. Here, there are settlement lands
[00:36:08] that are forbidden to enter. There are military areas here and there. So now,
[00:36:11] 1100 head are forcibly inside this village, and
[00:36:15] the women used to work and take cheese and distribute it to Palestinian
[00:36:19] markets, and she was the finance minister
[00:36:23] at that time and would buy for her home and her children. But today,
[00:36:26] there is no source
[00:36:30] for her except her husband, and there is a deadly and killing void. She used to
[00:36:33] milk the cows and make cheese and butter, so she didn't have
[00:36:37] any void. Today, she has a deadly and killing void for
[00:36:40] this woman. As for the children,
[00:36:44] a child, you see fear in his eyes, you see fear in
[00:36:48] all parts of his body towards
[00:36:51] settlers and settler attacks inside and outside the school
[00:36:54] and inside the village daily. Number one. Number
[00:36:58] two, I know that drones are used against ISIS,
[00:37:02] against terrorist organizations, but now they
[00:37:05] are present above the heads of children, and I have evidence
[00:37:08] of that. And inside the school, when a student,
[00:37:11] a seven-year-old or nine-year-old student, sees a drone above
[00:37:15] his head inside his school, which is protected by international laws, he flees from school
[00:37:19] and goes home. The drone is above my house, and I have pictures
[00:37:22] of it being above my house. But the suffering of men is
[00:37:25] much greater, or the burden and existence and steadfastness on their land
[00:37:29] is number one. Number two, it is not just my
[00:37:33] land; it is the gate of holy Jerusalem. On my shoulders
[00:37:36] rests a very heavy burden.
[00:37:39] The third number is when there are family
[00:37:43] needs and the needs of the wife
[00:37:45] for her house, for household needs. Number three,
[00:37:49] children. When you have children who go to school
[00:37:53] or schools in Jericho or schools in Jerusalem
[00:37:56] Governorate, transportation is a burden on you. And the greater burden is when
[00:38:00] you have daughters or
[00:38:03] young men who go to university. So there is
[00:38:06] very, very severe suffering.
[00:38:09] Very, very severe. First of all, welcome to Khan
[00:39:03] al-Ahmar village. We thank you for coming to the Khan
[00:39:07] al-Ahmar area despite the accelerating events in all
[00:39:10] Palestinian cities and villages. So we thank you very
[00:39:14] much for enduring the hardship and coming to this area,
[00:39:17] which, unfortunately, after the events that occurred
[00:39:21] and the war on Gaza and the extermination in Gaza, has become very
[00:39:24] marginalized, and has become, I mean,
[00:39:28] an easy prey for the occupation and its army
[00:39:30] and this extremist government
[00:39:32] and the Israeli
[00:39:34] occupation's coalition. I mean, this government is criminal.
[00:39:38] So there is no doubt that the suffering has increased, especially
[00:39:41] after the circumstances that the Palestinian people have gone through. I mean, now there is
[00:39:45] a settler dozens of meters away from the village,
[00:39:47] and the main concern of young and old
[00:39:51] is how to protect oneself from this settler who carries
[00:39:56] the daytime, again, in passing through
[00:39:59] the houses. And also preventing the sheep
[00:40:03] from leaving. I mean, now the sheep do not leave their pens except for
[00:40:07] a few meters. And he set boundaries on
[00:40:10] his own. He is besieging the village and putting up a flag and stones
[00:40:14] and striking. I mean, he is setting
[00:40:18] boundaries, and this Bedouin is not allowed to cross them. And if he crosses them, his
[00:40:21] sheep are confiscated, and his money is confiscated, and he is threatened
[00:40:25] and arrested. So now, unfortunately, the life of
[00:40:29] the citizen in this village is a living hell. He does not feel
[00:40:32] safe at night or during the day. He fears for his children,
[00:40:35] and for his wife. So now, there is no doubt that
[00:40:41] to leave, especially since we hear about the events in all Palestinian
[00:40:45] villages and cities at the end of Ramadan.
[00:40:50] a little bit.
[00:40:53] sheep, and he led me out of
[00:40:57] the pen, and this place is only a few meters away.
[00:41:01] So when we took out the sheep, about 15 settlers came
[00:41:04] and detained them and detained my children with them. This
[00:41:08] is undoubtedly difficult, especially when it's right in front of your eyes, not far from you.
[00:41:11] And the settler even threatened me, saying, "We, you know, you are only here for
[00:41:14] a limited time, and I'm just waiting for an order from the Israeli army,
[00:41:18] even the houses you are in belong to us." And he started threatening, "This is our land, it's ours, and we have
[00:41:22] papers and so on." He started threatening us in our homes, saying, "We are here, and we
[00:41:26] are just waiting for an order from the army to expel you from this area."
[00:41:29] So they detained the sheep and detained the children, and
[00:41:33] it became a
[00:41:36] the children and women did not feel
[00:41:40] the day.
[00:41:43] night, and we hear about incidents and so on, meaning
[00:41:48] First of all, we are steadfast on our land,
[00:41:51] from a religious perspective. This is the land of Ribat and the land of Jerusalem,
[00:41:55] and we seek reward and recompense from God Almighty before everything else.
[00:41:58] And everyone knows the resistance of steadfastness, and everyone knows
[00:42:02] what the Bedouins want in order to stand firm on their land. We do not need any explanation
[00:42:06] or demand. The government knows, and the private sector
[00:42:10] knows what makes this citizen steadfast.
[00:42:43] He comes and circles around in the car, and he is not afraid.
[00:42:47] He comes flying, and if anyone is in front of him, he runs them over. And we
[00:42:50] love our school and we love our country. A plane comes
[00:42:54] and photographs us from above. We are children, meaning they pull us. There are children inside
[00:42:58] our school. They pull them
[00:42:59] in.
[00:43:08] The situation of the school this year is very difficult because it has been exposed
[00:43:11] to the new settler housing
[00:43:15] here, which is a new settlement outpost for us. So this year we have faced many
[00:43:19] problems with this outpost. They were
[00:43:21] affecting the attendance process because they would detain
[00:43:25] students for more than two or three classes until
[00:43:28] the police came and the parents intervened for these children
[00:43:32] to be released. We still
[00:43:34] have fear in case the students go out to play
[00:43:38] in the playground, because the settler remains around them, and we don't know
[00:43:43] the children. All our time is spent in the yard, all our time following
[00:43:46] the children, God forbid, he might enter and beat the children, or
[00:43:50] for example, the children might talk to him under the pretext of
[00:43:53] being arrested or beaten. So all our time is in constant anxiety since
[00:43:56] the settlement outpost came, and we are in constant anxiety.
[00:44:00] The plane comes to photograph. The plane, since it is at high altitudes,
[00:44:04] does not really distract the students.
[00:44:07] But they don't like someone to photograph from above.
[00:44:10] They start to hide and say, "Miss, we don't want the Jews to photograph us." They develop
[00:44:14] a psychological state. Some students say, "I don't want to come tomorrow. This settler wants
[00:44:18] to come to us at school. He wants to arrest us, or beat us, or take
[00:44:21] our things." So they remain
[00:44:24] school unless the teachers are inside it.
[00:44:27] I had
[00:44:30] the area behind the mountain, meaning
[00:44:33] directly on their way to the settler. He detained them on the road for about
[00:44:37] more than an hour and a half. He detained them, and the children pleaded with him,
[00:44:41] "We want to go to school, and we want to go."
[00:44:43] And this and that. He detained them and said, "No." He kept
[00:44:47] his weapon pointed at them and made them sit down. He didn't let them move until
[00:44:51] the parents came, and he even detained the parents with
[00:44:55] the police intervened for more than two hours to release the students. The students were so scared
[00:44:58] and terrified that they didn't want to go back to
[00:45:01] The ministry continued to communicate until this problem was resolved.
[00:45:04] So, praise be to God, a bus was provided for these
[00:45:08] children to transport them, to
[00:45:11] avoid, God forbid, any incident from the settler towards these children.
[00:45:15] God, we have fear, especially crossing the street. There is a lot of fear,
[00:45:19] and we have faced many violations in crossing the street, and it's a highway, meaning
[00:45:22] it's unforgiving, especially if we are passing in front of a settler, he will often swerve towards us on
[00:45:27] again, meaning we have faced a lot. We have fear and dread. I
[00:45:31] work all day from morning until I go home, and my nerves are
[00:45:35] shot. My fear for the children, my fear for
[00:45:38] for the school, God forbid. I always have dread and fear. Most of my time
[00:45:42] is spent half the night thinking about what I will do in the morning, how I will protect
[00:45:45] the children, how I will protect my teachers. I have dread, I have fear.
[00:45:49] Yes, despite that, we cannot leave our school. These are children,
[00:45:52] and this is our land. We must challenge, of course, and educate.
[00:45:56] The steadfastness here, my sister, this is our land.
[00:46:41] When it comes to the occupation of Palestine, dozens of
[00:46:46] have passed, and all occupations have gone, and
[00:46:49] Palestine and the Palestinian people remain. We are on our land.
[00:46:53] We will not be red Indians. We will not leave our lands. We will not go anywhere
[00:46:56] to make way for the settlers. I will stay
[00:47:00] in my land and in my house. The life of a Bedouin is 60% or
[00:47:03] 70% in the sun,
[00:47:07] fodder for sheep. So it doesn't harm me that this is my house,
[00:47:11] and I remained between heaven and earth. I will remain on my land. I will not leave
[00:47:15] it except to the Naqab or to the graves.
[00:47:18] The village of Khan al-Ahmar, all its people suffer in the West Bank from the settlers, but we suffer more. Why? It's not from
[00:47:26] next to us is the settlement of Kfar Adumim. From it,
[00:47:30] the settlement organization Regavim was founded. Its headquarters and offices
[00:47:33] have been there for about 18 years. It started, and its core
[00:47:37] was established within the settlement. Inside this settlement
[00:47:40] there are four Knesset members in this settlement.
[00:47:43] The former Israeli ambassador Sali Meridor, his house is in
[00:47:47] this settlement. This settlement has the engineer
[00:47:51] of the wall between the West Bank and '48. He is there. So this
[00:47:55] settlement is the
[00:47:58] strength of the settlers who are in it. The Regavim
[00:48:01] organization is in it. So it was published here. It is located
[00:48:07] more than 100 meters from this village. Its attacks are documented inside
[00:48:10] the school and among the residents, and at night and during the day,
[00:48:14] and it is heavily armed. We contacted all what are called
[00:48:17] Israeli agencies, whether the police or what are called the civil administrations.
[00:48:21] But we have a proverb among Arabs that says, "A bird does not peck out its brother's eye." They are all
[00:48:24] settlers, whether it's the policeman who comes or the civil
[00:48:28] administration official. He is a settler himself. They are all armed
[00:48:31] with heavy weapons. The decision of
[00:48:35] the occupation government was previously to completely demolish
[00:48:38] this village and remove this village. But we say to it, and to
[00:48:41] those behind you, whether to the right
[00:48:44] the occupation, we are here. We will not leave this
[00:48:48] land, even if the electricity is cut off. There is no electricity here.
[00:48:51] The water, we will bring it on donkeys, as our
[00:48:55] grandfathers and fathers brought it
[00:48:58] in the past. We will not leave this village. We will be present in this
[00:49:01] village, even if, as I told you, even if they demolish these houses, we will remain
[00:49:04] here. And they tried, and they tried to enter the village several times to scare these people.
[00:49:08] They demolished a house here, a house there, a house here, a house there, but the houses were rebuilt
[00:49:12] with the determination of the village residents and with the determination
[00:49:15] of the Palestinians. And the Palestinian brothers,
[00:49:19] the will and the right. What do the Bedouins
[00:49:22] say? The right, and its owner is ours. We are the owners
[00:49:25] of the right. We are staying on our lands, and this is stronger.
[00:49:28] The right and its owner
[00:49:32] tanks and stronger than every will. We demand,
[00:49:35] first, the economic situation here
[00:49:39] of various degrees. The second thing is education. When
[00:49:43] we have girls who have completed university education,
[00:49:46] female teachers, female doctors here,
[00:49:49] their integration into the Palestinian field. Number two, number
[00:49:53] three, people here rely entirely on livestock. The livestock,
[00:49:56] the livestock is locked up like prisons, just like human beings,
[00:50:00] just like their families. It is locked up, and fodder
[00:50:03] in the Palestinian market is very expensive. So we demand from the Ministry
[00:50:06] of Agriculture, and yes, there are attacks
[00:50:10] on all farmers in the West Bank, but there are different
[00:50:14] areas. One who grazes for a kilometer or 2 kilometers
[00:50:17] is different from what is closed off. This
[00:50:21] settler, this
[00:50:24] the... This is the one living around us here.
[00:50:27] What is happening here
[00:50:31] is an act of provocation. It is an act of provocation so that there will be
[00:50:34] one of the children or one of the things, even if there are
[00:50:37] children in front of him, he doesn't stop. So if
[00:50:40] the children are here now, when they see him coming from there, they run away
[00:50:44] from the road.
[00:50:45] They are scared.
[00:52:21] I mean, I walked almost 5 kilometers to get 15
[00:52:25] loaves for one person. We hope that
[00:52:27] the bakeries will open and the whole crisis will be resolved and
[00:52:31] life will return to normal in Gaza.
[00:52:43] So we are working with very weak capabilities, and there are also missing things
[00:52:47] that we are not able to provide. They are available, but there are no spare parts
[00:52:50] for this machine. It's working, I mean, how can
[00:52:53] I tell you? With motors that are not its own, belts
[00:52:57] that are not its own. We are patching it up so that we can work because everything
[00:53:00] we have is dilapidated, and we are trying to manage our affairs in every possible way to
[00:53:03] continue and be able to meet the demands of life.
[00:55:19] A brief summary of the main news. Welcome. The occupation forces continue
[00:55:23] their aggression on Qalandia refugee camp and Kafr Aqab town north of
[00:55:28] consecutive day, amidst a wide raid campaign and the arrest
[00:55:31] of a number of young men. Our correspondent reported that the forces
[00:55:35] pushed this morning with new military reinforcements into
[00:55:38] the camp and began implementing a demolition operation for a number of commercial
[00:55:42] stores around the Qalandia military checkpoint,
[00:55:46] in addition to raiding dozens of homes and carrying out arrest
[00:55:50] campaigns and field interrogations. The occupation
[00:55:54] forces also imposed a curfew in Kafr Aqab town
[00:55:56] and closed all junctions and roads leading to