25 March 2010By
Mazin Qumsiyeh
Yesterday, after 6 days of kidnapping and beating our
friend Omar Mousa Ala'eddin from the village of Al-Ma'sara,
the Israeli occupation authorities released him broken
and battered. We spend much of the day with him. Omar
is an English student at Hebron University and was
returning with other
students and two of his professors from a field trip
to Ramallah where they watched a play. On the way
back, a soldier at the checkpoint entered into a
verbal exchange with Omar when Omar tried to explain
to him about a fellow female student who did not have
her ID card with her since Omar spoke Hebrew. The
soldier ordered him out of the bus and the first blows
were delivered to Omar in front of his friends and
teachers. After they took him to a back room and have
received information about him (perhaps that he had
been in jail or that he participated in the weekly
nonviolent protests), the beatings became more
regular. The initial beating of Omar on the face and
head made his mouth bleed and his head hurt and he was
not able to speak to the soldiers and this only made
them beat him more for not answering their questions.
Omar told our friend Sevtap that one of the soldiers
told him "do you think the international solidarity
will protect you". Omar was transferred during those 6
days from the container checkpoint to a police station
in the settlement of Maale Adumim, then to a military
doctor at an unknown location (but the doctor only
looked briefly at him and basically told him to shut
up, then to the Russian compound prison in Jerusalem,
then to Ramle prison, then to Ofer prison, and finally
to Ramleh prison again. On the last day, he was
brought before a judge and assigned a state lawyer who
made a deal for him to be released on bail. Many hours
passed because the prison authorities refused to let
him make a call to get someone to come pay the bail.
After the bail was paid, Omar was not released but
finally, the military brought him to the South of
Ramallah and dumped him on the side of the road. Omar
was initially treated at Al-Hussain hospital in Beit
Jala and released but his condition deteriorated and
his family decided to take him to a hospital in Hebron
where he spent last night. He might be released at
noon today. Video of Omar at Hospital at <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMMyRkKAhM>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcMMyRkKAhM Photos of
injuries before his situation deteriorated is at
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/activestills/> http://www.flickr.com/photos/activestills/
Fatenah animation is now on You Tube! Summary: Fatenah
is a 27 year old woman living in the Gaza Strip. Her
life is similar to the lives of many other women in
Gaza. Her life changes the day she discovers to have
breast cancer. This animation, the first produced in
Palestine, shows with great accuracy the scenarios of
Gaza city. The 27 minutes long story is a
breath-taking journey into Fatenah's daily struggles.
It uncovers the human drama of her fight to survive.
This journey into the heart of the Gaza Strip will
touch and move you.
Part 1/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rElPylQV15E> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rElPylQV15E
Part 2/3 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrm4R52_sE>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGrm4R52_sE
Part 3/3 <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfao7G1UdHo>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfao7G1UdHo
Directed by Ahmad Habash, Screenplay Saed Andoni,
Ahmad Habash, Ambrogio Manenti, Produced by Saed
Andoni, Music Said Murad, Editing Saed Andoni,
Animation Ahmad Habash, Director of Photography Ahmad
Habash, Sound Designer Zaher Rashmawi, Voices -
Actors: Buthaina Sumairi (Fatenah), Ahmad Abu Saloom
(Abu Rasheed), Shaden Saleem (Amal), Imad Ahmad (Mualem),
Mesbah Deeb (Ayman), Waleed Aqel (Dr. Salah / AMB.
Driver), Nibal Thawabteh (Lutfieh), Hanan El Hilu (Dafna),
Amira Habash (IDF soldier), Ahmad Habash (Palestinian
Dr. / IDF soldier), Saed Andoni (IDF sergeant),
Gabriel Lambert (Israeli Dr.), Chiara Stefanini
(Israeli nurse)..
Quote from US Secretary Hilalry Clinton at the
powerful AIPAC lobby: "Under President Obama's
leadership, we have reinvigorated defense
consultations, redoubled our efforts to ensure
Israel's qualitative military edge, and provided
nearly $3 billion in annual military assistance.
(Applause). The United States . did lead the boycott
of the Durban Conference and we repeatedly voted
against the deeply flawed Goldstone Report.
(Applause.) This Administration will always stand up
for Israel's right to defend itself. (Applause.) And
for Israel, there is no greater strategic threat than
the prospect of a nuclear-armed Iran. (Applause.)"
Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD Popular Committee to Resist the
Apartheid Wall and Settlements-Beit Sahour A Bedouin
in Cyberspace, a villager at home <http://www.qumsiyeh.org>
http://www.qumsiyeh.org
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