U.S. journalist Jasper Nathaniel is reporting from the West Bank. He posted in a viral video: “On the first day of the olive harvest in Turmus’ayyer, the Israeli Defense Force leads a group of farmers directly into a brutal ambush by armed settlers. These people need to be in prison by tomorrow, and the people of this village, and all across Palestine, need to be protected. Enough is enough.” See Nathaniel’s interview with “Breaking Points“: “U.S. Embassy ABANDONS Journo After Israeli Mob Attack.” The video shows the clubbing of a 55-year-old woman, Umm Saleh Abu Alia, on the head.
Drop Site News reports on a record number of Israeli attacks on the West Bank including: “7154 different attacks by Israeli land thieves since October 2023. They’ve uprooted nearly 50,000 trees in that time.”
RAED JARRAR, [email protected], @raedjarrar
Jarrar is advocacy director for DAWN, founded by slain writer Jamal Khashoggi. See their statement on the “
UN Report Confirming Israel Killed 1,001 Palestinians in West Bank Since October 7, 2023.” The group has called for a protection force for Palestinians and for sanctions against Israel under the Uniting for Peace provisions of the UN General Assembly to overcome the U.S. veto. Listen to his recent interview from Monday on “Flashpoints.”
MAZIN QUMSIYEH, [near Bethlehem], [email protected], Skype: mbqumsiyeh
Qumsiyeh is a professor at Bethlehem University. He is founding director of the Palestine Institute of Biodiversity and Sustainability. He is able to speak about several issues including nonviolent resistance and Israeli assaults on the environment. See his recent piece “Ecocide and resistance in Palestine” in The Ecologist. Qumsiyeh was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His books include Sharing the Land of Canaan.