Palestinian “Freedom Riders” Challenge Segregation (VIDEO OF THE WEEK)
Music Video of the Week, 28 Nov 2011
The Real News Network – TRANSCEND Media Service
On Tuesday [15 Nov 2011] six Palestinian activists boarded Israeli busses in an attempt to challenge the system of segregation in the West Bank. They were arrested at Hizmeh checkpoint, interrogated by Israel’s internal intelligence agency, the Shabak, and released.
In the West Bank, segregation is both visible with the separation wall, fence, and separate cities for Israelis and Palestinians and invisible with separate legal and security systems for the two peoples. The West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been under Israeli military occupation since 1967.
The Real News’ Lia Tarachansky spoke with Fesal Al Hatib, a Palestinian living in Hizmeh, a village divided in half by a road and the Wall.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVOvSoZKQI8
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