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Israeli Military in the Occupied Territories aka Palestinian Territories

VERY INFORMATIVE!!!  Right now I can only testify that the first 20 minutes of this film shows no physically gruesome photos or film but I seriously can't watch any more at this time because I am feeling nauseous and my eyes are filled with tears.  HOW CAN A SO-CALLED DEMOCRACY (THE USA) PAY FOR THIS? 

I have watched many films but this one is different because it is so many Israelis talking or maybe it is because it is not dead faces but faces with the torture they experienced right behind their eyes - you can see it in these young men - and just a sliver of a glance at the horrific, life altering torture and terror they experienced as a child or maybe it is just overload on the terrible things that are going on in so many places in the world that we hear about, just maybe. But whatever it is - I am weak and must turn in off - what A PARADISE I LIVE IN THAT I CAN TOUCH A BUTTON AND TURN IT OFF. 

ALLAH FORGIVE ME.

"Breaking the Silence" an ex-Israeli soldiers' organization is in the film, as well. The founder, Yehuda Shaul,

tells how he doesn't remember children in the West Bank because it was them (no matter what age) and us. I actually thought he was going to say that in the past they didn't do that to kids - I was wrong.
#FreePalestine #Israel #Terrorism #USAsupport #WestBank #Palestine #Gaza

Israel a Democracy? Democracy means Equality for ALL, right?

Look at the Photo Below - What do you think is going on?

"This is the village of Al Arakib, a Bedouin village in the north Negev. These Israeli soldiers have just helped to demolish her home as they have done FIVE times since July!

Everyone in this photo is Israeli - EVERYONE!  

But why would they do that,  she is an Israeli citizen, too.

Important points from Israel 'declares war on its people' - Al Jazeera English by Mya Guarnieri:

The government claims that Al Arakib was abandoned and, as such, belongs to the state. According to the state, these people must be removed to make way for a forest to be planted by the Jewish National Fund.

Villagers, some of whom hold Ottoman-era deeds to the property, say that the Israeli army asked them to leave temporarily in 1951. Believing they would be able to move back, they left. It was then, they say, that the state declared Al Arakib abandoned and expropriated it.

But the Bedouin maintained a connection to the earth. They continued to cultivate the village land, harvesting olives, pomegranates, and other produce. And more than a decade ago, they rooted themselves in Al Arakib once again, building houses and families.

Just days before the village was destroyed for the first time, Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, declared that "an international campaign is being waged against the definition of Israel as a Jewish state .... in the Negev, for example, if it becomes a region without a Jewish majority". Netanyahu added that such a change would be "a real threat" to the Jewish state.

Israeli activists like Amit Ramon agree.  Ramon says he feels a responsibility to stand against any injustice the government commits in his name. He has been with the village since the beginning and witnessed the first demolition, when some 1,500 police came to evacuate the 300 residents.  "They came with power like they thought the citizens would open war against them," Ramon says.  The police forcibly removed the villagers, who resisted non-violently. And then they destroyed Al Arakib.  "They ruined all the houses, they tore out the trees, they knocked over all the water tanks. There were hen cages. They ruined everything."   Ramon pauses and looks at the ground. He seems to be struggling to come to terms with the memory. "It was the end of July. It's hot here, people need to drink water. They need to drink water," he says, "and [the police] spilled all the water. They broke [the tanks] so it's impossible to use them."

Read full article: Israel 'declares war on its people'

What Animal is used to destroy houses, destroy trees that are over 100 years old, terrify big and small children, cause thousands to cry, and remove a Population of People one house, one family, and one heart at a time?

THE ANSWER: CATERPILLAR

 An armored Caterpillar D9R Bulldozer used by the Israeli Occupation Forces.

I wonder how many lives and households this dozer has tried to destroy? It was a Caterpillar Bulldozer like this that ran over Peace Activist - Rachel Corrie. (Read about her short life and what she did on the internet and see below in the video what she believed in at a very young age - She is one of my role models!!!)

RACHEL CORRIE'S PARENTS ARE AGAINST caterpillar 

RECEIVING AN AWARD AND $25,000 

FROM THE National Building Museum.

 

What can you do?  Write to Chase W. Rynd, Executive Director, crynd@nbm.org and politely tell her that the National Building Museum should rescind the Turner Prize from Caterpillar.  They are receiving the award and $25,000!!! 

For what?  DESTRUCTION not construction is how they have affected millions of lives.  

Rachel Corrie was a wonderful person and not because of the way she died under a Caterpillar but how she lived her life and the values she held from the time she was a very young girl. May God grant her a special place in Paradise and may she inspire all of us to do more good in this world. Ameen.