Saying "the early #settlers were illegal
#immigrants" is harmful. They were not
immigrants, they were #colonizers.
There's a #difference.
Colonizers came here to take over the
land and kill us. Immigrants are just
trying to live a better #life.
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Who are Israeli settlers?
Settlers are Israeli citizens who live illegally on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israel started building settlements after capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the June 1967 Six-Day War
Now more than 700,000 settlers – 10 percent of Israel’s nearly seven million population – live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem
#Westbank #DutchFinanced #Settlers
"Dutch Christian groups fund illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank: Reports" [2:45 min]
by Al Jazeera English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgJfLLAa3Jo
Quote by AJE:
"Mar 25, 2025
Christian evangelical organisations in the Netherlands are violating international law and EU sanctions by collecting money for illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank.
These are the findings of an investigation by the Dutch investigative platform Investico and TV programme BOOS.
One organisation has even offered to buy weapons.
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen reports from the Hague, Netherlands." [and is Dutch herself]
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
#Westbank #OscarWinner #Attacked by #Settlers [1]
"‘lynch mob’ of Israeli settlers attacks Palestinian director and American activists" [ ± 1min]
by MIddleEastEye
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/YyUSL-jTm94
Quote by MEE:
"Mar 25, 2025
Palestinian film director and Academy Award winner Hamdan Ballal was violently attacked by what his colleague described as a "lynch mob" of Israeli settlers on Monday night in the Palestinian village of Susya, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
"The masked settler in the video is part of the lynch mob that attacked Hamdan’s village, they continued to attack American activists, breaking their car with stones," Ballal's co-director for No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, posted on X.
Abraham also said that Ballal’s whereabouts are now unknown after Israeli soldiers seized him from an ambulance that had arrived to treat him.
The same group of settlers was filmed attacking America activists in another video posted by Abraham on X."
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
#Westbank #OscarWinner #Attacked by #Settlers [2]
“Oscar Winner 'LYNCHED, KIDNAPPED' By Israeli Forces”
by Breaking Points
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAUUnAuqjIY
Quote by BP:
“Mar 25, 2025
Ryan and Saagar discuss an Oscar winner for No Other Land being lynched and kidnapped by Israeli forces in the West Bank.”
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
“#Witkoff and #Trump’s Gaza dream has one thing missing: Palestinians”
by David Hearst in Middle East Eye
“In Witkoff’s portrayal, there is no #Palestinian claim to the land or Palestinian national rights. No #settlers are turfing them out of their homes in the occupied #WestBank. Thirteen settlements have not just been announced there. There are no Palestinians in Israel, either. It’s all about #Hamas and Gaza”
Middle East EyeWitkoff and Trump’s Gaza dream has one thing missing: PalestiniansEvery attempt in the history of this conflict to declare peace without achieving justice for Palestinians has only fanned the flames of war
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According to friends of Ballal's who were with him at the time he was initially badly beaten by settlers. They called an ambulance to tend to Ballal's injuries and during the ride the ambulance was pulled over by soldiers who abducted the Oscard award winning film maker.
He was not heard from for 24 hours.
#HamdanBallal, the Oscar-winning Palestinian filmmaker that Israeli settlers beat and tried to lynch on Sunday, and who was then dragged out of an ambulance by the IOF, has been let go.
Ballal is now in a hospital in Hebron, being treated for the injuries he suffered at the hands of the Israeli soldiers and settlers. They beat him everywhere. Then they left him, blindfolded and handcuffed, in the depths of a military base until his release.
"Hamdan Ballal and two other Palestinians left a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, where they were being held on Tuesday. Ballal had bruises on his face and blood on his clothes.
The three had spent the night on the floor of a military base while suffering from serious injuries sustained in the attack"
I suspect the international outcry had something to do with it. Otherwise...
The Guardian · Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director released from Israeli detention
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So while everyone is entertained (in French we say "diverted" which is more apt) by a bunch of clowns in the US, #Israel killed 600 #Palestinians in #Gaza, during what is supposed to be a #ceasefire. Today in the #WestBank, #Oscar winning co-director of #NoOtherLand Hamdan Ballal was beaten up by #settlers then disappeared by the the Israeli army. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/03/24/middleeast/ballal-oscar-palestinian-beaten-israeli-settlers-intl-latam/index.html
Asad Rad: Illegal Israeli #settlers attacked a #Palestinian village and beat #HamdanBallal, who is one of the Palestinian co-directors of #NoOtherLand
The occupying Israeli #military then stepped in…to detain Hamdan Ballal.
#Occupation #Oscars #Terrorism #Israel #Politics
The occupying Israeli #military then stepped in…to detain Hamdan Ballal.
#Occupation #Oscars #Terrorism #Israel #Politics
"BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown"
From Zeteo's Prem Thakkar on Bluesky
#NoOtherLand #Israel #Settlers #Kidnap #WestBank
https://bsky.app/profile/premthakker.bsky.social/post/3ll5fat7iq22v
Bluesky Social · Prem Thakker ツ (@premthakker.bsky.social)BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.
Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
the only reason israel is killing people
The only reason Israel killed this tragic number of people in Gaza this early morning is because it does not want to proceed to the second stage of the ceasefire deal as planned, because it simply does not want a permanent ceasefire (withdrawal from Gaza and reconstruction.)
FULL STOP.
Anyone who talks about something else is a LIAR.
Mosab Abu Toha
‘Israeli’ Settlers Protected by #IDF Set Fire to Homes in Northern West Bank as Military Onslaught on #Tulkarm Rages!
100s of ‘Israeli’ settlers, escorted by troops, have stormed villages and set fire to Palestinian homes in the northern #WestBank.
Media reports, quoting local sources, said #settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris, near #Nablus, on Friday.
https://orinocotribune.com/israeli-settlers-set-fire-to-homes-in-northern-west-bank-as-military-onslaught-on-tulkarm-rages/
#StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide @palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmy.ml
100s of ‘Israeli’ settlers, escorted by troops, have stormed villages and set fire to Palestinian homes in the northern #WestBank.
Media reports, quoting local sources, said #settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris, near #Nablus, on Friday.
https://orinocotribune.com/israeli-settlers-set-fire-to-homes-in-northern-west-bank-as-military-onslaught-on-tulkarm-rages/
#StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide @palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmy.ml
‘Israeli’ Settlers Protected by #IDF Set Fire to Homes in Northern West Bank as Military Onslaught on #Tulkarm Rages!
100s of ‘Israeli’ settlers, escorted by troops, have stormed villages and set fire to Palestinian homes in the northern #WestBank.
Media reports, quoting local sources, said #settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Kifl Haris, near #Nablus, on Friday.
#StopIsrael #SanctionIsrael #BDS
#palestine #Israel #Politics #Genocide @palestine@a.gup.pe @palestine@lemmy.ml
#westbank
#settlers
@palestine
Salah Diab's story
"Last month, the Jerusalem District Court paved the way for the eviction of 22 members of his family from the property they’ve lived in for decades...the judge sided with Nahalat Shimon International, an Israeli settler group that seeks to expel the Diabs and replace them with Israeli Jews"
Just think if it happened to you, illegal occupation, you have to leave your home for the occupier. Hell no.
+972 Magazine · He fought to save Sheikh Jarrah for years. Now he may be evictedAfter a long legal battle, an Israeli court ruled that settlers can take over Salah Diab's lifelong home. But he refuses to give up fighting.
#Westbank #Settlers #BurntCar #UmmSafa
"Palestinians check cars burnt by settlers in West Bank village of Umm Safa" [ ± 1min]
by MiddleEastEye
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/o34D0_s6dIg
Quote by MEE:
"Mar 11, 2025
"We will not leave, no matter what the circumstances and sacrifices are.”
Palestinians checked vehicles that were burnt by Israeli settlers in Umm Safa village, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Al Jazeera reported in January that at least 1,800 settler attacks had taken place in the occupied West Bank since 7 October 2023. The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission revealed another 230 settler attacks had happened in February this year."
#NeverAgain #StopTheGenocide
#JailForNetanyahu #JailForGallant #SmotrichRaus
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Basel Adra, accepting the award, said the film “reflects the harsh reality that we have been enduring for decades”.
He added, “ About two months ago, I became a father, and my hope to my daughter that she will not have to live the same life I’m living now — always fearing settler violence, home demolitions and forcible displacements that my community Masafer Yatta is living and facing every day under Israeli occupation.”
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The Oscar is the latest high-profile honour for No Other Land, which has struggled to find a distributor in the US. It also won the audience award and documentary film award at the Berlin International Film Festival in February 2024, as well as the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Non-Fiction Film.