Mahmoud Abbas made a speech today on Palestine asking for statehood from the UN.
The third part of his speech is here. (So where is the second part, Al Jazeera?)
Pres. Obama also gave a speech to the UN, promising to veto the application for statehood.
Activists in New York & DC support the statehood bid.
In the West Bank, Palestinians rally in support of the statehood bid.
In response to the Palestinian statehood bid, PM Netanyahu calls for new negotiations.
Al Jazeera reports on how Palestinians feel in Gaza about the statehood bid.
But will the statehood bid lead to real change, Israelis & Palestinians ask.
Settlers in the West Bank protest the Palestinian statehood bid.
Last week, Israeli & Palestinian women called for a demo in support of a Palestinian state for Sept 17 at Qalandia checkpoint. This is the demo on the Israeli side.
The Qalandia demo from the Palestinian side.
Later, on Sept. 21, Palestinians clash with the IDF at Qalandia.
Palestinians demonstrated in favor of statehood in Nabi Saleh . .
in Hebron . .
& In Beit Ommar.
100 settlers attacked Asira al-Qibiliya near Nablus & were driven out by Palestinians. The IDF arrived & started shooting teargas & rubber bullets at the villagers, hitting a 14 year old boy in the head with a canister.
Refusing To Die In Silence is a new media campaign to counter settler Price Tag attacks with 24/7 surveillance.
UNRWA examines the poverty among Palestinians in the West Bank.
The police arrested 13 J14 activists Monday for protesting the cutting of electricity to their tent cities.
Activists hold a vigil in front of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv in memory of Ibrahim Zaza, 12 years old, who died from wounds received in a drone attack in Gaza.
A unit commander makes Palestinians take part in crawling races to get thru a checkpoint in this video from Breaking The Silence.