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[Macdonald Stainsby <mstainsby@xxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: [Indigenousyouth] Palenst-Indians
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:28:11 -0800 (PST)
From: Angela Sterritt

Nonviolent demonstration at Huwara checkpoint links plight of 
Palestinians to that of Native Americans
  PNN, (Nablus) Amin Abu Wardeh Monday, 15 January 2007
  Dozens of Palestinians staged a nonviolent demonstration at Huwara 
Checkpoint in southern Nablus Sunday dressed in a loose version of the 
traditional outfits of Native Americans. The point was to make the 
connection between the colonization taking place in Palestine and that 
which happened in the Americas while the US Secretary of State was nearby.
  Israeli forces occupying the northern West Bank attempted to block 
media coverage of the demonstration and quickly closed the checkpoint.
  The Palestinian Dama Center representatives told reporters that they 
organized the event as âan expression of the will of the vast majority 
of Palestinians and their refusal to accept the daily practice of the 
occupation.â This protest is part of a larger program entitled, â30 Days 
against the Barriers.â
  At least 300 people demonstrated, with foreign and Israeli supporters 
backing up the Palestinians. Israeli soldiers tried to stop them by 
force, but the crowd sat on the ground for two hours, intermittently 
chanting anti-colonial messages to US Secretary of State Condoleezza 
Rice who was meeting with President Abbas in Ramallah at the time.
  The Director of the Youth Program in the Union of Palestinian Medical 
Relief Committees said that the series of demonstrations are being 
organized as nonviolent resistance against all Israeli checkpoints. The 
30 days of events are sponsored by private institutions in the city and 
health and social work NGOs.

  Protest against checkpoints at Huwarrah marks beginning of new campaign
  Date: 14 / 01 / 2007 Time: 16:18

  Nablus â Ma'an -
  Hundreds of representatives and members of civil society 
organizations have participated in a mass demonstration near the 
Huwwarah checkpoint, condemning Israeli checkpoints throughout the West 
Bank.
  Both foreigners and organization volunteers took part in the 
demonstration, calling for the removal of checkpoints within the 
occupied territories, as part of a focused 30 day campaign against 
Israeli barricades.