Photos of the week: Palestinians return to Jordan Valley village
By Activestills
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February 6, 2014 uruknet.info 
African
asylum seekers wake up in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv, on the second
day of sit-in, February 3, 2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
African
asylum seekers wake up in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv, on the second
day of a sit-in after spending the night on the ground, February 3,
2013. The African community is continuing its struggle for refugee
rights, determined to reach a full solution. (photo: Oren
Ziv/Activestills.org)
African
asylum seekers wait to board a bus of the Israeli immigration authority
before leaving for Holot detention center, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 2
, 2014. The Israeli immigration authority summoned several dozen asylum
seekers, ordering them to arrive at Holot detention center. Around 40
complied. According to human rights organizations, over 1,700 African
asylum seekers received similar summons scheduled for the coming weeks,
informing them that their current visa has been cancelled. (photo: Yotam
Ronen/Activestills.org)
African
asylum seekers wake up in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv, on the third
day of a sit-in after spending the night on the ground, February 4,
2013. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
African
Asylum seekers look at an Actviestills photo exhibition on the asylum
seekers� struggle in Israel, in Levinsky Park, south Tel Aviv, on the
second day of a sit-in after spending the night on the ground, February
3, 2013. The African community is continuing it�s struggle for refugee
rights, determined to reach a full solution. (photo: Yotam
Ronen/Activestills.org)
The
Mezri family made the decision to demolish their own home after they
learned they would be forced to pay for the demolition by Israeli
authorities, Jabal Mukaber, East Jerusalem, February 5, 2014. (photo:
Tali Mayer/Activestills.org)
Former
Palestinian hunger striker Samer Issawi is greeted by activists in
Jaffa�s Clock Square, February 1, 2014. Samer Issawi was on hunger
strike in Israeli prison for more than 200 days, protesting his
prolonged administrative detention. Jaffa activists staged daily
protests in the months prior to his release. (photo: Shiraz
Grinbaum/Activestills.org)
Israeli
police guard tractors plowing Bedouin wheat fields off-season, Negev,
Israel, February 5, 2014. Israeli authorities plow Bedouin fields every
year at this time in order to prevent the owners of the land from making
agricultural use of it. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Palestinians
shout slogans in the in Ein Hijleh protest village, in the Jordan
Valley, West Bank January 31, 2014. Over 300 Palestinians participated
in the action as part of the Melh Al-Ard (Salt of the Earth) campaign
against the Israeli plan to annex the Jordan valley, discussed during
the current round of negotiation-talks between the PA and Israel,
coordinated by John Kerry. (photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)
Palestinians
sit around a fire in the Ein Hijleh protest village in the Jordan
Valley, West Bank January 31, 2014. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Due
to Israeli army roadblocks that do not allow cars to enter,
Palestinians on horseback help deliver food and supplies to the protest
village of Ein Hijleh on the fourth day of the encampment, Jordan
Valley, West Bank, February 3, 2014. (photo: Ryan Rodrick
Beiler/Activestills.org)
Palestinian
activists greet the rising sun in Ein Hijleh protest village, in the
Jordan Valley, West Bank, February 1, 2014. (photo: Oren
Ziv/Activestills.org)
Asylum
seekers wave at protesters from inside the repatriation closed center
called 127 bis, Steenokkerzeel, near the airport of Brussels, Belgium,
February 2, 2014. The persons detained in 127 bis are mostly asylum
seekers whose requests have been dismissed and others who are still
waiting for an answer from the foreign office. Built like a prison, the
center is surrounded by a triple row of wire netting and has isolation
cells. The detention conditions have been repeatedly denounced by human
rights organizations. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Jewish
books and magazines are seen in the Israeli dump site in Qusin village,
west of Nablus, West Bank, February 4, 2014. The dump site is one
kilometer away from the most built-up area of the village and is located
in an area rich with groundwater resources. The Israelis started to
dump the contents of trucks filled with unknown waste in the dump site
in January 2013. Military garbage is frequently seen at the site.
(photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
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