🎥 "Palestinian Life Under Israel's Illegal Occupation" – Episode 5: Settler Violence

Under the watch of Israeli soldiers, settlers routinely destroy what Palestinian families have tended for generations. Olive trees are uprooted, fields set ablaze, homes and lives threatened. Beyond the destruction of land, Palestinians in the West Bank face direct assaults, intimidation, and harassment, not only leaving physical scars or injury but often lasting psychological trauma. Since October 2023, these attacks have escalated sharply, with perpetrators frequently acting with impunity, shielded from accountability and consequence.

📢 Share these stories told by Palestinians. Demand an end to illegal settlements.
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🎥 In Episode 4 of "Palestinian Life Under Israel’s Illegal Occupation" we look at The Separation Wall built around the West Bank.

The wall, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice, is not built on the border between the West Bank and Israel but instead 85% of its 700km length is built inside the West Bank border - encroaching in on Palestinian land, isolating communities and annexing farmland. It blocks farmers from their fields, children from their schools, and families from each other.

For people who are cut off by the wall, they now have to take hours-long journeys to get around it and hope they are granted access through checkpoints on the way.

While Palestinians are penned in by the wall, settlers in illegal settlements are connected by 1661km of settler-only roads.

📢 Share the stories in this video told by West Bank Palestinians. Demand an end to illegal settlements.

🎬This episode is part of a series. All episodes so far are on our page.

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🎥"Palestinian Life Under Israel's Illegal Occupation" - Episode 2: Demolitions and Forced Displacement.

Entire Palestinian communities are being bulldozed to make way for illegal Israeli settlements. Families in Masafer Yatta, Jordan Valley, East Jerusalem and the refugee camps in the occupied West Bank watch their homes vanish, schools flattened and their futures erased.

In Episode 2 of this series made by Palestinians we explore the shocking fact that nearly 20,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced internally since 2009. All to make way for Israeli settlements that are illegal under international law.

💭Did you know about the extent of this displacement?

📢 Share the stories. Demand an end to the injustice of illegal settlements.

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📢SAVE THE DATE: Join us for the Scotland Demands Better march!

🗓️ Saturday 25th October
📍 Edinburgh - leaving from the Scottish Parliament

Over 1 million people in Scotland are living in poverty. We're joining hundreds of people and organisations marching in Edinburgh to demand better jobs, better investment, and better social security.

More details on our meeting point and exact time to follow. Let's come together to demand a Scotland where all can live with dignity.

📢JOIN US FOR SCOTLAND DEMANDS BETTER

Justice & Peace Scotland is proud to join the Scotland Demands Better campaign in collaboration with over 100 partners in The Poverty Alliance.

🪧On Saturday 25th October we will be joining the Scotland Demands Better March in Edinburgh under the Justice & Peace Scotland banner and we are asking all our supporters to come together to demand a Scotland where all can live with dignity.

Over 1 million people in Scotland are living in poverty, including more than one in five children. This is not the vision of society we strive for in seeking to realise dignity and the common good for all as envisioned in Catholic Social Teaching.

The SDB campaign is asking for:
🔹Better jobs for everyone who needs one with fair conditions and wages that pay the bills.
🔹Better investment for life's essentials: like affordable homes, good public transport, a thriving natural environment and strong public services.
🔹Better social security so that all of us have a foundation for the future.

🗓️SAVE THE DATE NOW to join us this October in calling for a Scotland where everyone can thrive!
🕤The march will leave from the Scottish Parliament around 9.30-10am and proceed up the Royal Mile and along George IV Bridge to The Meadows.
🎤There we'll have a family-friendly rally with a festival feel, including music, speeches, and entertainment.
📍Nearer the time we will share our exact assembly point and meeting time so please keep an eye on our social media or join our mailing list.

Let's come together to show that Scotland Demands Better for all!