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A call for activists in various cities around the world to block roads on February 25th as a sign of solidarity with the blocking of Shuhada street in Hebron to the Palestinian residents.
On the morning of Thursday 7 January 2010, Israeli soldiers attacked and injured Palestinian shepherds from the Musa Rabai family, as they grazed their sheep in Humra valley, near the village of At-Tuwani in the South Hebron Hills.
More than 50,000 Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem live beyond the separation barrier -- areas which are officially part of the city but cut off from its daily life. AFPTV visited the isolated suburb of Kfar Aqeb, where Palestinians are deprived of most municipal services.
The Cost of War examines the longer term legacy of Israel's war on Gaza. By following characters associated with buildings that were targeted in the war, the film explores the humanitarian and economic situation in Gaza and the impact of the war on human development.