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West Bank Update - Please Distribute Widely - March 24, 2007

Hello from Palestine,

Since the beginning of the year, we have been working to establish a direct link between American classrooms and the West Bank of Palestine. By producing documentary films and facilitating live video conferences between Palestinian and American students, we hope to shed light on the realities of life under Occupation. In the coming weeks, we will be sending newsletters like this one to catch everyone up on our last several months here. Below are links to three short films about the recent Israeli invasion into Nablus, dubbed "Operation Hot Winter." Please visit our website and blog for more from RJI.

Operation "Hot Winter" - Feb 25
Soldiers in the Old City of Nablus
Feb. 25, 2007 - Ma'an News Agency- Israeli occupation forces initiated a huge operation in Nablus, in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, considered to be the biggest operation there in two years. Ma'an's correspondent reported that more than 60 Israeli military vehicles and several bulldozers entered the city and imposed curfew. Click picture to download the video from RJI.

Operation "Hot Winter" - Feb 26
Soldiers in the Old City of Nablus
Israeli Military vehicles, accompanied by bulldozers, moved into Nablus on Feb 25 and imposed a city-wide curfew. IOF soldiers transformed a number of civilian homes into military bases and bulldozers divided Nablus in half by placing sand barriers and cement blocks on the main access roads into the city. Click picture to download the video from RJI.

Operation "Hot Winter" - Feb 28
Israeli bulldozer in the Old City of Nablus
After temporarily withdrawing part of their troops from Nablus, the Isrsaeli Occupation Forces (IOF) re-invaded the city around 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning, February 28, 2007. Since then, the IOF have resumed their operation in the Old City and the Ras al-Ein area right above it. Click on the picture to download the video from RJI

The Research Journalism Initiative is dedicated to changing the way students learn about socio-economic, religious and geopolitical conflict by providing students a direct link to regions of conflict abroad. RJI volunteers living in the West Bank produce video documentaries and facilitate live video conferences between Palestinians and high school students in the United States in order to encourage dialogue and present Palestinian points of view in American classrooms. RJI is a non-profit organization funded entirely by individual donations and our own savings; please consider supporting our work by making a contribution.

Thank you for your continued support,

Mark Turner
Research Journalism Initiative

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