winter2012 palestine NEWS 1 £2.00 / €2.00 ISSN 1477-5808 Winter 2012 2011 death toll: 180 INSIDE: Settler violence Reconciliation deal Bedouin expelled Olive picking Diane Langford Gill Swain Dr Mansour Nsasra Jenny Kassman page 4 page 7 page 10 page 12 Palestine Solidarity Campaign Box BM PSA London WC1N 3XX tel 020 7700 6192 email
[email protected] web www.palestinecampaign.org 2 palestine NEWS winter2012 Contents 3 Talks – what is their significance? Betty Hunter comments on reconciliation talks and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations 4 Settler violence skyrockets Diane Langford reports on the massive upsurge in unchecked attacks by settlers 7 Hanna Braun – an inspiring life Frankie Green reflects on the life of the redoubtable campaigner 8 Prisoners out – prisoners in Gill Swain examines the prisoner swap, and a new wave of arrests of activists 9 Prison made us stronger Pam Bailey interviews two released men trying to build a new life Cover image: A protest in New 10 Bedouin driven from their lands York over the killing of Mustafa Dr Mansour Nsasra examines Israel’s plans forcibly to transfer 60,000 Bedouin Tamimi. Photo: Richard van der Aa, 12 Solidarity among the olives Demotix. Jenny Kassman recalls a fun trip helping Palestinians bring in the olive harvest ISSN 1477 - 5808 14 Sabre rattling over Iran Diane Langford reports on the attempts to whip up hysteria over Iran Also in this issue... page 25 15 Why do church leaders forsake us? Bernard Kilroy examines the question Palestinian Christians are asking 16 Fox, Werrity, Gould..