TIMES OF ISRAEL
by Eric Cortellessa
August 31, 2015

The ubiquity of the media in the West Bank means that almost every confrontation between IDF soldiers and Palestinians is a viral video waiting to happen

Their faces covered in bandanas, a group of adolescent Palestinian boys led the march from the West Bank Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh toward the neighboring Jewish settlement of Halamish. Behind them was a large crowd of villagers — some older and some younger — activists and members of the media. Some were waving Palestinian flags; some were holding gas masks; many had cameras…It was my first time at the weekly protest. For everyone else there, it was ritual. They greeted each other like members of a football team before taking the field. READ MORE