Video: Mohammed Omer on Israel’s Separation Wall and Death

On Nov. 5, 2009, at the Palestine Center in Washington, D.C., an award-winning journalist, Mohammed Omer, presented a video that he had taken in January, 2005, at Rafah, Gaza Strip, near the Egyptian border. Mr. Omer, now 25 years of age, was born and raised in the Rafah refugee camp. See: http://www.webgaza.net/background/Refugee_Camps/Gaza_Strip/Rafah_Camp.htm His video dealt with some Palestian children attempting to post Palestinian flags on a huge Separation Wall, controlled by a security tower, operated by Israeli soldiers. A number of the children were killed by Israeli gunfire coming from the tower. During a Q&A session, Mr. Omer described what happened to the victims as a “war crime.” He also commented on, topics like: press freedom, self-censorship and an unpleasant experience that he had with CNN.

For more about the Palestine Center, go to “The Jerusalem Fund,” at:

http://www.thejerusalemfund.org/

Mr. Omer is a correspondent for the “Washington Report on the Middle East Affairs” magazine. Check out:

http://www.washington-report.org/

For the latest on the Human Rights crisis in Gaza, see the UN Report of Judge Richard Goldstone, at:

http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/specialsession/9/FactFindingMission.htm

and

http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/11/03/un-endorse-goldstone-report

and

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/report/impunity-war-crimes-gaza-southern-israel-recipe-further-civilian-suffering-20090702

and

http://www.rafahtoday.org/news/todaymain.htm