Andrew Beale

Andrew Beale was raised on the U.S./Mexico border, where he first learned about community organizing from Mexican and American activists. He has a BA in multimedia journalism from the University of New Mexico and is a certified “Auténtico” from the School of Authentic Journalism. He currently lives in the West Bank. Follow him on Facebook here.

Video as a weapon in embattled Hebron

Still from B'Tselem video in Hebron, August 2008. (YouTube/mission4uyt)

For residents of one of the West Bank's most violent and contested cities, cameras are "one of the most effective weapons we have."More

February 20, 2013
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Palestinian tent city challenges Israeli ‘doomsday settlement’

As dozens of activists poured out of their buses, voices from the top of the hill shouted down at them in Arabic.More

January 12, 2013
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‘Shadow councils’ give voice to Palestinian youth

Bashaer Othman as acting mayor of Allar. (Facebook)

Disillusionment may seem unquantifiable, but Sharek Youth Forum has found a way to measure it. The organization, based in the West Bank capital of Ramallah, found in a 2011 survey of over 1,000 West Bank youth that 62 percent of Palestinian youth don’t trust in any existing political party.More

November 12, 2012
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