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Protestors hold firm around Palestine this week

Posted on: July 6, 2010
Palestinian children confront Israeli soldiers

International Solidarity Movement

6 July 2010

An Nabi Salih

The Friday protest in An Nabi Salih was passionate and vibrant as ever. Israeli Army jeeps pre-emptively invaded the village, setting up a roadblock at the main crossroads. Dozens of villagers, joined by a handful of international and Israeli activists, marched down the main street to meet them. The number of protestors soon grew as most of the people in the village came out into the streets to demonstrate against the soldiers.

The An Nabi Salih demonstration is specifically … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Direct action around Palestine

Posted on: July 1, 2010
Member of Al-Ma'asara Popular Committee confronts soldiers

International Solidarity Movement

1 July 2010

Al Ma’asara

The people of Al-Ma’asara’s again demonstrated peacefully last Friday, protesting against land seizures and settler harassment. Twenty villagers were joined by a handful of Israelis and internationals, marching from the village out towards the confiscated fields.

For the second week running, the group was allowed to reach the fields; Israeli army jeeps appeared as always, but this week the soldiers escorted the protest group to the fields, rather than attempting to stop them. Protestors were pushed and shouted at if they tried … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Demonstrators refuse to be intimidated by military violence

Posted on: June 22, 2010
Tangled razorwire and unpreparedness caused soldiers to permit Al Ma'asara's demonstration to reach the village's land

International Solidarity Movement

22 June 2010

Al Ma’asara

After three years of being blocked from accessing their land on Fridays, Al Ma’asara villagers were granted permission on Friday to walk to the fields which will be confiscated by planned wall construction. Soldiers initially tried to block the route with razor wire but, as it was tangled and out of commission, relented to the requests of … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Weekend demonstrations commemorate Flotilla massacre

Posted on: June 8, 2010
Demonstrators commemorated the Flotilla massacre by building a ship in Bil'in

International Solidarity Movement

8 June 2010

Bil’in

On Friday June 4th, the village of Bilín’s own Freedom Flotilla ship was attacked by soldiers from the Israel military, after it had been driven to the site of the Apartheid Fence which separates the village from much of its lands. The ship had been accompanied by large numbers of Palestinian and international supporters, including a delegation of … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Al Walaja, Beit Jala protest illegal wall construction

Posted on: May 25, 2010
Villagers hold a seated protest in Al Walaja

International Solidarity Movement

25 May 2010

Al Walaja

Al Walaja village, close to Bethlehem, faces the threat of being totally isolated from the surrounding countryside by an apartheid wall which is currently under construction. When it is finished the only access villagers will have to the outside world is through a tunnel which can be opened or closed at the whim of the Israeli authorities. This nightmarish prospect is being protested each Sunday by the villagers, supported by Israeli and … Continue reading


Updated on May 25, 2010
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Eight arrested in Beit Jala bulldozer action

Posted on: May 17, 2010
Demonstrators obstructed construction of the illegal apartheid wall in Beit Jala

International Solidarity Movement

17 May 2010

UPDATE: All eight of the activists arrested yesterday during the demonstration in Beit Jala were released last night at 11:30 p.m. Each arrestee was individually interrogated, and required to give the police his or her phone number as contact information “in case further investigation is needed”. No other conditions were stipulated.

The Christian village of Beit Jala, in the Bethlehem governorate, lies next to the path of the apartheid … Continue reading


Updated on May 17, 2010
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Weekend demonstrations continue the struggle

Posted on: May 10, 2010
Weekend demonstrations continue the struggle

International Solidarity Movement

10 May 2010

Bil’in
Today’s demonstrators, Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, marched from the Bil’in mosque towards the illegal apartheid wall. Halfway along the route, the procession picked up several men dressed entirely in black, carrying a coffin with a man inside. The grim scene symbolized the Palestinians’ loss of land during the Nakba and their inability to return to these … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Journalist and Two Protesters Hurt in Beit Jala Demo

Posted on: May 3, 2010
Abu Michel cleans the front of his Beit Jala home after bulldozers destroyed his family's patio and playground. Anne Paq/Activestills.org

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

3 May 2010

Over 150 people participated in the weekly anti-Wall demonstration organized by the local Popular Committee in Beit Jala on Sunday. The protest march, which set out towards the Wall’s construction site, was attacked with tear-gas and concussion grenades as soon as it reached a razor-wire barricade erected by soldiers … Continue reading


Updated on May 3, 2010
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Bethlehem is on fire. Apartheid is burning.

Posted on: March 15, 2010
Soldiers, armed to the teeth, meet non-violent protesters in Beit Jala.

15 March 2010

Two months ago there was one weekly demonstration in the Bethlehem area, this weekend alone there were four. With Al-Ma’sara on Friday, Beit Ummar and Jubbet adh Dhib on Saturday and Beit Jala on Sunday, the third -unarmed- intifada is knocking on our door. The Israeli government knows this and is terrified. They can outgun an armed insurgence but their weapons will only erode global support when used against unarmed, … Continue reading


Updated on March 15, 2010
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Work day to rebuilt bulldozed playground in Beit Jalla, Bethlehem successful

Posted on: March 11, 2010
Soldiers watch as Palestinians and internationals rebuild the playground destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces one week earlier.

11 March 2010

Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals met in Beit Jallah today to rebuild a playground that bulldozers destroyed last week while clearing the path to complete the wall near Bethlehem. 12 people armed only with pick axes and hoes, flattened out the bulldozer tracks and deep holes left from uprooted trees, reset two swing sets, and brought in sand by … Continue reading


Updated on March 11, 2010
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