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Press Release from the Welcome to Palestine Campaign

Posted on: April 16, 2012

by Mazin Qumsiyeh

16 April 2012 | Welcome to Palestine Campaign 2012
We did not have to show our 1500 visitors Israeli racism, arrogance, and human rights violations; the Israeli government showed them and also showed the whole world. Calling itself a democracy, this outlaw state denied the right of people from around the world to come visit us and see for themselves the reality of life under occupation.
We the Palestinian people are 11 million normal human beings, 7 million are refugees or displaced people simply because they are natives to a land that was wanted for a Jewish state. Five million of us … Continue reading


Updated on April 16, 2012
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Red Crescent medics treat 339 protesters in the West Bank

Posted on: March 30, 2012
Medics carry an injured protester during clashes between protesters and Israeli forces at a demonstration marking Land Day, at Qalandiya checkpoint Ramallah on March 30. (Reuters/Darren Whiteside)

30 March 2012 | Ma’an News Agency

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Red Crescent treated 339 protesters on Friday at protests around the West Bank to mark Land Day, a spokesman said.

Muhammad Ayyad told Ma’an that five people were seriously injured and 55 hospitalized as protesters commemorated six Palestinians who were killed by Israeli forces in 1976 at demonstrations against Israel’s land confiscation in the Galilee.

Three people in Bethlehem were critically injured, one of whom was hit in the face by a tear gas canister. A protester … Continue reading


Updated on March 30, 2012
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In Photos: Bethlehem met with rain of Israeli violence

Posted on: March 16, 2012
Click here for more photos | Photos courtesy Ahmad Mezher, 2012

by Mahmoud Zawahre

16 March 2012 | Al Ma’sara Popular Committee

Today the weekly demo of Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, was underway as dozens of Palestinians and Israelis demonstrated in  the heavy rain against the wall in solidarity with Hana Shalabi . Israeli Occupartion Forces first attacked Mahmoud Zawahre, the coordinator Of Al-Ma’sara Popular Committee, tearing his clothes before he managed to escape them. After that they started attacking people with their batons and  arrested four Israeli activists. They were later released. They  also broke the camera of … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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The isolated corner

Posted on: March 16, 2012
The isolated corner | Click here for more photos

by Axel

15 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

In the outer part of Bethlehem very close to Rachel’s Tomb, Mariam (who wishes not to use her actual name) runs her small Palestinian souvenir shop. But this is not a shop in the usual touristic places of Bethlehem,  and not a place you find if you don’t know about it.

Despite these facts, this small shop has become the only income for Mariam and her family since it opened two years ago.

Before 2002 her husband had an auto mechanic shop in this building, perfectly located right next to the main road … Continue reading


Updated on March 16, 2012
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Al Ma’sara: House on the seam of looming Apartheid Wall becomes center for peaceful resistance

Posted on: February 15, 2012
Al Ma’sara: House on the seam of looming Apartheid Wall becomes center for peaceful resistance

by Aaron

14 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
There is a place where a ground-level concrete line runs beside a country road through olive orchards, grape vines, blossoming almond trees, and homes—all Palestinian. This is the projected path of a new segment of Israeli Apartheid Wall through Al-Ma’sara, a small village 13 km south of Bethlehem in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Since 2006, protesters have held weekly demonstrations opposing the Wall’s construction—which was halted in 2009, possibly due to financial constraints. But attacks on Palestinian homes … Continue reading


Updated on February 15, 2012
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Israel to demolish two houses near Bethlehem

Posted on: January 28, 2012

28 January 2012 | WAFA News Agency

Israeli forces delivered home demolition notices to two Palestinian homeowners in al-Ma’sara, a village south of Bethlehem, under the pretext that they were built without a permit in an area under full Israel control, said head of the village council Samir Zawahra on Saturday.

He said Israeli soldiers placed the notices near the two houses, which were in their final stage of construction.

Zawahra accused the Israeli authorities of plotting to empty the area of its Palestinian residents in order to take over the land for the benefit of nearby settlements.

He said the Israeli … Continue reading


Updated on January 29, 2012
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Merry Christmas from Gaza

Posted on: December 25, 2011
Merry Christmas from Gaza

by Shahd Abusalama

25 December 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes

When I was a very young girl, I used to climb the window and stretch my arm out, trying to collect some rain in my small hand, then sip it, believing that it was the purest ever. I remembered this as I was listening to the raindrops hitting my room’s windows, which I made sure were securely closed, to keep the cold wind from blowing inside and disturbing the warmth my body felt under my heavy blankets.

Meanwhile, I could … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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“Only one half of me is free, but the other half is still there, locked up behind Israeli bars”

Posted on: November 14, 2011
Palestinians in Bethlehem are protesting in solidarity with Chris who is deported to Gaza

by Shahd Abusalama

13 November 2011  | Palestine from My Eyes

In a nice restaurant overlooking Gaza’s beach, beneath a full moon with a beautiful halo surrounding it, I sat with my new friends who recently were released from Israeli prisons. Their freedom was restricted by Israel’s inhumane rules, including indefinitely deportation from the West Bank, away from their families and friends. However, they all shared one thought: “The problem is not here.  Both the West Bank and Gaza are our homeland. The problem is that our freedom will not be complete until our … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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New Israeli military tactic: Headbutting in Al- Ma’asara

Posted on: October 28, 2011
New Israeli military tactic: Headbutting in Al- Ma’asara

by Alistair George
28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
The Israeli military violently obstructed a peaceful demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, today.
Around 25 Palestinians and a similar number of international observers marched from the village at 12:20 PM today and attempted to reach olive groves on Palestinian land just outside of Al-Ma’asara in time for this year’s olive harvest.  A line of thirteen soldiers, backed by reinforcements in three armoured vehicles, pushed and shoved protesters, including a small Palestinian boy, in order to prevent them from … Continue reading


Updated on October 31, 2011
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House Demolition: Jab’a resident insists he will rebuild again

Posted on: October 11, 2011
House Demolition: Jab’a resident insists he will rebuild again

10th October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank.

On 10th October 2011 at 5am Israeli forces demolished a family home in the village of Al Jab’a, about 15 km southwest of Bethlehem.

The owner, Sheikh Nasri, was farming his land at the time of the demolition. Nasri, 50, had been constructing the house for his family of ten children whilst living in a nearby rented property. He had applied for a building permit, which was still pending. Villagers reported that a Demolition Order had not been presented.

Al Jab’a has a … Continue reading


Updated on October 12, 2011
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