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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 December 27, 2011
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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 November 14, 2011
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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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Olive trees destroyed outside Bethlehem

Posted on: May 31, 2011
Broken olive tree

31 May 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

This morning Maher Abu Sab’a’ discovered that 248 out of the 250 olive tree saplings that had recently been planted on his land had been destroyed over-night. The saplings which had been planted three months previously had been systematically uprooted from the earth and broken with their remains left scattered over the earth. The land is situated outside Bethlehem next to a number of illegal Israeli settlements including Kiryat Arba, one of the largest illegal settlement in the West Bank with … Continue reading


Updated on June 1, 2011
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Bloody Nakba Day; 16 killed, 400 injured as Israeli troops attack protesters

Posted on: May 16, 2011
Protests in Ramallah

16 May 2011 | Palestine News Network

As protests commemorating Nakba ended on Sunday night sources confirmed that Israeli military attacks on those protests left 16 killed and 400 injured. Israeli troops attacked Nakba protests in several parts of the West Bank, Jerusalem, the Gaza Strip, in addition to the Lebanese and Syrian borders.

Maroun al-Ras:
10 Palestinian refugees were killed and some 80 others injured when Israeli soldiers opened fire at protesters at the border fence near Maroun al-Ras at the Lebanese borders. The Lebanese army intervened after … Continue reading


Updated on May 16, 2011
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Military Judge Criticizes Police; Releases the Bethlehem Ten

Posted on: April 1, 2010
Activist arrested on the freedom march from Bethlehem to Jerusalem

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

01 April 2010

Judge Dahan of the Ofer Military Court in the West Bank ordered the release of the ten peaceful demonstrators arrested in Bethlehem last Sunday, among them PLO Executive Committee’s Abbas Zaki. The judge criticized the police and prosecution saying that the protest was nonviolent, and that the only force used in it was that used by police to apprehend the demonstrators.

After five long days in an Israeli military prison, … Continue reading


Updated on April 5, 2010
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Racial Discrimination By Israeli Police: Bethlehem Peaceful Protesters Still Detained

Posted on: March 29, 2010

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

29 March 2010

While the Israeli and international protesters detained in Bethlehem yesterday have been released, the police extended the arrest of the ten Palestinians, including PLO Executive Committee Member, Abbas Zaki, by 96 hours under military law. A demonstration held in Bethlehem today in support of the arrestees was dispersed by the Army.

Fifteen demonstrators have been arrested yesterday by Israeli forces during a peaceful demonstration near Rachel’s Tomb protesting Israeli violations of Palestinian freedom of religion and lack of access to Jerusalem. The demonstrators marked Palm Sunday and demanded to exercise the centuries old Christian tradition of … Continue reading


Updated on March 29, 2010
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15 Arrested in Bethlehem Demo incl. PLO Executive Committee Member

Posted on: March 28, 2010
Marwan Farrarjah shows marks on his back after he was violently arrested by Israeli soldiers

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

28 March 2010

Israeli forces arrested 15 demonstrators, including Abbas Zaki of the PLO Executive Committee, during a Bethlehem demonstration to mark Palm Sunday and protest Israeli restrictions on movement. An AP photographer and four members of local popular committees were also arrested.

About 200 demonstrators set out from the Church of Nativity today on their way to Jerusalem to mark Palm Sunday, protest Israeli-imposed restrictions on movement and demand that Israel respects Palestinians’ freedom of religion. The protesters, who overwhelmed the soldiers at the checkpoint in their numbers, managed to nonviolently pass through the Bethlehem checkpoint and enter … Continue reading


Updated on March 28, 2010
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