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Stop the Jewish National Fund greenwashing ‘Green Sunday’ February 5, 2012

Posted on: January 29, 2012
Stop the Jewish National Fund greenwashing ‘Green Sunday’ February 5, 2012

27 January 2012 | Stop the JNF Campaign

The Jewish National Fund has designated Sunday 5th February as ‘Green Sunday’, when it encourages people to donate money to ‘plant trees in Israel’.  The JNF claims to have environmental objectives.  Don’t be taken in.  The JNF’s tree planting is a cover for ethnic cleansing.
The JNF exists to acquire land in Israel/Palestine for the sole use of Jewish people.  For more than 100 years, the JNF has been complicit in expulsions of Palestinians from their homes, the destruction of their villages … Continue reading


Updated on April 13, 2012
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Record number of Palestinians displaced by demolitions as Quartet continues to talk

Posted on: December 14, 2011
There has been a sharp rise in demolitions of Palestinian homes in 2011 © Amnesty International

13 December 2011 | Amnesty International

Israeli authorities have stepped up unlawful demolitions in the West Bank including East Jerusalem over the past year, displacing a record number of Palestinian families from their homes, an international coalition of 20 leading aid agencies and human rights groups said today.

The statement comes as the Middle East Quartet meets in Jerusalem in its latest effort to revive peace talks.

The sharp rise in demolitions in 2011 has been accompanied by accelerated expansion of Israeli settlements and an escalation of violence perpetrated by settlers, … Continue reading


Updated on December 14, 2011
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Palestinian youth welcome former detainees to Gaza in “Prisoners Uprising”

Posted on: October 22, 2011

22 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza

Fifty Palestinian youth marched from Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross compound to the Commodore Gaza and Al-Quds International Hotels, celebrating the release of 477 political prisoners Tuesday and welcoming those exiled to Gaza, who are currently housed in the hotels.

The demonstration ended in the Al-Nour Cultural Center, where four exiled prisoners, as well as the son of a current prisoner from Gaza, addressed the crowd.

“We are trying to awaken youth about the situation of the prisoners through ongoing activities,” said Majed Abusalama, one of the organizers of the event.

“This is peaceful … Continue reading


Updated on October 22, 2011
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Home demolitions in Amniyr, a community north of Susiya in the South Hebron Hills

Posted on: February 22, 2011
Resident of demolished home

International Solidarity Movement

This morning the Israeli army demolished homes, wells and trees in the village of Susiya, South Hebron Hills. Two families were made homeless.

A total of five tents, two wells and a number of olive trees were demolished. Tens of troops and two bulldozers were used.

Neighbours were prevented from reaching the families, and teachers on their way to school in Susiya were stopped, and their IDs confiscated, until the demolition was completed.

The families had received their third notice of demolition in January 2011 but were … Continue reading


Updated on May 1, 2011
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Israeli police accused of targeting Jerusalem’s Arab residents

Posted on: September 11, 2010
Israeli police accused of targeting Jerusalem’s Arab residents

11 September 2010 | The Independent

A leading civil-rights group has accused Israeli police of systematic discrimination against the Arab residents of East Jerusalem as growing numbers of hardline religious Jews take up residence in Palestinian areas.

A report from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (Acri) found that violent confrontations between Jewish residents and their Palestinian neighbours had risen rapidly, but that Israeli police … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Ethnic cleansing continues: Bedouin village Al Araqib demolished for the third time

Posted on: August 10, 2010
Ethnic cleansing continues: Bedouin village Al Araqib demolished for the third time

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Bedouin village of Al Araqib demolished for the third time

10 August 2010

Al Araqib, NEGEV

The Bedouin village of Al Araqib in Southern Israel was destroyed for the third time in two weeks this morning, Tuesday August 10th, by Israeli civil administration forces.

At approximately 5.45 this morning around 50 Israeli police and 15 border police arrived in jeeps to guard 3 caterpillar bulldozers who razed the Palestinian Bedouin village near Beersheva, Negev to the ground in just over one hour.

Six or seven makeshift houses which had been rebuilt by the families (following the two previous demolitions on July 27th and … Continue reading


Updated on August 10, 2010
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YNet: 1,000 rally for Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: August 8, 2010
Solidarity protest for Sheikh Jarrah - Photo: Sheikh Jarrah

Ronen Medzin, Ynet

6 August 2010

Arab, Jewish left-wing activists mark first anniversary of protests against evacuation of Palestinian families from east Jerusalem neighborhood in favor of Jews. Rallies held in Tel Aviv, Nazareth, Haifa as well

More than 1,000 people across Israel on Friday took part in activities marking one year since Jewish residents entered the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Every week for the past year, Arab and Jewish left-wing protestors have been holding a protest in the neighborhood, calling for the return of three Palestinian families to their homes.

Hundreds of participants, including intellectuals and politicians, began marching … Continue reading


Updated on August 9, 2010
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Dozens mark first anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah evictions

Posted on: August 4, 2010
Dozens mark first anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah evictions

4 August 2010

Dozens marched to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem on Monday, August 2nd, to mark the first anniversary of the eviction of two Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Holding UNRWA to account

Representatives of the al-Ghawi and Hanoun families, whose homes have been occupied by Israeli settlers since August 2nd 2009, were joined by Palestinian, Israeli and international supporters, who gathered at ten in the morning outside the houses in question, held a … Continue reading


Updated on August 7, 2010
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First anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah eviction

Posted on: August 2, 2010
First anniversary of double Sheikh Jarrah eviction

2 August 2010

Today, August 2nd, marks one year since the Hanoun and al-Ghawi families were evicted from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of East Jerusalem at 5:30 in the morning by Israeli security forces.

The families, together with their Palestinian, Israeli and international supporters will mark the date with a gathering and prayer at 10:00, followed by a march to the Jerusalem municipality. They will call for an end to the injustice of evictions and to the … Continue reading


Updated on August 2, 2010
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Sheikh Jarrah endures settlers’ “Jerusalem Day” celebrations of ethnic cleansing

Posted on: May 14, 2010
Settlers, Palestinians in the street of Sheikh Jarrah

International Solidarity Movement

14 May 2010

Hundreds of settlers held disruptive celebrations in the Palestinian neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah yesterday in honor of “Jerusalem Day”. Dancing, screaming and praying in the street, the settlers disrupted life for over six hours, as police barricades and teeming masses prevented traffic from flowing as usual. One Palestinian woman was violently assaulted in the afternoon, resulting in a gash across her face and a broken nose. Palestinian residents observing from their homes and/or sidewalk … Continue reading


Updated on May 15, 2010
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