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Bruqin: International Women’s Day Demonstration for Hana Shalabi

Posted on: March 9, 2012
Bruqin: International Women’s Day Demonstration for Hana Shalabi

by Jeff

8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
 

Yesterday, several hundred people traveled from around the West Bank to the village of Bruqin to mark the occasion of International Women’s Day and protest against Israel’s continued imprisonment and confinement of hunger striker Hana Shalabi.

Bruqin is Shalabi’s home village, and the demonstration centered around the Shalabi family home. The demonstration was organized by the Union of Palestinian Women Committees and representatives from the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and political parties ranging from Islamic Jihad to the DFLP were present.

Hana Shalabi … Continue reading


Updated on March 11, 2012
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International Women’s Day Marks Hana Shalabi’s 22nd Day of Hunger Strike

Posted on: March 8, 2012

8 March 2012 | Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organizations
We, the Palestinian Council of Human Rights Organisations (PCHRO), would like to mark International Women’s Day by expressing our solidarity with administrative detainee Hana Shalabi. Hana is today beginning her 22nd successive day of hunger strike in protest at her internment without charge or trial and her ongoing ill-treatment at the hands of the Israeli authorities.
Hana, 29 years old, previously spent more than two years in administrative detention before she was released in October 2011 as part of the prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hamas. Less than … Continue reading


Updated on March 8, 2012
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Al Walajeh: Tunneling to get home

Posted on: March 8, 2012
Sherinne Alaraj of the local Popular Committee stands at the site of the tunnel

by Ramon Garcia

8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank

 

Some Palestinians and Internationals gathered in the village of Al Walajeh on International Women’s Day to show solidarity to Omar and his family, especially his wife ,whose health has suffered from Israeli occupation in the small village.

Sherinne Alaraj of the local Popular Committee explained to internationals the circumstances of the family. Over a dozen individuals toured with her, learning of the family’s forced separation from their village.

The Apartheid Wall under construction in the village will leave the home of Omar … Continue reading


Updated on March 10, 2012
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Women’s day demonstration in Qalandia for the rights of female Palestinian prisoners

Posted on: March 8, 2012
Women’s day demonstration in Qalandia for the rights of female Palestinian prisoners

by Satu

8 March 2012  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank 

On International Women’s day, March 8th,  hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Qalandia in solidarity with hunger striker Hana Shalabi and calling for Israel to end the occupation.

The demonstrators marched marched down the street next to the separation wall to Qalandia checkpoint, carrying placards and chanting slogans . In the crowd empowered women were carrying Palestinian flags and placards saying “Women break barriers,” “Raise your voices against all oppression,” and “Feminist resistance against the occupation.”

Close to the checkpoint the non-violent demonstrators … Continue reading


Updated on March 10, 2012
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Interviews with Palestinian women activists in honor of International Women’s Day

Posted on: March 8, 2011
Interviews with Palestinian women activists in honor of International Women’s Day

08 March 2011 | Ramona M. And Cicarre Parrhesia

Tuesday marks International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women. In Palestine, rallies and conferences were organized to celebrate this day. These provided a chance and space to reflect on the achievement of Palestinian women, and the many steps still needed to attain full equality with men.

To commemorate this special occasion, we have interviewed two Palestinian women representing different women’s organizations engaging in extraordinary work aimed at achieving gender equality.

The first interview is with Rania Khayyat, the head … Continue reading


Updated on March 10, 2011
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Several people injured at the International women’s day demonstration at Qalandiya checkpoint

Posted on: March 6, 2011
Several people injured at the International women’s day demonstration at Qalandiya checkpoint

05 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

At the 5th of March several protesters at Qalandiya checkpoint were injured. Among the injured were a 23 year old Swedish ISM activist hit by a tear gas grenade. The grenade burned her skin and left a bleeding wound on her arm, burned her hair, and left her temporarily deaf in her right ear. A Palestinian woman suffered from asphyxia from the tear gas and was taken to a hospital in an ambulance. She went home later in the evening.

The demonstration was … Continue reading


Updated on July 11, 2011
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Statement from the family of Rachel Corrie

Posted on: March 16, 2009
Rachel Corrie

We thank all who continue to remember Rachel and those who, on this sixth anniversary of her stand in Gaza, renew their own commitments to human rights, justice and peace in the Middle East. The tributes and actions in her memory are a source of inspiration to us and to others.

Friday, March 13th, we learned of the tragic injury to American activist Tristan Anderson. Tristan was shot in the head with a tear-gas canister in Ni’lin Village in the West Bank when Israeli forces attacked a … Continue reading


Updated on March 31, 2009
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