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Mass protest aims to focus attention on Jerusalem

Posted on: June 16, 2013
Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

16th June 2013 | The Electronic Intifada, Joe Catron and Patrick Strickland | Occupied Palestine

Activists demonstrated internationally on Friday as part of efforts to focus attention on Israel’s aggression against Palestinians in Jerusalem.

Global March to Jerusalem participants called for solidarity with political prisoners, an end to the occupation and for national unity. (Dylan Collins)

Known as the Global March to Jerusalem, the protests marked the 46th anniversary of theNaksa (setback) — … Continue reading


Updated on June 17, 2013
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Israeli forces demolish Jerusalem building, displace thirteen

Posted on: May 29, 2013

29th May 2013 | Coalition for Jerusalem | Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine
Israeli Forces demolished an apartment building in Beit Hanina, Jerusalem, on May 29, 2013, displacing thirteen members of the Al-Salaymeh family.  Badran Al-Salameh attempted previously to obtain a permit for his two-story building, constructed in 2000, but was unsuccessful and subsequently fined a total of over 200,000 NIS for a lack thereof. Two bulldozers arrived at 10:00am on Wednesday morning and began to demolish the building, consisting of four apartments. Two minors were arrested during the demolition and another suffered injuries from exposure to pepper spray…. Continue reading


Updated on May 29, 2013
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As Obama lands : Palestinians erect new Bab al Shams neighbourhood

Posted on: March 20, 2013
Demonstrators arrive with materials to build new village

20th March 2013 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee , Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine

Palestinians assert their right to protect their lands from colonialism and their opposition to American policy which keeps granting Israeli occupation and repression of Palestinians full support.

Hundreds of the Palestinians arrived this morning, Wednesday March 20th, to Eizariya and erected about 15 tents on lands of the village as new neighborhood of Bab al Shams village, on a hillside opposite to the one on which the original village of Bab al Shams was established two months ago.

Organisers stress that the action today aims “first, to claim our right … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2013
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Statement from Samer Issawi who has spent over 240 days on hunger strike

Posted on: March 19, 2013
Samer Issawi

19th March 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Occupied Palestine

The following statement by Samer Issawi was posted on his Facebook page by his lawyer Fawwaz Shloudy. It was translated from Arabic to English by Shahd Abusalama.

“Regarding the Israeli Occupation offer to deport me to Gaza, I affirm that Gaza is undeniable part of my homeland and its people are my people. However, I will visit Gaza whenever I want or I feel like it as it is within my homeland Palestine which I have the right to wander whenever I like from the very north to the very south. I strongly … Continue reading


Updated on March 19, 2013
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Is there Hope of Justice for a Palestinian family in Israel’s Courts?

Posted on: March 9, 2013
Ziad Jilani with his young daugher

Update on the 13th March 2013: The Supreme court will review the case of Ziad Jilani 
After hearing an appeal presented on behalf of Moira Jilani, the widow of Ziad and their three daughters the Israeli Supreme Court Judges have decided that they wished to review all evidence in the case. 
Ziad Jilani was killed by Israeli border policeman Maxim Vinogradov in 2010. According to eyewitnesses Maxim VInagrodov shot Ziad at point blank … Continue reading


Updated on March 14, 2013
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Do not let settlers expel us from our home in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: January 30, 2013
Do not let settlers expel us from our home in Sheikh Jarrah

Update on 29 January by ISM: There is still imminent threat of eviction hovering upon the Shamane family. The family was given a brief reprieve of two months at the last minute when the Jerusalem District Court ordered the eviction delayed until 1st March 2013.  There will be a weekly protest vigil at 3 pm on Friday 1st February and in the following weeks. Organizers call for supporters to come and join.

28 December 2012 | Mondoweiss, Occupied Palestine

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Updated on January 30, 2013
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In suspected Jerusalem lynch, dozens of Jewish youths attack 3 Palestinians

Posted on: August 17, 2012
Jerusalem's Zion Square. Photo by Emil Salman

By Nir Hasson

17 August 2012 | Haaretz

One of the Palestinians was seriously wounded and hospitalized in intensive care; eyewitness: Today I saw a lynch with my own eyes.

Jerusalem’s Zion Square. Photo by Emil Salman

Dozens of Jewish youths attacked three young Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Zion Square early on Friday morning, in what one witness described as “a lynch” on Facebook.

One of the Palestinians was seriously wounded and hospitalized in intensive care in Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem. Acting Jerusalem police chief, General Menachem Yitzhaki, … Continue reading


Updated on August 18, 2012
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Sheikh Jarrah: ‘My Neighbourhood’

Posted on: August 4, 2012

By Patrick Keddie
4 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
The Israeli authorities’ attempts to ethnically displace Palestinians from East Jerusalem have intensified greatly in recent years; in some areas, such as Sheikh Jarrah, eviction notices have been handed out to nearly every Palestinian family. My Neighbourhood, a recent short documentary film produced by Just Vision, examines the struggles against mass Palestinian eviction and asks important questions of how to resist.
The film focuses on Sheikh Jarrah, an area less than 5 minutes’ walk from the opulent American Colony Hotel (favourite haunt of foreign journalists, NGO workers … Continue reading


Updated on August 4, 2012
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Deir Yassin: The peace that never was

Posted on: April 10, 2012
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10 April 2012 | The Habal Factor

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Two days ago, we visited Deir Yassin, or to be more specific, what remains of Deir Yassin, with Zochrot, an Israeli organization dedicated to educating the Israeli public about the nakba. The tour was organized in commemoration of the Deir Yassin massacre.

We walked along the main street of the village (now Kanfey Nesharim Street), and passed the few homes still standing, where many people were massacred.

The girls school, built in 1941, still stands. What used to be … Continue reading


Updated on May 16, 2013
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New military gate limits access to Beit Iksa land

Posted on: March 12, 2012

12 March 2012 | WAFA News Agency

A new military-controlled road gate the Israeli army had set up on Monday in the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, raised concern of possible takeover of almost 2000 dunums of land as it limits access to agricultural land, according to residents.

The soldiers also took over a house in the area and turned it into a military outpost, said residents.

They said soldiers manning the new gate prevented village residents from reaching their homes for hours under the pretext of security reasons.

Villagers said they expect that the army will not allow them to … Continue reading


Updated on May 16, 2013
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