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Palestinians urge international community to join Global March to Jerusalem

Posted on: February 2, 2012
Palestinians urge international community to join Global March to Jerusalem

by Sarah Marusek and Amith Gupta

2 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement
The recent Arab uprisings throughout the Middle East and North Africa have proven that the Arab people are no longer willing to tolerate oppression and tyranny. They send a strong message to Western hegemonic powers and their oppressive regional allies that a new wave of nonviolent civil resistance will ultimately prevail over injustice and occupation. In addition, the Arab uprisings also send an important message to all people of the world that armed resistance is no longer the only option for pursuing change.
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Updated on February 3, 2012
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Army uses disproportionate force against small demonstration in Beit Ommar

Posted on: April 2, 2011
Small boy faces line of soldiers

02 April 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Today, small peaceful demonstrations in Beit Ommar were met with disproportionate force by the Israeli army. Just after 11 o’clock this morning, a small group of villagers and internationals marched to the entrance of the village where they were met by lines of soldiers preventing them from exiting the village. The soldiers soon declared the area a closed military zone and erected a barricade preventing vehicles from entering and exiting. The army then threw teargas and … Continue reading


Updated on May 1, 2011
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Palestinians commemorate Land Day

Posted on: March 30, 2011
Land Day demonstration - Nablus

30 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement

Today Palestinians in Israel, West Bank and Gaza commemorated Land Day with demonstrations and strikes. The 30th March marks the date when in 1976 the Israeli government announced plans to expropriate thousands of dunums of land for ‘security and settlement purposes’, sparking strikes and marches in Arab towns from the Galilee to the Naqab desert. The ensuing confrontations with the Israeli army resulted in the deaths of six Arab citizens and over 100 wounded. Protesters in the West Bank … Continue reading


Updated on March 31, 2011
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Three hospitalized, one arrested as An Nabi Saleh celebrates Land Day

Posted on: April 7, 2010
Israeli forces fire excessive amounts of tear gas at demonstrators in An Nabi Saleh

International Solidarity Movement

02 April 2010

On Friday, the village of An Nabi Saleh combined Land Day celebrations with their weekly demonstration against the illegal expansion of the Hallamish settlement onto village land. Speeches were held before the demonstration, and activists marched and resisted Israeli forces until sunset. Three demonstrators were injured and hospitalized, and another was arrested.

Land Day celebrations delayed the start of the demonstration … Continue reading


Updated on April 8, 2010
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Two arrested in Al Ma’asara

Posted on: April 2, 2010

International Solidarity Movement

2nd April, 2010

Demonstrators gathered today in Al Masara, near Bethlehem, in commemoration of Land Day, marking the anniversary of mass confiscation of Palestinian land in 1976.

Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched peacefully towards the village’s land. However, Israeli military, police and border police blocked the road with barbed wire, at which point the demonstrators stopped and began chanting resistance anthems. Speeches were given by representatives of the non-violent popular struggle committee. The soldiers then announced that the area had been declared a Closed Military Zone (CMZ), removed the barbed wire and moved on foot and in jeeps towards … Continue reading


Updated on April 2, 2010
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Gaza residents commemorate Land Day at Nahal Oz border crossing

Posted on: April 1, 2010

ISM Gaza

30 March 2010

Palestinians in Gaza came out in large numbers for demonstrations commemorating Land Day, including one at Nahal Oz border crossing, east of Gaza City. In attendance were around 300 Palestinians and three ISM members. Unlike other demonstrations on Tuesday, no injuries were reported. However, several demonstrators reported nearly being hit with “warning shots” of live ammunition.

As Palestinian and international demonstrators approached the Nahal Oz border, they were met by Israeli military waiting on the other side of the crossing. Activists, including a large group of women, carried banners condemning the Occupation … Continue reading


Updated on April 1, 2010
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Sheikh Jarrah garden reclaimed in Land Day celebration

Posted on: March 31, 2010
Newly planted trees in the al-Kurd yard in celebration of Land Day

31 March 2010

In honor of Land Day, an upbeat group of local residents and school children gathered on Wednesday in front of the half-occupied Al Kurd home in Sheikh Jarrah. Neighbors, friends and supporters cleaned up the garden and planted olive trees. The conspicuous and unusual absence of both settlers and police contributed greatly to the positive mood of the day, although the ongoing threat of further evictions looms over … Continue reading


Updated on April 1, 2010
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Land Day demonstration in Halhul, Hebron district

Posted on: April 5, 2009
Soldiers repress demonstration

At mid day on the 4th of April, around forty Palestinians from Halhul and the surrounding villages set off to cultivate land near the illegal settlement of Karmi Zur.  Halhul is a village in the Hebron district of the southern West Bank.  Demonstrators were also joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists.

The protestors headed up the road to the fields around that village that have restricted access to Palestinian farmers.  The Israeli military restricts these lands due to their proximity to the illegal Israeli settlement of Karme Zur.  These fields are also dangerous for Palestinian farmers to cultivate because of … Continue reading


Updated on April 5, 2009
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They Will Not Go Down: Celebrating Life and Land Day

Posted on: April 3, 2009
Land Day in Gaza

Eva Bartlett | In Gaza

31 March 2009

Less than two months have passed since the end of Israel’s grisly war on Gaza. Not a house has been re-built (there is no cement; Israel continues to ban its entry into Gaza), thousands are displaced or sheltering in an overcrowded relative’s house or renting a scarcely-available apartment. The aid has stockpiled on the other side of crossings into Gaza, many trucks being sent back or expired. And the pain of loss, let alone of seeing family members -children, siblings, parents-burned by white phosphorous, being murdered or left to bleed to death … Continue reading


Updated on April 3, 2009
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Beit Liqya commemorates Land Day by planting trees near martyr’s graves

Posted on: April 2, 2009
Beit Liqya demonstrates for Land Day

On the 31st of March, at 10:30am, villagers in Beit Liqya marked Land Day by planting trees near the graves of two villagers killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall in 2005.  Beit Liqya is located in the Ramallah district of the central West Bank.  Around 200 villagers, supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists, moved towards the Apartheid Wall, which is built on village land.

Around 50 boys from the local youth committee beat drums and marched in procession to the graves of two boys killed by Israeli forces.  Jamal Jaber, 15 years old, and Uday Mofeed, … Continue reading


Updated on April 4, 2009
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