Tag Archives: Ramallah

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE At 4:30pm today, Palestinians from Ramallah and the surrounding areas will be joined by Israeli and international peace activists to hold a demonstration at the Qalandia checkpoint against the massacres and on-going Israeli bombardment in Gaza. It ...

photo from Reuters A nonviolent demonstration was held at Atara checkpoint today to protest against the Israeli Occupation Forces’ preventing students from reaching their universities and schools. Palestinian and Israeli students, including Palestinian Israelis, were joined by international solidarity activists. ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow morning at 11 am Palestinian students will hold a demonstration against the Atara checkpoint (just north of Bier Zeit village, Ramallah). They will be joined by Israeli students and international activists from various Palestinian solidarity groups. ...

Saturday May 27th: I have returned to Ramallah. I feel a little worried I’m getting used to certain things I shouldn’t really be used to. When I was coming back in the taxi from al-Quds/Jerusalem, driving through Ar-Ram and Qalandia, ...

From The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions On 1st April 2006 Nasser, together with around ten other Palestinians tried to enter Israel through the Oranit checkpoint in order to look for work. A army ambush discovered them and opened fire. ...

by Sam Bahour Last Wednesday, the victims were: Milad Abu-Aris, Jaafer Khaled, Aysar Kasam and Ra’ad Rabah. As I write, I can hear heavy and loud gunfire coming from the Al-Amari Refugee Camp next to our home. It is the ...

by Sousan Hammad, I’m sitting in the ISC office in Ramallah. I get a phone call from one of the workers of the organization. I really could not understand what he was saying. He was yelling, “Don’t go outside, they ...

Update: Palestinian ISM activist Mansour who had gone to the scene was injured by shrapnel when soldiers opened fire at bystanders. Luckily he wasn’t hit directly but he was hit by shrapnel in the head and required stitches. At the ...

How long does it take to travel from the north-east of the West Bank, to the centre? In such a small area of land, you might think not long. A Palestinian ISM co-ordinator gives an account of the realities of ...

Since 1976 Land Day is marked by Palestinians on the 30th of March to protest against the grabbing of Palestinian lands by Israel. This year, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and international activists held a series of large-scale peaceful ...