On the nights of the 22nd and 23rd of January Ni’lin was invaded by the Israeli army. Dozens of jeeps, more than a hundred soldiers and a helicopter were present in the village invasion. A total of five homes were ...
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Two shot with live ammunition at Ni´lin prayer demonstration
January 23, 2009 On Friday, 23 January 2009, the residents of Ni’lin gathered with international and Israeli solidarity activists in their continued resistance against construction of the Apartheid Wall. Around 100 demonstrators participated in the weekly Friday prayer demonstration, a ...
Read More »Huge demonstration in Hebron in solidarity with Gaza
Another massive demonstration occurred in the Abu Sneineh neighborhood of Hebron on Friday. This marked the third consecutive weekly demonstration protesting the Israeli occupation and the atrocities in Gaza. The crowd numbered around 2500 people, somewhat smaller than the two ...
Read More »Ground Zero
Tuesday 20th January, 2009 Earlier this week, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, residents returned to some of the areas which had become no-go zones during the attacks, such as Jabalia just outside Gaza City. On ...
Read More »ISM London issues declaration supporting student occupations
ISM London 22 January 2009 ISM London offers support and solidarity to the numerous student occupations and sit-ins around the UK in recent weeks. This response to the most recent Israeli onslaught on Gaza has been one of the most ...
Read More »First views of Attattra, northwestern Gaza
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza On January 18, the first day that Israel stopped most of the bombing all over Gaza (navy shelling continues to this moment), after learning that my friend’s father was alive in eastern Jabaliya, I went ...
Read More »Gaza film shows white phosphorus from alleged Israeli attack
Two more videos shot by the International Solidarity Movement taken by The Guardian as proof of use of banned weapons by Israeli forces in Gaza. Robert Booth | The Guardian Ayman al Najar, 13, tells how he lost his sister, ...
Read More »Israel admits troops may have used phosphorus shells in Gaza
Amnesty warns Israel could be guilty of war crimes Peter Beaumont | The Guardian Israel has admitted – after mounting pressure – that its troops may have used white phosphorus shells in contravention of international law, during its three-week offensive ...
Read More »French company loses €3.5 billion contract over involvement with Jerusalem light railway
Joakim Wohlfeil | Diakonia Stockholm, 20 January 2009 Today the Stockholm community council in Sweden announced that the French company Veolia who has been the current operator at the Subway’s in Stockholm County for 10 years lost the contract to ...
Read More »Israel bombs University Teachers Association in Gaza – Boycott Now!
Palestinian Campaign for the Cultural & Academic Boycott of Israel (PACBI) January 18, 2009 Occupied Palestine – PACBI learned today from its Steering Committee member, Dr. Haidar Eid, that the headquarters of the University Teachers Association-Palestine, in Gaza, was bombed ...
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