Category: Reports
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New Year in al-Ma’asara marked with another weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall
Al-Ma’asara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 1 January 2010 Over 150 local activists protested today in al-Ma’asara and the neighboring villages against the construction of the illegal Apartheid Wall and settlements on the lands of the nine intertwined villages to the South of Bethlehem. Protestors walked through the villages towards the construction site…
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Settlers illegal attempt to occupy land owned by Qarawat Bani Hasan and Dier Istiya
International Women’s Peace Service 1 January 2010 On 31 December 2009 IWPS received a call from the Mayor of Qarawat Bani Hasan to participate in a demonstration in solidarity with the residents of their village. The non-violent, peaceful demonstration organized by the Municipality took place on January 1 2009, and was in response to increase…
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Palestinian citizens of Israel protest outside of Erez Crossing: End Israeli blockade of Gaza
The Alternative Information Center (AIC) 31 December 2009 Over 1,000 Palestinian citizens of Israel and several dozen Jewish Israelis demonstrated this morning outside of the Erez Crossing, demanding an end to the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip. Organised by the Arab High Monitoring Committee, the demonstration coincided with the one year anniversary of Israel’s…