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Iraq Burin: protests for the right to protest

Around 20 people trying to travel to Iraq Burin from Nablus for the weekly protest on Saturday 10th July, a group made up of Palestinians and international activists, were stopped by armed forces on the road leading to the small village; the media gathered and a protest against this decision ensued. Despite the attempts from the army to prevent people from attending, the demonstration against illegal Israeli settlements went ahead in the afternoon. The peaceful demonstration…

July 11, 2010

West Bank protests mark 6th anniversary of ICJ’s ruling on Israel’s illegal Apartheid Wall

10 July 2010 Al-Ma’sara: tearing down the wall The Popular Committee of Al Mas’ara supported by a number of Internationals and Israelis constructed and then demolished a symbolic wall to mark the sixth anniversary of the decision by the International Court of Justice that Israel’s Apartheid Wall is illegal. After afternoon prayers the villagers and internationals gathered to march towards the the illegal Israeli settlements that encroach on Palestinian land, while chanting “The wall must fall”.…

July 10, 2010

Israelis and internationals demonstrate outside Barakat’s house in west Jerusalem

Wadi Hilweh Information Center 6 July 2010 Dozens of international and Israeli solidarity activists protested in solidarity with Silwan in front of the west Jerusalem house of Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. Demonstrators stated that they were opposing his racist policy in Silwan, which follows an agenda of promoting illegal settlements. The demonstrators condemned the intention of the Jerusalem Municipality to demolish houses in Silwan in order to build a biblical garden which will be linked to…

July 7, 2010