• Picking pebbles to live somehow

    Eva Bartlett | Inter Press Service 2 March 2010 They come by the hundreds every day to sand dunes and rubble sites to sift for pebbles, stones and sand that can be used in making concrete blocks. They lean into trash bins across the Strip, and wade through piles of rubbish scavenging for plastics, metals, and any bits worth reselling. They venture dangerously close to the border fence to unlock metal and steel rods from their…

  • Palestinian Organizer Assaulted at an Israeli Checkpoint

    Popular Struggle Co-ordination Committee 2 March 2010 Mahmoud Zwahre, a prominent member of the alMaasara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was brutally assaulted at the Israeli Container Checkpoint near Bethlehem this morning. Zwahre was on his way to a Ramallah meeting when his car was stopped. He was held for nearly two hours, during which he was kicked, punched and beaten using a rifle butt. Mahmoud Zwahre of the alMa’sara Popular Committee Against the…

  • International call to action in solidarity with Sheikh Jarrah

    Just Jerusalem 1 March 2010 WHAT: A global call to action in solidarity with the residents of Sheikh Jarrah WHERE: Around the globe and into the streets WHEN: 6 March 2010 WHY: Sheikh Jarrah is a unique community in occupied East Jerusalem. The plight of this community is emblematic of the larger Palestinian struggle for Justice. The families in Sheikh Jarrah have been evicted by a racist government and settlers now occupy their homes. The Palestinians…

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