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Two injured during Bil’in weekly demonstration
Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements 6th February 2009 The residents of Bil’in gathered again today after the Friday prayer in a protest joined by international and Israeli activists. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling for a stop to the crimes against civilians, to break the siege on Gaza and for the prevention of settlement building. The protest left from the centre of the village, calling for national unity and resistance…
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The University of Manchester occupation in solidarity with Gaza
University of Manchester Students in Occupation Over 150 University of Manchester students have occupied the main university administration building in a demand for a stronger and more proactive position from the university on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The students have proposed a set of demands on the university’s Vice Chancellor Alan Gilbert, including a boycott of Israeli goods on campus, support for a day of fundraising with proceeds to the DEC fund, and that…
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Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers and internationals in Al Faraheen
5th February 2009 Israeli soldiers open fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers twice in three days Israeli soldiers again opened fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) on Thursday 5th February, as they attempted to harvest parsley in agricultural land near the Green Line. Returning to farm-land of Al Faraheen village, in the Abassan Jedida area, east of Khan Younis, where soldiers had opened fire on Tuesday 3rd February, farmers…
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