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Demonstration in Shufa in protest against Israeli apartheid road
Over 100 residents of Shufa turned out at 5pm on Saturday 7th June to protest against the Israeli apartheid system that denies the villagers the right to use the main road of their village. Bearing a banner that read: “This is Apartheid”, and hand-drawn placards entreating “don’t kill peace”, villagers marched towards the apartheid road in a continuation of the series of demonstrations against the closed road, despite the assurances from the Israeli army commander that…
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Summer Against Apartheid continues in al-Ma’sara
On 6th June 2008, at 11.30am, approximately 150 demonstrators from the villages of Umm Salammuna and Al Ma’sara attempted to march to the construction site of the illegal Israeli apartheid wall in protest of the construction which is stealing the land of the village. Demonstrators consisted of residents of the village, including children, international and Israeli activists. This demonstration which is planned to continue on a weekly basis served as part of the Palestine-wide launch of…
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Haaretz: One swift kick
By Gideon Levy To view original article, published in Haaretz on the 7th June 2008, click here Even now, six weeks later, his speech and movements are still halting. He says he is emotionally shattered. For him, the moment of crisis was when he awoke from surgery and noticed a plastic jar on the nightstand. The nurse wouldn’t tell him what was in it, but it quickly dawned on him: One of his testicles had been…
