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Gaza rally for Hana Shalabi on International Women’s Day
by Joe Catron 8 March 2012 | Mondoweiss Hundreds of Palestinian women filled the street outside Gaza’s International Committee of the Red Cross this morning, marking International Women’s Day by demanding the release of administrative detainee Hana Shalabi on the 22nd day of her open hunger strike. The rally contained Palestinian women of every age, including many university students and other youth. Many girls joined their mothers to express their support for Shalabi. During the demonstration,…
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Women’s day demonstration in Qalandia for the rights of female Palestinian prisoners
by Satu 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On International Women’s day, March 8th, hundreds of demonstrators rallied in Qalandia in solidarity with hunger striker Hana Shalabi and calling for Israel to end the occupation. The demonstrators marched marched down the street next to the separation wall to Qalandia checkpoint, carrying placards and chanting slogans . In the crowd empowered women were carrying Palestinian flags and placards saying “Women break barriers,” “Raise your…
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Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi, murdered by the Siege
by Nathan Stuckey 8 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Thaer Abed Al Hameed Mahdi died on Saturday, March 3rd, 2012. He was 23 years old. A rope snapped and he plunged down a shaft to his death. He died instantly. His coworkers Jamal Kamel Mahdi and Raed Jaber Mahdi survived, they are still in the hospital. Jamal is in the European Hospital with two broken legs and a broken arm. Raed is in Shifa…
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