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Hebron school demonstrates for third day: “Without teachers there is no school”
13 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank For the third morning children and teachers from Qordoba Scool gathered on the H1 side of Checkpoint 56 at 7.30am. The children, with the support of their teachers and the Director of Education in Hebron, Nisreen Amro, peacefully protested against heightened “security measures” that were introduced by the Israeli Army on Tuesday 11th October 2011. The protest was covered by local, national and international press. School children…
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Nablus enters sixth day of hunger strike as concern for exile looms
by Alistair George 13 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Six protesters in Nablus completed their fifth day on open hunger strike today in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails. Palestinian prisoners in several Israeli jails began open hunger strikes, taking only water with salt, on the 27 September 2011 in protest against solitary confinement, restricted visiting hours and harsh prison conditions. There are now 404 prisoners affiliated to PFLP…
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Military court rejects motion to release Bassem Tamimi
12 October 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee A judge at the Ofer Military Court ruled yesterday that Palestinian protest organizer, Bassem Tamimi, will remain in prison indefinitely, until the end of his trial. The judge denied a motion filed by Tamimi’s defense lawyer, adv. Labib Habib, to revisit a prior decision to hold Tamimi until the end of legal proceedings. The motion to release Tamimi was filed nearly seven months after his arrest, and while…
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