Tag: Al Ma’asara

  • al Ma’asara demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    7 August 2009 Yesterday night military vehicles blocked the entrance of al Ma’asara village. This act came, last week, after Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF) threatened to put the village under siege if it had continued the weekly protests. In al Ma’asara today dozens of Palestinian protestors against the apartheid Wall and the settlements were joined…

  • Demonstrators march in Al Ma’asara

    19 June 2009 Demonstrators gathered in Al Ma’sara today to protest the construction the wall and the illegal expansion of Israeli settlements. 100 Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched through the streets carrying a 30-foot long Palestinian flag, chanting against the Wall and demanding an end to the occupation. As the march approached a main thoroughfare,…

  • Interview with Mahmud Zwahre, head of the al-Ma’sara Popular Committee

    The Alternative Information Center 19 May 2009 The al-Ma’sara Committee against the Wall and Settlements has been organizing demonstrations against the confiscation of their land for the past two and a half years. During the demonstration on 1 May 2009, the Israeli army arrested Hasan Bergia, Mohammad Bergia, Mahmoud Zwahre (members of the popular committee),…