18 December 2009 For immediate release: A peaceful demonstration of around 300 people, held in solidarity with the evicted Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was violently dispersed by the Israeli police. Following a violent dispersal of ...
Read More »The ongoing repression of Palestinian protesters
Jonathan Pollak | Huffington Post 18 December 2009 On a pitch black early December night, seven armored Israeli military jeeps pulled into the driveway of a home in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Dozens of soldiers, armed and possibly ...
Read More »Israeli repression of Palestinian celebrations in the heart of Jerusalem
17 December 2009 A spectacular and proud celebration of Palestinian and Arab culture in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, December 17, 2009, was brutally repressed by Israeli military and police. A rare celebration of Palestinian and Arab culture in Jerusalem’s ...
Read More »27 arrested, 3 wounded during Sheikh Jarrah protest
18 December 2009 Twenty-six Israeli protesters and one international solidarity activist were arrested and three Palestinian children wounded during a nonviolent demonstration against the Israeli settlement project in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah this Friday. Over 300 ...
Read More »Jerusalem culture event shut down by Israeli forces
Ma’an News 17 December 2009 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces arrested several and scuffled with Palestinians while shutting down a cultural festival meant to proclaim attachment to Jerusalem on Thursday. Organizers, including Prisoners’ Club President Nasser Kaws, were hustled ...
Read More »Demonstration outside Jelemeh prison in solidarity with arrested Palestinian grassroots activist
16 December 2009 A demonstration was held outside Jelemeh prison in Haifa today in protest against the arrest and imprisonment of grassroots activist Wa’el Al Faqeeh Abu As Sabe. Demonstrators planted olive trees and hung Palestinian flags and banners outside ...
Read More »IDF raids Naalin photographer’s home
Ali Waked | YNet News 16 December 2009 Family members of a girl who shot a video showing an Israel Defense Forces soldier firing a rubber bullet at a bound Palestinian in the West Bank village of Naalin last year ...
Read More »Die on my Palestine land
Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift 16 December 2009 Fatima Mohammed Yassen, aged 49, is a farmer from Bil’in. Despite the crippling Israeli occupation of her village, she continues to work her land, along with her husband, on a daily basis. Jody ...
Read More »Released to be arrested again – activist detained during Sheikh Jarrah protest held for 40 hours
C N Longevity 11 December 2009 The drums beat in their normal cadence as I approach the Al-Kurds. This cadence was lost as I reached the home. It quickly devolved into a beat that described not the jubilant emotions of ...
Read More »Help get Abdallah Abu Rahmah out of jail
Jewish Voice for Peace 11 December 2009 Today the people of Bil’in are protesting in solidarity with Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Here’s how you can stand in solidarity with them: Please contact President Obama and ask for Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s release. ...
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