Tag: Arrests

  • 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 the prison gates, calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners. The night that the…

  • 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 say the army has been harassing them ever since. The relatives told Ynet that a…

  • 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 McIntyre spoke to Im Khamis, as she is known to local villagers, in her home…

  • 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 collective resistance, but one of collective disdain and disgust. One person was being dragged by…

  • 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. On Thursday at 2 AM, the Israeli military surrounded the Ramallah home of Abdallah Abu…