Tag: Bethlehem
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In Photos: Bethlehem met with rain of Israeli violence
by Mahmoud Zawahre 16 March 2012 | Al Ma’sara Popular Committee Today the weekly demo of Al-Ma’sara, near Bethlehem, was underway as dozens of Palestinians and Israelis demonstrated in the heavy rain against the wall in solidarity with Hana Shalabi . Israeli Occupartion Forces first attacked Mahmoud Zawahre, the coordinator Of Al-Ma’sara Popular Committee, tearing…
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The isolated corner
by Axel 15 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the outer part of Bethlehem very close to Rachel’s Tomb, Mariam (who wishes not to use her actual name) runs her small Palestinian souvenir shop. But this is not a shop in the usual touristic places of Bethlehem, and not a place you…
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Al Ma’asara: House on the seam of looming Apartheid Wall becomes center for peaceful resistance
by Aaron 14 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank There is a place where a ground-level concrete line runs beside a country road through olive orchards, grape vines, blossoming almond trees, and homes—all Palestinian. This is the projected path of a new segment of Israeli Apartheid Wall through Al-Ma’sara, a small village 13…
