Tag Archives: Bethlehem

by Kobi Snitz The first visible achievement of the non-violent resistance of the Ma’asara villages was visible even before the demonstration began. When people began preparing for the demonstration they noticed that, unlike previous Fridays, there was no construction today. ...

Ma’asara : Good Friday demo against the wall from Anarchists Against the Wall, 6 April 2007 UPDATE: Video can be seen by clicking HERE The struggle against the apartheid wall in villages south of bethlehem took a step forward today, ...

Palestinian Chrisitians prevented from reaching Bethlehem on Palm Sunday by Snyder, 4 April 2007 As hordes of tourists flocked to the holy sites of Jerusalem to carry Palm leaves through the Old City, hundreds of Palestinian Christians were prevented from ...

Not a happy Mother’s Day by Martinez “No, this is not a happy Mother’s Day!” said Fatima Brijea as she pointed to the framed photograph behind me. It was her son. He was assassinated by the Israeli army. I sat ...

by Hugh, March 11th Walking through Bethlehem yesterday I was stopped by a taxi driver I have come to know over the years, Abu Anwar. He seemed agitated and angry. He knows of my work over here and was keen ...

by the ISM media team, March 9th Villagers from the South Bethlehem region came together again this Friday to protest at the annexation and destruction of their agricultural land. After prayers held on land belonging to Umm Salamuna village, speeches ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday the villagers of Umm Salamuna and neighbouring villages in the South Bethlehem region will protest against the bulldozers which are currently razing their land for the Apartheid Wall. The villagers will hold midday prayers on ...

by the ISM media team, March 2nd South Bethlehem villagers today gathered on the land of Umm Salamuna to appeal for international solidarity in their struggle against the Apartheid Wall being built across their land. Speeches were given by local ...

by Najib Farag, March 1st Israeli forces have escalated land confiscation throughout Bethlehem during the past several days, targeting Umm Salamuna in the south and Beit Jala in the west. The Israelis are building the Wall through Bethlehem, further isolating ...

UPDATE 3PM – all the activists have been released after being made to sign conditions saying they wouldn’t return to the site of their arrest for 15 days FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Six activists have just been arrested for trying to ...