Tag: Bethlehem

  • *Injury Update* Army Fire on Funeral Procession, Invade Beit Ummar

    *Update* One of the injured, a man shot in the leg with live ammunition, has had to have his leg amputated. Today, February 1st, 2008, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated and live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades at villagers from Beit Ummar as they participated in a funeral procession. This morning, the bodies of…

  • Al-Khader Residents Demonstrate Against the Apartheid Wall

    For the second Friday, over 1000 al-Khader residents, together with Israeli and international activists, joined together to protest against the Apartheid Wall and Israeli colonization of Palestinian land. This demonstration demanded: lift the siege from Palestinian people and Palestine. The people of Al-Khader and friends gathered for Friday prayers on the main road near the…

  • Student murdered by Israeli army, Palestinian activist Mousa Abu Maria wounded

    On January 25th, an 18 year old youth was shot and killed in the village of Beit Ummar in retaliation for the recent attack on settlers in Kfar Etzion. The army entered the village around 11:30am, a day after two men from the village were killed after stabbing three settlers in Kfar Etzion. The army…

  • Scores protest the illegal Israeli Wall near Bethlehem

    Al-Khader- Bethlehem About 200 Palestinians and their international and Israeli supporters protested the illegal Israeli Wall being built on the lands of Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank. The protest started with the Friday prayers that were conducted at the nearby Al Nashahs Israeli army checkpoint…

  • IMC: Weekly Friday Demonstrations

    Edited from: https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8310/index.php Original text by: Ilan Sharif The Friday demonstration at the 443 apartheid highway About 150 Israelis started their way to the demonstration before noon from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other parts of the country – less than half succeeded to arrive to the site of the demonstration because of roadblocks setup by…