Tag: Bethlehem

  • The world will understand us more

    from The Guardian Unlimited, 6 June 2007 A Palestinian boy blows up a balloon in front of Israeli border police during a non-violent protest against the construction of Israel’s West Bank barrier. Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP Audio can be found HERE In the fields around the village of Ma’asara, south of Bethlehem, between the rows of…

  • Stop the Bleeding of Bethlehem

    Let’s work together to put an end of 40 years of occupation! from George Rishmawi Political parties together with local NGOs, social and political activists, and the people of the Bethlehem area are inviting you to join them in their activities against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Gaza strip, and Golan Heights. There…

  • Against the Wall in Bethlehem

    by ISM Hebron, 1 June 2007 Um Salamona At approximately 10:30am Palestinian, International and Israeli demonstrators gathered in Um Salamona for a demonstration against the wall and to access land which Palestinians have been prevented from reaching by the IDF due to the construction of the Aparthaid Wall. There were approximately fifty demonstrators who marched…

  • One arrested at demonstration against land destruction

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 May 2007 One arrested at demonstration against land destruction in Artas, Bethlehem UPDATE 26 May 2007, Gaby Lasky, George’s lawyer, relayed the news that George has been released from Israeli police custody in Hebron. George was scheduled to appear for trial in 5 hours, around 20:00, this evening at the Russian…

  • IMEMC: Nonviolent resistance manages to stop bulldozers in Artas

    by George Rishmawi , 24 May 2007 Photo, ISM The bulldozing of the land in Artas village near Bethlehem has temporary stopped after an Israeli court ruled a preemptive halt of work in the village on Wednesday and Thursday. The court ruling was made after the villagers filed a complaint against the Israeli company which…