Tag: Bethlehem

  • The Cleansing of Artas- Continuing to Resist

    From Um Salamuna to Artas- Big demo against the wall this Friday FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 23 May 2007 This coming Friday, May 25th the residents of the south of Bethlehem area will hold a large demonstration against the wall which separates them from Bethlehem and steals their lands. This week the struggle reached the village…

  • YNet: Guards shoot at journalists in Artas

    Five reporters covering anti-fence demonstration near West Bank settlement fired at with live ammunition by Defense Ministry security guards by Ali Waked, 21 May 2007 Guard shooting at journalists (Photo: AFP) Four separation fence security guards fired at a group of five journalists who tried to approach people demonstrating against the fence near the West…

  • In the belly of the wailing “democracy” called Israel

    In this story, Hope may just be the name of someone I served coffee to in Pennsylvania by Jesus Martinez, 21 May 2007 We start this tale on Friday, May 18th in Bethlehem, and end up back in Bethlehem on Sunday May 2o. Jesus would have been devastated seeing what I have seen in his…

  • Israel 2007: Worse than Apartheid

    by Ronnie Kasrils | Mail & Guardian Travelling into Palestine’s West Bank and Gaza Strip, which I visited recently, is like a surreal trip back into an apartheid state of emergency. It is chilling to pass through the myriad checkpoints – more than 500 in the West Bank. They are controlled by heavily armed soldiers,…

  • Family’s trees uprooted in Artas, Palestinian Information Minister attacked by Israeli soldiers

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 May 2007 UPDATE 21 May 2007, Three Palestinians were arrested this afternoon as they continued to non-violently resist the destruction of their land. Mohammad Abu Swai and two others from the village of Artas are being charged with “Assault,” and a currently being held. Gaby Lasky, their lawyer, stated that those…