Tag: Bethlehem

  • Apartheid Wall demo at Al Khadr this Friday

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday the villagers of Al Khadr will be joined by Israeli and international peace activists in a demonstration against the Apartheid Wall being built through the village. There will be a march to the construction site from the mosque after prayers at 1pm. The Apartheid Wall in Al Khader will isolate…

  • Separation Wall Divides Neighborhood in Bethlehem

    From Bethlehem Bloggers The comments that will be posted by Zionists after this blog entry will possibly try and argue that “the wall is to stop the terrorists” and “if the terrorists stopped bombing Israel, there would be no need for this” and “the Palestinians bomb us because they hate us.” or sometimes even “we…

  • Villagers of Jabaa to Reclaim Their Land: Thursday and Friday

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The village of Jabaa will hold two non-violent direct actions against the theft of their land by Israeli settlers and soldiers this weekend. A month ago, close to a thousand of the village’s olive trees were uprooted to prepare for the construction of the Wall, which will confiscate 600 Dunams, or roughly…

  • Villagers of Jab’a to Work Their Land After Settler Vandalism

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Over two days, Thursday the 25th and Friday the 26th of May, the villagers of Jab’a, south-west of Bethlehem will attempt to access and work their land, from 9am till 3pm.The villagers will bring agricultural equipment to develop the over-grown land. Settler intimidation and violence had, until very recently, prevented them from…

  • Jab’a Ploughs its Land

    This morning I travelled to the village of Jab’a, just South of Bethlehem, where local Palestinian farmers have faced intimidation by settlers when trying to access their land. Jab’a is a village of 900 people facing annexation of part of its land by the Apartheid Wall. It is near the Gush Etziyon settlement block and…