Tag: Bethlehem

  • Bethlehem Villagers Celebrate Wedding on Land Razed for Wall

    by the ISM media team, January 26th Villagers from neighbouring villages gathered this afternoon on the bulldozed land of Umm Salamuna to celebrate the wedding of Mohammed Brejiah, 28, and Sunai Abu Raiyeh, 25. The local men and children sang and danced Dabka while soldiers and settlers looked on from afar. The villagers have vowed…

  • Bethlehem villagers pray on bulldozed land and appeal for international solidarity

    by the ISM media team, January 19th Today in Um Salamuna, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists gathered together on the recently bulldozed land of the village to hold prayers and protest against the confiscation of the land. In other words, it’s business as usual in the West Bank, nothing new here, really. It’s the same…

  • Prayer against Wall in Bethlehem village

    by the ISM media team, January 17th AP photo from Monday 15th This Friday at 11, villagers in the South Bethlehem region will gather on the land of Umm Salamuna village to pray. After prayers they will tend to their olive trees and grape vines which are threatened with destruction for the Apartheid Wall and…