Christian Peacemaker Team 22 February 2010 On 21 February 2010 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the Israeli government’s intention to designate as Jewish heritage sites Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. Netanyahu’s statement has led to ...
Read More »Peaceful Al Ma’sara Demonstration Faces Continued Aggression
International Solidarity Movement 19 February 2010 The peaceful demonstration in the Occupied West Bank village of Al Ma’sara by Palestinians and Internationals was aggressively dispersed using tear gas & sound bombs, today, by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). This is the ...
Read More »Peaceful Protest in Al Masara Halted
International Solidarity Movement 12 February 2010 Yesterday around 1pm, a peaceful demonstration at Al Masara was stopped by the Israeli army when tear gas and sound bombs were unexpectedly thrown into the crowd. The protest comprised of around 20 Palestinians, ...
Read More »New Year in al-Ma’asara marked with another weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall
Al-Ma’asara Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 1 January 2010 Over 150 local activists protested today in al-Ma’asara and the neighboring villages against the construction of the illegal Apartheid Wall and settlements on the lands of the nine intertwined ...
Read More »Candle-light vigil held in Manger Square, Bethlehem to commemorate Gaza
Nathan Stokes | IMEMC 31 December 2009 Residents of the Bethlehem area, West Bank, gather to commemorate those lost in last years Gaza War and stand in solidarity with those still living under seige. At 4:30 this afternoon residents of ...
Read More »Thousands protesting the Siege of Gaza face repression from local authorities
31 December 2009 Thousands of people in Egypt, the besieged Gaza Strip, Israel, and the occupied West Bank rallied on New Year’s Eve Day to call for an end to the international blockade and siege of Gaza, but the protests ...
Read More »Student expelled to Gaza Strip by force
Ben Lynfield | The Independent 30 October 2009 A Palestinian student has been handcuffed, blindfolded and forcibly expelled to the Gaza Strip by Israeli troops just two months before she was due to graduate from university. Berlanty Azzam, 21, who ...
Read More »Israel bans Palestinians from hosting pope next to West Bank fence
Ha’aretz 7 May 2009 A Palestinian official says the Palestinian Authority has scrapped plans to host Pope Benedict XVI next week on a stage near the West Bank separation fence. Palestinian say they had hoped that receiving the pope next ...
Read More »Al-Ma’asara village continues demonstrations despite increased army repression
On the 8th of May, 2009, residents of the southern West Bank village of Al-Ma’asara conducted their weekly demonstration against Israel’s annexation barrier, despite increased repression from Israeli forces. At last week’s demonstration, five nonviolent Palestinian organizers were arrested, and ...
Read More »Seven arrested during non-violent demonstration in Umm Salamouna
For Immediate Release: 1 May 2009 Residents gathered at 1.30 pm for a weekly demonstration near the village of Al-Ma’sara in protest of the Apartheid Wall that was built on Palestinian land in the villages of Al-Ma’sara, Um Salamouna, Jourat ...
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