Tag: Demonstration

  • IDF still using banned weapon against civilian protestors

    Chaim Levinson | Ha’aretz 19 September 2010 The Israel Defense Forces continues using the Ruger 10/22 rifle to disperse protests even though it has been prohibited by the military advocate general, a hearing at a military court revealed last week. A brigade’s former operations officer told the court he wasn’t even aware of the prohibition.…

  • Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s trial to enter sentencing phase on Wednesday

    13 September 2010 | Popular Struggle The trial of Bil’in protest organizer, Abdallah Abu Rahmah will renew this Wednesday, after his conviction of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations was harshly criticized by the EU, the Spanish Parliament and human rights organizations. What: Beginning of sentencing phase in Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s trial Where: Ofer Military Court…

  • Demonstrations against the illegal wall on the first day of Eid ul-Fitr

    12 September 2010 | ISM Media The weekend of 10-11th September saw the start of Eid ul-Fitr, which ends the fasting observed during the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim religion. Three villages around Ramallah – Bil’in, Ni’lin and An Nabi Saleh – held protests on Friday 10th September despite it being the first…

  • A ghost town beckons? Old City in Hebron under threat

    10 September 2010 | ISM Media During the month of Ramadan the Israeli army used various tactics to repress protest and intimidate the population of the Old City in Hebron, which illegal Israeli settlers are seeking to ethnically cleanse When, on August 10th 2010, the Israeli Army invaded the Old City in Hebron and closed…

  • Spanish Parliament condemns Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s conviction

    8 September 2010 | Popular Struggle The Spanish Parliament followed the footsteps of the EU and the Desmond Tutu of the Elders, and joined the rising tide of international criticism over Abu Rahmah’s conviction of incitement by an Israeli military court. The Spanish Parliament’s Intergroup for Palestine issued a statement that expressed their “deep concern…