Tag: Demonstration

  • Jerusalem culture event shut down by Israeli forces

    Ma’an News 17 December 2009 Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces arrested several and scuffled with Palestinians while shutting down a cultural festival meant to proclaim attachment to Jerusalem on Thursday. Organizers, including Prisoners’ Club President Nasser Kaws, were hustled out of the Damascus Gate area of the Old City of Jerusalem and detained by…

  • Demonstration outside Jelemeh prison in solidarity with arrested Palestinian grassroots activist

    16 December 2009 A demonstration was held outside Jelemeh prison in Haifa today in protest against the arrest and imprisonment of grassroots activist Wa’el Al Faqeeh Abu As Sabe. Demonstrators planted olive trees and hung Palestinian flags and banners outside the prison gates, calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners. The night that the…

  • Die on my Palestine land

    Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift 16 December 2009 Fatima Mohammed Yassen, aged 49, is a farmer from Bil’in. Despite the crippling Israeli occupation of her village, she continues to work her land, along with her husband, on a daily basis. Jody McIntyre spoke to Im Khamis, as she is known to local villagers, in her home…

  • Demonstrators to protest arrest of prominent grassroots activist Wa’el Al Faqeeh Abu As Sabe

    13 December 2009 For immediate release: A demonstration will be held outside Jelemeh Prison in Haifa at 12pm, Monday 14 December 2009, to protest the arrest of prominent grassroots Palestinian activist Wa’el Al Faqeeh Abu As Sabe. Al Faqeeh, renowned throughout the Nablus region for his tireless campaigning and non-violent action against the Israeli occupation,…

  • 21 activists arrested during a protest against house evictions in Sheikh Jarrah

    Nir Hasson | Haaretz 11 December 2009 Six Israel Police officers were lightly wounded and 21 left-wing activists were arrested Friday during a demonstration that turned violent in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. The demonstrators were protesting the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes. The protesters on Friday marched from the city center…