Tag: Demonstration

  • From Berlin to Palestine: no matter where, no matter how tall, all walls fall

    Bil’in Popular Committee 6 November 2009 The 20th anniversary to the fall of the Berlin Wall will be marked this Friday in mass demonstrations across the West Bank calling for an immediate dismantling of Israel’s wall and settlements Exactly twenty years ago, On 9 November 1989, the Berlin Wall came crumbling down in two days…

  • al-Ma’sara demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    Al-Ma’sara Popular Committee Against the Wall In today’s demonstration against the illegal construction of the Apartheid Wall that is designed to steal the agricultural lands of the villages of Southern Bethlehem, the people of al-Ma’sara celebrated the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in Germany. In chants and speeches, the demonstrators insisted…

  • Residents of Sheikh Jarrah demonstrate against settlements in East Jerusalem

    4 November 2009 On Wednesday 4 November 2009, a vibrant demonstration was held in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The demonstration was organised as a protest against Jewish settlers taking over a Palestinian house in Sheikh Jarrah, belonging to the Al Kurd family, on the previous day. It was also a protest…

  • Palestinians who see nonviolence as their weapon

    Richard Boudreaux | The Los Angeles Times 4 November 2009 Every Friday, Mohammed Khatib’s forces assemble for battle with the Israeli army and gather their weapons: a bullhorn, banners — and a fierce belief that peaceful protest can bring about a Palestinian state. A few hundred strong, they march to the Israeli barrier that separates…

  • A protest vigil will be held in Sheikh Jarrah following a settler takeover of a Palestinian home

    For Immediate Release: Wednesday, 4 November 2009 at 7pm: A protest vigil will be held outside the al-Kurd home in Sheikh Jarrah. Following a settler takeover of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the al-Kurd family and international and Israeli solidarity groups will hold a vigil. Israeli settlers take over…