Tag: Demonstration

  • US condemns evicition of east J’lem families

    Efrat Weiss | YNet News 3 August 2009 Some 200 leftists, including Arabs and Jews, protested the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in the early hours of Sunday morning. Clashes broke out between the demonstrators and security forces, and 13 people were arrested. Israeli police…

  • Israeli forces raid Bil’in, arrest eight

    Bil’in Popular Committee 3 August 2009 At 3am, the occupation forces invaded the village of Bil’in. A total of some 200 soldiers with combat paint in their faces and masks entered the village on foot at several points of entry. 5 homes were raided and a total of 8 people were arrested, 7 Palestinians and…

  • Ni’lin demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    31 July 2009 At 1 pm, after the Friday prayer, approximately 75 protesters internationals  and Israeli activist joined the inhabitants of Ni’lin  in their weekly demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall which Israel has built on Ni’lin land. The demonstration walked along one of the roads from the village towards the wall. When the demonstration…

  • Israeli forces kidnap 2 Ni’lin residents

    29 July 2009 In the early morning on Wednesday 29 the brothers Saeed Attallah Ameerah , 24, and Ahmed Attallah Ameerah, 22, were brutally kidnapped from their home. At 5 am, dozens of soldiers surrounded their house and pounded on their door. Ahmed opened and was immediately grabbed by the soldiers , beaten, handcuffed and…

  • Bil’in demonstrates against nightly raids

    Bil’in Popular Committee 30 July 2009 On Wednesday night, July 29, one hundred villagers of Bil’in along with their International and Israeli supporters conducted a Protest March against the IDF’s nightly raids and detaining of Palestinian villagers. The protest march began in the village of Bil’in, but buoyed by peace songs, chants, and flashlight-lit containers…