Tag: Demonstration

  • Palestine’s Holocaust museum

    Dania Yousef | Al Jazeera 30 April 2009 In a small anonymous home in the West Bank, a Palestinian academic has set up a project which is almost unheard of in the Occupied Territories. Hassan Musa is the curator of a museum exhibition dedicated to the Jewish Holocaust in Europe. The cracked white walls of…

  • Israeli forces invade Nil’in and kidnap one resident

    30 April 2009 In the early morning on Thursday, 30 April 2009, around 2.45 am, the Israeli army invaded Ni’lin. Soldiers entered the home of Hussein Mohammad al Khawadja, 21, blindfolded him and took him away. The soldiers tried to take another man as well, but he wasn’t at home. The army stayed in the…

  • Bil’in residents and activists gather to mark May Day

    Bil’in Village 1 May 2009 The residents of Bil’in gathered today after the Friday prayer along with international and Israeli activists and marched in recognition of May Day. The protesters carried Palestinian flags and banners calling for labor rights. The Israeli occupation doesn’t give even the simplest rights for workers and the Wall prevents workers…

  • Boycott this Israeli settlement builder

    Abe Hayeem | The Guardian 28 April 2009 The British Foreign and Commonwealth Office must be commended for its decision to cancel renting premises for the UK embassy in Tel Aviv from the company Africa-Israel, owned by Israeli businessman and settlement builder Lev Leviev. This is an encouraging step that should now be backed by…

  • Israeli forces shoot protester in the head with tear-gas during Ni’lin demonsration

    25 April 2009 On Friday the 25th of April at 12.30 pm the weekly prayer demonstration was carried out in Ni’lin. Approximately 100 Ni’lin residents, accompanied by international and Israeli solidarity activists took part in the demonstration. The Israeli army was already present at the usual prayer site before residents arrived. During the demonstration, Israeli…