Tag: Demonstration

  • Mohammad Khatib released from Israeli prison

    For Immediate Release Monday, 17 August 2009: Mohammad Khatib, member of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements has been released on the condition that he report to a police station with a monitor every Friday until 5pm for the duration of his trial. He is available for interviews. According to Mohammad, “The…

  • Protests against Sheikh Jarrah evictions continue

    15 August 2009 About 70 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on Saturday, 15th August to demonstrate against the recent evictions in Sheikh Jarrah and Israel’s ongoing policy of ethnically cleansing East Jerusalem of its Palestinian population. Protesters were carrying balloons in the colours of the Palestinian flag and…

  • Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war”

    For Immediate Release 18 August 2009: Israel declares the shooting of American activist, Tristan Anderson to be an “act of war.” Tristan Anderson, an American national, was critically injured on 13 March 2009 when he was shot with a high velocity tear-gas projectile during an unarmed demonstration against the Wall in the West Bank village…