Tag: Demonstration

  • Help us release Ni’lin’s Ibrahim Srour from Israeli prison

    11 September 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee When I was in prison for organizing protest in my village of Bil’in, I knew that if I make bail or have to pay a fine to be released, someone would pay it. Worrying about such technicalities was literally the last thing on my mind. But now…

  • Trial of West Bank organizer, Bassem Tamimi, to resume Sunday

    30 August 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee After telling the judge that he does not recognize the legitimacy of the court and of military law during his arraignment on June 5th, Bassem Tamimi’s trial is expected to open this coming Sunday, when prosecution witnesses will take the stand for the first time. On June 14th, the EU…

  • How Israel takes its revenge on boys who throw stones

    26 August 2011 | The Independent, Catrina Stewart The boy, small and frail, is struggling to stay awake. His head lolls to the side, at one point slumping on to his chest. “Lift up your head! Lift it up!” shouts one of his interrogators, slapping him. But the boy by now is past caring, for…

  • Iftar at the House of the Ezkadenia

    24 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Israel’s latest round of attacks on Gaza has made it too dangerous to demonstrate in the buffer zone. The people of Beit Hanoun do not demonstrate because they want to die, they demonstrate because they want to live. They want to live in dignity, they want to…

  • Illegal settlement, Qadumim, upheld over Kufr Qaddoum’s rights

    13 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Friday the 12th of August, the weekly demonstration called by the local Popular Committee in Kufr Qaddum was held. Despite the blazing heat and that most of the participants are fasting for Ramadan, an impressive contingent of around two hundred began the march towards the…