28 December 2009 When I arrived in Bir el-Eid on 15 November 2009, it was obvious that international accompaniment was needed. There was daily harassment from soldiers and settlers. The villagers were not allowed to use the road. They were ...
Read More »Settlers’ ‘Price Tag’ campaign hits Sheikh Jarrah
26 December 2009 ”The settlers yelled: Come out, this is our house” Nadine Sabbagh 15-years-old, attacked in her home by settlers. Just before midnight, on Christmas Day, 25 December 2009, the Sabbagh family was attacked by around 30 settlers. The ...
Read More »From Hebron to Nablus
From Pork to Palestine Blog 27 December 2009 I’m banned from Sheikh Jarrah and occupied East Jerusalem so I spent the last two days in Hebron and recently arrived in Nablus. Hebron is one of the oldest inhabited cities in ...
Read More »500 demonstrators protest house evictions and ethnic cleansing in Sheikh Jarrah
25 December 2009 Some 500 demonstrators gathered at the top of the street that Jewish settlers are taking over in Sheikh Jarakh in East Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who came part by bus from Tel Aviv, part in cars from the ...
Read More »Is it illegal to go to school?
25 December 2009 Is it illegal to go to school? That question has been asked many times in occupied Palestine. On 20 December 2009, the Israeli military confiscated a Palestinian vehicle used to transport children to and from school in ...
Read More »War on protest
Editorial | Haaretz 25 December 2009 The war the police and the Israel Defense Forces are openly waging against protests by left-wing and human rights activists has heated up in recent weeks. As a result, concern is growing over Israel’s ...
Read More »Stop the deportation of Ryan Olander; American citizen arrested in Sheikh Jarrah
24 December 2009 Ryan Olander is due to be deported by the Israeli state, after being illegally arrested and detained in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, in Occupied East Jerusalem. Please contact the Embassy of the United States in ...
Read More »Settlers attempt to destroy Christmas tree following Palestinian celebration in Sheikh Jarrah
23 December 2009 On Wednesday 23 December at 11.30pm, as every other night, settlers began to circulate in the street between the occupied Gawi house and the half-occupied al-Kurd house in Sheikh Jarrah. After about an hour of general harassment ...
Read More »Residents of Sheikh Jarrah celebrate Christmas despite ongoing settler expansion
23 December 2009 “Merry Christmas to all the Christians and Happy New Year,” Nasser Gawi after his first Christmas tree decoration. On Wednesday, 23 December, residents of Sheikh Jarrah organised a Christmas celebration outside the occupied homes of the Gawi ...
Read More »Settlers attack Palestinian family in Sheikh Jarrah
21 December 2009 Another settler attack on a family in Sheikh Jarrah on Monday 21 December leaves the family with two broken windows and fear of future attacks. After dark on Monday 21 December 2009 a group of around 40 ...
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