Tag: Global Actions
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Chicago activists picket Israeli consulate as part of international day of action against house evictions and demolitions in Palestine
13 July 2009 On Monday, the 13th of July, around 35 Chicago activists picketed the Israeli consulate in response to a call to action from Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem currently facing house eviction or demolition at the hands of Israeli authorities. When one demonstrator attempted to deliver an eviction notice to the staff…
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Chicago activists drop 88 banners across city protesting Israeli eviction and demolition of Palestinian homes
13 July 2009 Monday, July 13th 2009, 5am: In perhaps the largest campaign of its kind in Chicago’s history, over a dozen activists dropped 88 banners across Chicagoland this morning decrying Israel’s policies of evicting or destroying Palestinian homes. Each banner represents one of 88 Palestinian homes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan…
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Copenhagen demonstrates in solidarity with East Jerusalem residents facing evictions and demolitions
13 July 2009 International day of solidarity with East Jerusalem residents facing eviction or demolition of their homes. Demonstration in front of the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen. At 8.30 in the morning on Monday 13th of July Scandinavian activists showed their solidarity with the Palestinians in East Jerusalem facing eviction or demolition of their houses…
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Action Alert: protests in front of Israeli embassies tomorrow
2 July 2009 For Immediate Release London, 2 July, (ECESG) – The European campaign to end the siege on Gaza (ECESG) called today for international human rights organizations and lobbying groups to organize large protests in front of Israeli embassies across Europe in solidarity with activists of Free Gaza Movement. Activists onboard of the humanitarian…
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Support Sheikh Jarrah: International day of actions against house demolitions in Palestine
The community of Shiekh Jarrah calls on the international community to set up tents outside of Israeli embassies worldwide in solidarity with the neighborhoods threatened with eviction or demolition in occupied East Jerusalem. Tents have become a powerful symbol of the struggle of Palestinian people living in occupied East Jerusalem. They have been set up…