Tag: Jerusalem
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12 year old Palestinian killed in Bethlehem as violence explodes across the West Bank
5th October 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Khalil team | West Bank, occupied Palestine Abed al-Rahman Shadi Obeidallah, 12 was still in his school uniform when he was rushed in a civilian car to Beit Jala hospital from Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem today. The boy, from from a Al Kahder village, was shot in the…
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Jerusalem Day: Palestinians met with extreme violence
On Sunday 17th May 2015, I witnessed some of the most violent and painfully blatant acts of Apartheid since my time in Palestine. I went to Al Quds for the annual ´Jerusalem Day´, to document the racist chants, commonly known to occur. ‘Jerusalem Day’, or ‘Yom Yerushalayim’ is a zionist celebration of the 6 day…
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Open the gate, bring down the wall!
08th May 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Al Khalil Team | Al-Zaim, Occupied Palestine The villagers of Al-Zaim held their third demonstration today in front of the gate in the apartheid wall that separates them from East Jerusalem. Peaceful demonstrators were met by a large number of occupation forces and agreement was eventually reached to…
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Organisers of Pilsen 2015, don’t host Days of Jerusalem festival
30th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement – support group | Czech Republic Prominent figures of Czech political and public life call on the organizers of Pilsen 2015 to step down as hosts of the Days of Jerusalem festival. The Days of Jerusalem festival is taking place in the city of Pilsen as part of the European Capital…
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Journal: House demolition in East Jerusalem
27th April 2015 | International Solidarity Movement, Team Al Khalil | East Jerusalem, Occupied Palestine This has been hard to write down. The three of us put off again and again the thoughts and fears of that day, to remember them and to finally write them down. We have been avoiding it, because it is easier to…
