Tag: Jerusalem

  • ICAHD: “Where shall I go now?”

    A wave of house demolitions in East Jerusalem Lucia and Angela of The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (www.icahd.org) Again yesterday, houses were demolished in East Jerusalem. In the early morning the bulldozers moved into the neighborhood of Isawiyya, where they demolished a gas station. Then, they moved towards the neighborhood of Tel al Ful…

  • Hellish Compounds in the Holy Land

    by Lena Dear all, At Abu Dis, a small village on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the wall brings the road to an abrubt end, blocking what used to be the main route between Jerusalem and Jericho. About 9 meters high and solid concrete, it extends into the distance to the South, a huge snake carving…

  • International Activists Reach the Door of the Church of the Nativity

    By Larry Hales We walked right in to Manger Square–“right through the front door.” The writer in me wants to create some suspense, but I am ecstatic–my heart continues to beat at the rate it was when we were walking through. We were planning the night before and were planning around another demonstration led by…