December 29th 2008 – Abu Dis A young Palestinian man is in critical condition after having been shot three times with rubber-coated steel bullets by Israeli forces. He was shot from two metres away while attending a demonstration in solidarity ...
Read More »Ninety people arrested in East Jerusalem as Israeli police look to prevent protests of solidarity with Gaza through intimidation
29th December 2008 – Occupied East Jerusalem At 6pm on the 29th December, another demonstration of solidarity with Gaza people took place in Jerusalem. The demonstration to support the people in Gaza took place at 6 o’clock, starting at Damascus ...
Read More »Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini visits Um Kamel and the Sheikh Jarah protest camp
29th December 2008 At around mid-day on the 29th December, in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, Luisa Morgantini, Vice-President of the European Parliament, led a delegation of fifty people to express solidarity with Um Kamel al-Kurd. She also expressed ...
Read More »One Palestinian arrested as Sheikh Jarrah demonstrates for Gaza
28th December 2008 – East Jerusalem Update: On the 29th of December, Naser Jamjoum, (42), one of the participants in the non-violent demonstration 28th December was arrested after having participated in the last two demonstrations. At 2pm on the 28th ...
Read More »IMEMC: Christmas tree lit in protest tent in Jerusalem
To view original article, published by the IMEMC on the 23rd December, click here Archbishop Moneeb Younan, of the Lutheran Church in the Holy Land and Jordan, lit a Christmas tree on Tuesday in a protest tent in Sheikh Jarrah ...
Read More »Um Kamel al-Kurd again claims her Right of Return
On Monday 22nd of December, the people of Sheikh Jarrah, together with international and Israeli activists, returned for the second time to Um Kamel’s former house in Talbieh to express her right of return. Around 50 people took part in ...
Read More »Sheikh Jarrah protest camp demolished by Israeli forces yet again – Two internationals taken by police
Israeli forces have again demolished the protest tent established in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem, built on Palestinian private property in support of the evicted al-Kurd family and the 18 Palestinian families who currently face eviction from the neighbourhood. Two ...
Read More »Sheikh Jarrah protest camp due to be demolished again – Two internationals taken by Israeli police
UPDATE: The two internationals have been released from the Israeli police station without charge. The tent was eventually taken down by the residents of Sheikh Jarrah, though it has now been rebuilt. The bulldozer, after threatening to demolish the tent, ...
Read More »Um Kamel Al-Kurd returns to her original home in Talbyieh, West Jerusalem
On Thursday 4th December 2008 Um Kamel accompanied by Israeli, Palestinian and International activists returned to her original home of her parents in the Talbyieh area in West Jerusalem, where they symbolically set up a tent and demanded the right ...
Read More »PNN: Um Kamal Al Kurd taking the Right of Return
To view original article, published by the Palestinian News Network on the 3rd November, click here The Kurd family is again making news after being forcibly expelled from their home in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. Now Um Kamal Al ...
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