Tag: Jerusalem

  • Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall

    Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall

    by Jenna Bereld and Samar 19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On December 18, 2011 residents of Shu’fat and activists protested against the separation wall in front of the new checkpoint. A certain loss of demonstrators was noted, since thirty-five organizers were arrested yesterday by Israeli policemen in their homes in the…

  • Khan Al-Ahmar: Forced expulsion of Bedouins from Area C

    by Alistair George 13 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank “From the 1970’s until today, the Israelis used to demolish our tents and houses but not to deport us”  says Abu Hamis, a member of the Jahalin Bedouin tribe . “We used to rebuild our places but the new policy which they are…

  • Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline

    Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline

    by Samar and Meriem  11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home. The Al Kurd family is of five other families targeted by these evications.  The Fawziya Al…