Tag: Jerusalem

  • Freedom Riders: “I felt like I was witnessing history”

    Freedom Riders: “I felt like I was witnessing history”

    by Ben Lorber  15 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Earlier today, 7 Palestinian activists were arrested as part of the Freedom Rides attempt to board segregated buses going from the West Bank into occupied East Jerusalem. Palestinians, Israelis and ISM activists waited at a bus stop outside the illegal settlement of Psagot,…

  • Jerusalem: Explosions, arrests and violence as Israel clears way for settlement activity

    Jerusalem: Explosions, arrests and violence as Israel clears way for settlement activity

    by Alistair George 13 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Three Palestinians were arrested and others were detained, beaten and pepper sprayed by the Israeli military in Al-Walajeh yesterday, as villagers attempted to prevent the detonation of explosives used to widen the route for the separation wall on the village’s land. Previously, large…

  • Jerusalem offices of Peace Now evacuated after bomb threat

    Jerusalem offices of Peace Now evacuated after bomb threat

    by Oz Rosenberg 7 November 2011 | Haaretz Anonymous attackers spray-painted “price tag” and threatened to plant a bomb in the Jerusalem offices of “Peace Now” on Sunday. Hagit Ofran, director of Peace Now’s Settlement Watch project, said that at around 8 P.M., the office intercom buzzed and a man’s voice said, “The building will…