Tag: Jerusalem

  • 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…

  • Eid in Sheikh Jarrah

    Eid in Sheikh Jarrah

    by Wahed Rajol 7 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has maintained a daily presence at the al-Kurd residence in Sheikh Jarrah since August 2009 when Israeli authorities paved the way for Israeli settlers to occupy the front part of the family home.  On the first night of Eid al-Adha, on November…

  • Israel: Charging house demolition victims to pay costs of demolition equipment

    Israel: Charging house demolition victims to pay costs of demolition equipment

    by Samira | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The people in the Bedouin community, Mihtawish, in Khan el Ahmar area outside Jerusalem today faced a house demolition. Three family houses were demolished, which hosted in total 39 people. 30 of them are children. One family lived in their house year round and two were soon…