Tag: Jerusalem

  • Sheikh Jarrah residents organize in the face of mass house evictions

    Electronic Intifada 7 April 2009 “We are like the roots of a tree. The Israelis may cut us in places, but we will never die. We will not be transplanted from Jerusalem. I will not leave this house,” Maher Hanun tells a crowded room of Palestinian community members supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists.…

  • Israeli forces demolish family home of Hussam Dwayat and kill 20 year old Palestinian

    7 April 2009 The Israeli army shot dead a young Palestinian in the Sur Bahir village centre in East Jerusalem, while the house of the family of Hussam Dwayat was being demolished in a nearby neighbourhood. The demolition has been carried out as a form of collective punishment to the family of Hussam Dwayat, who…

  • Israeli police shoot motorist during house demolition

    Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 April 2009 Israeli police today shot dead a Palestinian driver they said had tried to attack them during the demolition of a Palestinian home in Jerusalem. The driver was shot at a roadblock set up by border police in Sur Bahir, a district on the city’s Arab eastern side.…

  • Municipality of Jerusalem to ‘blow up’ houses

    Tsipi Malkuv | Yediot Yerushaliyim 6 April 2009 English Translation: Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions THERE WILL BE AS BLAST [or a political blow-up; its a play on words in Hebrew]  by Tsipi Malkuv [Subtitle] The policy of demolishing homes [in Jerusalem] will continue at an increased rate The Jerusalem municipality continues to demonstrate determination…

  • Israeli settlers take over Palestinian residence in Jerusalem’s old city

    On the 2nd of April at 2am, at least seven armed Israeli settlers took over a Palestinian residence on al-Malwiyeh Street in Jerusalem’s old city.  The house’s owner, Nasser Jaber, was away for four nights while the building was being renovated.  The settlers arrived in the early morning, breaking open the door and changing the…