Tag: Jerusalem

  • Protest against the apartheid wall in Beit Hanina

    On Friday 11th of July, the people of Beit Hanina marched to the settler road where Israel is about to build the wall. About 100 Palestinians and international solidarity activists participated in the demonstration. Israeli soldiers and border police came to dissolve the demonstration. They were shouting and yelling at the demonstrators, eventually forcing them…

  • J-Post: Court to hear petition on Silwan digs

    By Elana Kirsh To view original article, published by the Jerusalem Post on the 18th June, click here The High Court of Justice in Jerusalem will hear a petition on Wednesday on the issue of archaeological excavations being carried out in tunnels under the village of Silwan. According to Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR), the…

  • J-Post: Ofra rabbi permits Shabbat construction

    To view original article, published in the Jerusalem Post on the 12th June, click here In a dramatic halachic ruling, the rabbi of Ofra, a settlement in the West Bank northeast of Ramallah, has ruled that Palestinian construction workers can build houses in the settlement on Shabbat, in order to “establish facts on the ground”…

  • Alt-arch: Hearing in the Supreme Court

    Update ‘From Shiloah to Silwan group’. To view website click here On Wednesday, the 18th of June at 11 a.m., there will be a hearing in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem regarding the archaeological excavations under the houses of the Silwan village in East Jerusalem. Your presence is important! The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) financed…

  • Haaretz: Israel to build over 800 new homes in East Jerusalem areas

    By Nadav Shragai, published in Haaretz. To view original article click here Israel announced plans on Sunday to build more than 800 hundred new homes in eastern parts of the Jerusalem municipality, despite U.S. and Palestinian calls to halt settlement expansion. The announcement was issued two days before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert embarks on a…