Tag: Jerusalem

  • Apartheid wall legitimized by Israeli supreme court

    Haaretz: “Court rejects petition to change route of J’lem envelope fence” by Yuval Yoaz, November 26th An expanded panel of nine High Court of Justice judges, headed by retired Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, on Sunday rejected petitions claiming the route of the West Bank separation fence near the village of Bir Naballah, north of…

  • Israeli police break up non-violent student demonstrations in Jerusalem

    by Ma’an, November 15th Reuters photo from November 9th of a previous demonstration in front of Damascus Gate against the Beit Hanoun massacre The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday, stopped a peaceful demonstration, organized by hundreds of Palestinian students, commemorating the 18th anniversary of the declaration of Palestinian independence. The police intervened immediately as the…

  • “Hate Does Not Come Easy” – Home Demolition in East Jerusalem

    by an ISM volunteer, October 22nd “I tell my children it’s my fault that our house was demolished. I say that because daddy didn’t have a building permit, I broke the law and so they had to tear it down. I would rather they believe this than that they be angry about the truth. I…

  • Non-Violence on Trial

    Mohammad Mansour being tortured durring his arrest June 2004 Mohammad Mansour, a non violent organizer against the illegal Apartheid Wall from Biddu, who works with the International Solidarity Movement, will stand trial, tomorrow. Sunday the tenth of September at 10:30 in the “Peace Court” in Jerusalem. He was initially arrested in June 2004 at a…

  • Palestinians, Israelis and Internationals Rebuild Homes Demolished by the Occupation Forces

    by Ernesto The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) has been instrumental in challenging one of the most nefarious features of the Israeli occupation of Palestine – the demolition of Palestinian homes. ISM’ers have begun to pitch in and lend a helping hand with ICAHD’s summer rebuilding camps when not supporting non-violent direct action against…