Tag: Jordan Valley
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Palestinians launch “Melh Al-Ard” campaign by reviving Ein Hijleh Village in the Jordan Valley
31st January 20014 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine Hundreds of Palestinians announced today the launching of “Melh Al-Ard” (Salt of the Earth) campaign by reviving the village of Ein Hijleh in the Jordan Valley on land belonging to the Orthodox Church and St. Gerassimos monastery. The campaign is launched in refusal…
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Peaceful protest ends in deportation and imprisonment
20th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement | Occupied Palestine On Saturday 18th January during a peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley, 19-year-old Ahmad Walid Atatreh, a Palestinian activist and 24-year-old Sven W, a German activist who lives in Switzerland, were arrested and beaten after a march held in Jiftlik Adam Junction. Ahmad is a law student, studying at Al-Quds University in Jerusalem. The…
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One Palestinian and one international activist arrested in peaceful protest in the Jordan Valley
18th January 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine A Palestinian activist and an international were arrested today whilst peacefully protesting in the Jordan Valley. The international activist is falsely charged by Israeli forces with endangering people’s lives on the road, assaulting a soldier and trying to grab his rifle. The…
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Constructive Resistance in al-Aqaba
28th May 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Al-Aqaba, Occupied Palestine Al-Aqaba, a village with the smallest local council in the West Bank, continually rises above its size and situation by demonstrating community strength through non-violent resistance and proactive development. Since 1967 the village has suffered greatly under the Israeli occupation and faces…
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Olive tree planting in the village of Atuf, Jordan Valley
8th April 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Atuf, Jordan Valley, Occupied Palestine By Team Nablus On Monday 8 April the village of Atuf in the Jordan Valley, planted olive trees on their land accompanied by solidarity activists. The group planted twenty-five trees, dedicating them to prisoners and international activists killed by the Israeli authorities. Just…
