Tag: Nakba

  • Bethlehem protests the US embassy relocation

    Bethlehem protests the US embassy relocation

    On the 14th May 2017, the day the new US embassy to Israel was due to open in Jerusalem, protests were held across Palestine. In Bethlehem, hundreds of children, women and men marched from Nisan Square to the gate in the apartheid wall separating them from Jerusalem. This unarmed protest was immediately met by brutal…

  • “We witnessed at least 40 Palestinians dropping to the ground from tear gas inhalation”

    “We witnessed at least 40 Palestinians dropping to the ground from tear gas inhalation”

    On Monday the 14th of May at 11am, thousands of Palestinians gathered in Arafat Square in Ramallah and proceeded to march to Qalandiya checkpoint to confront Israeli forces. The US embassy was officially moved to Jerusalem on this same day. Palestinians held signs and placards to assert their right of return and in remembrance of…

  • Aggressive young Israeli settlers provoke anger in Damascus gate, Jerusalem

    Aggressive young Israeli settlers provoke anger in Damascus gate, Jerusalem

    14 May 2016 | International Solidarity Movement, Al-Quds team | Jerusalem, occupied Palestine The 12th of May 2016 notes the day Israel calls Independence Day. For Palestinians, Israeli Independence Day means the start of the Naqba in 1948 (the Catastrophe) and the loss of their homeland, which is still ongoing today. We had traveled to…