Tag: Ramallah

  • Ynet: Na’alin residents: IDF curfew made us stronger

    Residents of West Bank village say will continue to protest construction of Israeli security fence By Ali Waked To view original article, published by Ynet on the 8th July, click here Residents of the West Bank village of Na’alin near Ramallah vowed Tuesday to continue their protest against Israel’s construction of the security fence. Monday…

  • The Guardian: ‘We have no alternative than peaceful protest’

    By Rory McCarthy To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 8th July, click here Israeli troops have surrounded a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank after several weeks of demonstrations against the latest stretch of the West Bank barrier. For at least the past two days the military has placed a…

  • A Girl from Gaza Identified by her ID

    By: Haneen Zaqout – Grade 10, Friends School, Ramallah We all spend a lifetime trying to figure out what makes someone who they are, and what defines them. Is it their characteristics, appearances, or behaviors? It may be a combination of all…for regular people. But for people who come from where I come from, figuring…

  • Gaza 3ala Bali: Protest in Ramallah in solidarity with the fishermen of Gaza

    On the 16th June, people gathered in the center of Ramallah in a show of solidarity with the fishermen of Gaza, who today set sail in protest against the brutal Israeli imposed siege which is destroying their livelihoods. In Ramallah, demonstrators sat in inflatable boats while declaring ‘Gaza On My Mind’. This action was in…

  • Activists block bulldozers in Ni’lin

    On Sunday 25 May 2008, local villagers, estimated at well over 100 people, accompanied by international and Israeli observers, representatives of the media and human rights workers converged this morning on the village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, to demonstrate at the theft of yet more village land by settlers from two nearby illegal Israeli…