Tag: Ramallah
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*Updated, with videos!* Demonstrators tell Bush their Freedom is not for Sale despite police repression
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Despite attempts by the Palestinian authority to silence any appearance of dissent, around a thousand people peacefully took to the streets all over Ramallah to protest the ongoing siege of Gaza, and to protest what they said was an attempt to strengthen Apartheid with U.S. President Bush’s visit. Dozens of people were…
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IMC: Weekly Friday Demonstrations
Edited from: https://israel.indymedia.org/newswire/display/8310/index.php Original text by: Ilan Sharif The Friday demonstration at the 443 apartheid highway About 150 Israelis started their way to the demonstration before noon from Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other parts of the country – less than half succeeded to arrive to the site of the demonstration because of roadblocks setup by…
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*UPDATED* (With Original Video of Attack) Two Badly Injured as Bil’in Residents Attempt to Thwart Settler Land Grab
On January 1st, Mohammed Khatib and Abdullah Abu Rahme of the Bil’in popular committee were badly beaten by settlers while non-violently attempting to stop the positioning of a settlement outpost on village land. Abdullah was released from Sheik Zaid hospital the same night, Mohammed returned home later the next day. Cameraman Emad Bornat was beaten…
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Action Alert! Mass demonstration against the apartheid highway 443 and the apartheid road system in the occupied territories
This Friday, January 4th, Human Rights activists will meet at a mass demonstration against the system of Israeli Apartheid being imposed upon the Palestinian people. They will protest the network of apartheid roads which dissect the West Bank and which Palestinians themselves are blocked from using. Tel Aviv meeting point : Arlozorov train station, El…
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Ha’aretz: Twilight Zone / Deer hunters
By Gideon Levy Dec. 30 After a night of rain, the sun broke through the clouds. Two brothers and their brother-in-law decided to go for a hike in the wild, through the spectacular valley of olive trees, west of Ramallah in the West Bank. Around midday they suddenly noticed a herd of deer descending pell-mell…