Tag: Ramallah

  • “I only listen to what they tell me” – a Palestinian account of what it takes to travel from Jenin to Ramallah

    by Ashraf, 7th November Today at 9 in the morning, a group of 30 students from my university in Jenin left to attend a conference and an exhibit of Information Technology held in Ramallah. IT students were invited to visit a joint Palestinian market of different Palestinian computer and software companies. The first checkpoint we…

  • Two Reports From Qalandiya Checkpoint

    Fifty People Detained at Qalandiya Checkpoint from brightonpalestine.org, 16th October I passed through Qalandiya checkpoint today on the way back to Hebron. As the bus reached the Ramallah side of the “terminal” the passengers got out and walked towards the pedestrian gates. When I had passed the turnstiles I saw that around fifty Palestinians were…

  • Israeli army invades Ramallah, captures 4 Palestinians

    by Iman On Tuesday October 10th at 6:30 pm, Israeli Occupation Forces entered Lower Ramallah shooting their way through the city. One ISM volunteer on the scene reported having witnessed at least 9 Army Jeeps as well as a bulldozer. The ISM volunteer was not allowed near where the soldiers were trying to detain Palestinians.…

  • Haaretz: Israeli “Law as Roadkill on Highway 443”

    by Akiva Eldar, September 26th The masses of Israelis who regularly travel to Jerusalem via Modi’in are familiar with the large cement cubes near the signs that indicate the approach roads to the Palestinian villages on either side of the main road known as Highway 443. Anyone who bothers to look to the sides will…

  • Olive Harvest 2006

    Your presence is needed for the Olive Harvest 2006 in Palestine! Palestinian communities are calling for the presence of international activists to support them in the 2006 Olive Harvest. Throughout the West Bank and Gaza, Palestinian land continues to be stolen for illegal Israeli colonies and the Apartheid Wall as well as settler roads, checkpoints,…