Tag: Sheikh Jarrah

  • Live updates from Sheikh Jarrah – Visit ISM’s Night Watch blog

    Live updates from Sheikh Jarrah – Visit ISM’s Night Watch blog

    14 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home. On December 4th  Nabil Al Kurd and his mother, accompanied by international and Israeli activists went to the Court…

  • Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline

    Sheikh Jarrah: Al Kurd family faces 30 day deadline

    by Samar and Meriem  11 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has been following the situation of the Al Kurd family from Sheikh Jarrah since 2009 and has kept a presence in the garden of their home. The Al Kurd family is of five other families targeted by these evications.  The Fawziya Al…

  • Eid in Sheikh Jarrah

    Eid in Sheikh Jarrah

    by Wahed Rajol 7 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank ISM has maintained a daily presence at the al-Kurd residence in Sheikh Jarrah since August 2009 when Israeli authorities paved the way for Israeli settlers to occupy the front part of the family home.  On the first night of Eid al-Adha, on November…

  • Welcome to the settler party

    Welcome to the settler party

    by Jenna Bereld 28 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank As I pass, my Palestinian scarf is hidden in my bag – I do not want to get any spit on me tonight. Around the tomb of Shimon HaTzadik, the festival is going on. The settlers have built a stage, erected a huge…

  • The graffiti battle of Sheikh Jarrah

    28 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank While Palestinian families continue to defend their right to reside in their homes in East Jerusalem, and while illegal Israeli settlers attempt to overtake whatever home or land to feed their colonial appetite, a different struggle is taking place on the walls of Sheikh Jarrah. As…