Tag: Sheikh Jarrah
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In Pictures: Sheikh Jarrah
16 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The ultimate aim of the Zionist organizations is to convert Sheikh Jarrah into a new Jewish settlement and to create a Jewish continuum that will effectively cut off the Old City from the northern Palestinian neighborhoods. On 28 August 2008, Nahalat Shimon International filed a plan…
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Settlers burn ISM tent in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah
14 September 2011 | The Alternative Information Center At about 2am on Monday, 11 September, settlers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah burnt to the ground an International Solidarity Movement tent that had been established to monitor and prevent settler violence in the neighborhood. The tent, which thankfully was empty at the time…
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Sheikh Jarrah in need of more international presence
13 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In the early hours of September 12th, local illegal settlers in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, torched and destroyed a protest tent frequented and inhabited by locals and international volunteers and observers in the midst of increased Israeli settler violence and aggression. The tent sat between an…
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Violent incitement against internationals in Sheikh Jarrah
2 July 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Two international activists were assaulted by 4 Israeli police officers in an unprovoked attack in Sheikh Jarrah this morning. The two Danish activists were part of a group of five internationals staying at a home which has been partially occupied by settlers. With the support of the Israeli…
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Sheikh Jarrah: Daoudi family faces first court appearance to fight eviction
16 December 2010 | International Solidarity Movement Today in Jerusalem, the Daoudi family appeared at their first court hearing to defend themselves against forced eviction. The Daoudis live in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Palestinian East Jerusalem where Israeli settlers are seeking to illegally evict and displace Palestinian residents from their homes. According to the…