Tag: Sheikh Jarrah

  • Victory in Sheikh Jarrah!

    by Ron 05 October 2010 Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem Activists were delighted yesterday when they won a sweet victory against the ever-encroaching colonization of east Jerusalem. The Zionists at Shimon Hatzadik had planned a huge rally for the night of the sixth of October and to support that had illegally (as always) erected three large metal…

  • Israeli police accused of targeting Jerusalem’s Arab residents

    11 September 2010 | The Independent A leading civil-rights group has accused Israeli police of systematic discrimination against the Arab residents of East Jerusalem as growing numbers of hardline religious Jews take up residence in Palestinian areas. A report from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (Acri) found that violent confrontations between Jewish residents…

  • A fortnight of injustice in Sheikh Jarrah

    31 August 2010 | ISM Media The past two weeks in Sheikh Jarrah have seen a resurgence of settler harassment and violence against the local Palestinians – beyond low intensity abuse that is the norm. Verbal sparring and abusive exchanges were sparked when a young settler entered the occupied Al-Ghawe house on August 16th. The…