Tag: Tulkarem

  • The Small Battles

    by Daniela, Tuesday 26th September This weekend I attended a small rally in Tulkarem, where Palestinian NGOs were calling for a boycott of Israeli goods. Although the group was small, they were organized and seemed intent to follow through with this goal. On our way back to Ramallah, our taxi slowed to a stop. A…

  • Tulkarem Farmers in Boycott of Israeli goods

    Palestinian traders and farmers will gather in the Tulkarem Refugee Camp on September 20th for a Palestinian goods market, boycotting Israeli products as a statement of resistance against Israel’s ongoing occupation, The Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign said. The Campaign said that The Tulkarem trade fair will gather over a hundred businesses and farmers, many…

  • Palestinians Demonstrate at Checkpoint Near Tulkarem

    Yesterday, 26th of July, the Israeli military set up a so-called “flying checkpoint” – made up of three jeeps and a couple of cement blocks – on the busy road from Ramallah to Tulkarm between the villages of Beit Iba and Beit Lid. They refused to let any Palestinians pass going in both directions starting…

  • The Trip from Tulkarm to Ramallah: 3 road blocks, 5 check-points, 7 cars

    How long does it take to travel from the north-east of the West Bank, to the centre? In such a small area of land, you might think not long. A Palestinian ISM co-ordinator gives an account of the realities of trying to get out of the prison that the Israeli military is turning the north…

  • Land Day Actions

    Since 1976 Land Day is marked by Palestinians on the 30th of March to protest against the grabbing of Palestinian lands by Israel. This year, thousands of Palestinians, along with Israeli and international activists held a series of large-scale peaceful protests against the ongoing occupation and continued theft of Palestinian land by Israel. Demonstrations took…