Tag: Tulkarem

  • 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…