Tag: Video

  • Evicted Palestinians sleep rough in protest

    Jacky Rowland | Al Jazeera 7 August 2009 The Hanouns, a Palestinian family evicted by Israeli authorities from their home in East Jerusalem, are protesting their eviction by sleeping on the street outside the house that was for decades their home. Al Jazeera’s Jacky Rowland reports from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem…

  • Bil’in demonstrates against Apartheid Wall and Israeli arrest campaign

    Bil’in Popular Committee 7 August 2009 Tens were suffocated with tear gas, fired by Israeli soldiers at Bili’n’s weekly demonstration. Where Bil’in citizens, Israeli and International peace activists demonstrated after the Friday prayers, waving Palestinian flags and banners with slogans calling for the release of the popular leaders, Muhammad al-Khatib and Adib Abu Rahma, and…

  • Israeli forces raid West Bank village of Bil’in, arresting 7 Palestinians and 1 American solidarity activist

    For Immediate Release 3 August 2009: Israeli forces raid West Bank village of Bil’in, arresting 7 Palestinians and 1 American solidarity activist. At around 3am on Monday morning, a large military force wearing combat paint and masks invaded Bil’in. Israeli soldiers raided several homes, arresting 2 Palestinian children, 5 Palestinian adults including Mohammad Khatib of…

  • Israeli forces evict the Hanoun and al-Ghawe families from their Sheikh Jarrah homes

    UPDATE: Seven of the arrested activists were released after court, with a condition to not be in Sheikh Jarrah for 3 weeks. One American solidarity activist has been taken to the immigration prison for deportation. Another international activist is reportedly refusing to give her name and intends to go on hunger-strike, according to the released…

  • Ni’lin demonstrates against the Apartheid Wall

    31 July 2009 At 1 pm, after the Friday prayer, approximately 75 protesters internationals  and Israeli activist joined the inhabitants of Ni’lin  in their weekly demonstration against the illegal Apartheid wall which Israel has built on Ni’lin land. The demonstration walked along one of the roads from the village towards the wall. When the demonstration…