Tag: Apartheid Wall

  • Celebrating heroes and olives: Qaryut begins to dismantle roadblock

    Celebrating heroes and olives: Qaryut begins to dismantle roadblock

    by Aaron 5 February 2012  | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Hundreds of peaceful demonstrators confronted heavily armed Israeli soldiers this Friday, February 3rd,  at a new protest in the village of Qaryut, planting nearly one hundred trees and partially demolishing the roadblock that has obstructed access to the highway since the First Intifada. Although…

  • Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall

    Shu’fat: Forced to pay taxes from behind a checkpoint and wall

    by Jenna Bereld and Samar 19 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On December 18, 2011 residents of Shu’fat and activists protested against the separation wall in front of the new checkpoint. A certain loss of demonstrators was noted, since thirty-five organizers were arrested yesterday by Israeli policemen in their homes in the…

  • In Photos: The construction of segregation

    In Photos: The construction of segregation

    by Jenna Bereld and Samar 16 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Today, Israeli soldiers once again denied the Palestinians’ right to assemble and protest against the construction of the illegal separation wall. About fifty villagers of Qalandia gathered after the Friday prayer and went to the construction site in a peaceful demonstration.…