Tag: Apartheid Wall
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Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah cleared of stone-throwing; convicted of incitement
24 August 2010 | Popular Struggle Protest organizer Abdallah Abu Rhamah from Bil’in was convicted of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations today, after an eight months long military trial, during which he was kept behind bars. He was acquitted of a stone-throwing charge and a vindictive arms-possession charge. Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s verdict was read today…
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Al-Walaja village resists construction of the Apartheid Wall
4 August 2010 This morning in Al-Walaja local Palestinian residents supported by Israeli and international solidarity activists nonviolently resisted the construction of the Apartheid Wall by blocking the work of a bulldozer. Of the sixty protestors, fourteen people were arrested – six Palestinians and eight internationals. Three were also injured as Israeli police forcefully and…
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Israeli soldiers detain former European Parliament Vice President in Bil’in
23 July 2010 Israeli soldiers detained the former Vice President of the European Parliament, Luisa Morgantini, in Bil’in this afternoon, injured one Israeli activist., and arrested another. Sixty nine-year-old Morgantini, an Italian Member of the Euopean Parliament (MEP) has long been an outspoken supporter of Palestinians. She has participated several times in demonstrations in Bil’in…