Tag: Apartheid Wall
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Release Abdallah Abu Rahmah and other leaders and members of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements
Faculty for Israeli-Palestinian Peace 29 December 2009 Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a leader of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was arrested at his home during a military operation in Ramallah by the Israeli Army on December 10. FFIPP interns and members of faculty delegations know Abdallah Abu Rahmah well. For the past…
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Demonstrators to protest closure of Beituniya military checkpoint in solidarity with families of Palestinian political prisoners and in support of lawyers’ strike
29 December 2009 The Popular Struggle Coordination Committee and the Palestinian Society Prisoners’ Club called for a demonstration on Tuesday, 29 December 2009, to protest the closure of the Beituniya checkpoint, the only access route for many families and lawyers of prisoners held at Ofer military prison. All visitors must now go through the Qalandiya…
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Christmas in Bil’in: Santa Claus suffers tear-gas inhalation at weekly demonstration against the Wall
Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements 25 December 2009 On Friday, 25 December 2009, residents of Bil’in attempted to march to their land stolen by the Apartheid Wall, joined by representatives of the the Fatah party, including central committee member Abass Zaki. Demonstrators dressed as Santa Claus carried a Christmas tree decorated with…