Today in the village of Bil’in, residents (accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists) marched in solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners. Marchers held posters with images of prisoners, and some wore prison uniforms, calling for the release of prisoners, and an end to the Israeli occupation. The IDF responded with barrages of tear…
On the 47th anniversary of the June War which resulted in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank, the Gaza strip and the Golan Heights, Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, demonstrated in the village of Nabi Saleh in support of the hunger striking political prisoners. Several of these prisoners are currently hospitalized…
Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish activists staged a vigil in front of the Sourasky Medical Centre (Ichilov) in Tel Aviv, where several hunger striking prisoners are held, reportedly chained to their beds. Protesters held banners in solidarity with the prisoners, hunger striking for more than 40 days now and called for their release. If you like my…
Jaffa-based activists, both Palestinian and Jewish staged a protest near the historic building of the Jaffa municipality, on Jerusalem boulevard, formerly Jamal Basha / King George / Nuzha. Protesters handed cups with salted water to passers by in solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners and briefly blocked the street, bringing traffic to a halt.…
Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marched today in Nabi Saleh in support of the hunger striking political prisoners, over 60 of whom are currently hospitalized and in severe mortal danger. The IDF responded with tear gas and rubber bullets in an attempt to suppress the demonstration. No major injuries reported. …
About a hundred activists, Palestinian and Israeli-Jews, staged a protest today in Yafa’s historical clock tower square in solidarity with the political prisoners in Israeli jails. Samer ‘Issawi, a former political prisoner and hunger striker, and brother of Shireen ‘Issawi, a lawyer who is currently in prison, joined the demonstration. The Yafa activists staged numerous…
Palestinians from the Ramallah area congregated this Friday in front of Ofer Military prison, at the same spot where two protesters were killed by IDF’s live bullets the day before. The IDF, deployed on nearby roofs and a hilltop, attempted to disperse protesters by using barrages of tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. A…
Commemorating the 66th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the expulsion of some 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to confront the occupation army. Near Ofer military prison, protesters also expressed their solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners. The IDF assaulted the demonstration with barrages of tear gas,…
For over two weeks, hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners are hunger striking for dignity and freedom. The local popular committee in the village of Nabi Saleh dedicated Friday’s demonstration to the hunger striking prisoners and called for national and global show of solidarity. Palestinians and solidarity activists marched towards the main entrance to the village,…
Many thousands of settlers reveled in the streets of occupied Jerusalem as they celebrated the 47th anniversary of the occupation of the eastern parts of the city and their subsequent annexation. Israeli border and riot police opted to seal off the Zionist Jerusalem Day marchers by forcing store owners in the old city to shut…
