The third Friday of Ramadan was dedicated to the commemoration of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, a Jerusalem teenager brutally murdered by Israeli settlers a year ago. Residents of Nabi Saleh marched commemorating Abu Khdeir as well as Muhammad Kasba, a 17 years old Palestinian murdered by a high ranking Israeli officer that same morning (3.7.2015). The…
On the 55th day of his hunger strike, Palestinian political prisoner was allowed a visit from his family: his parents, wife, Randa and their children at Asaf Harofeh hospital in Sarafand, where he is currently hospitalized. After the visit, during which Randa was appalled by her husband’s condition, the family decided to stage a sit-in…
In spite of the heat and the Ramadan fasting, residents of Nabi Saleh, accompanied by solidarity activists, marched in support of the hunger striking political prisoners, languishing in the occupier’s prisons. The Israeli soldiers attempted to disperse the march: They drove their jeeps into the village, firing tear gas canisters at residents and photojournalists. No…
On the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, residents of Nabi Saleh staged a demonstration in solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoner, Khader Adnan. Adnan, who already went through a long hunger strike back in 2012 before he was released, launched another hunger strike several weeks ago in protest of the repeated…
Palestinian and Israeli activists protested at the entrance to Shu’fat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem against the municipality’s continuous neglect and failure to collect and dispose of the camp’s garbage. The municipal authorities have systematically been allocating a fraction of the funds earmarked for maintenance in comparison with the city’s Jewish western neighbourhoods. As the…
Israeli activists staged a vigil protesting the Israeli Defense Expo in Tel Aviv. In addition to protesting against the thriving Israeli weapons industry, activists demonstrated the arms sales to South Sudan, where war crimes are being committed against civilian populations. A delegation from South Sudan arrived to Israel ahead of the expo to discuss further…
Residents of Nabi Saleh staged a protest coinciding with the vote to expel Israel at the FIFA congress in Switzerland. The village’s children, dressed in uniforms of their favourite football teams, holding red cards and placards, called upon FIFA to ban Israel until it complies with international law. The children also staged a mock football…
Residents of Nabi Saleh marched alongside solidarity activists in defiance of the Israeli army. As every Friday, demonstrators protest the ongoing land confiscation and Israeli settlement project. This Friday, marchers reached close to the entrance of the village, where the soldiers were waiting for them, and attempted to disperse the march using tear gas and…
Palestinian children staged a vigil in front of the King David hotel in Jerusalem, where Sepp Blatter, president of FIFA is staying during his current visit to Palestine. Blatter arrived to discuss the Palestinian request to suspend Israel from international football tournaments as a protest for its lack of respect for Palestinian rights and international…
The annual Zionist “Jerusalem Day” is a celebration of the occupation of the eastern neighbourhoods of the city during the June 1967 war. Many thousands of settlers flooded the city, carrying Israeli flags, set to march to the Wailing Wall through Damascus Gate and the Muslim Quarter. Although activists and NGOs have warned the state…
