On Nakba day, Protesters held a die-in at the “Euro vision village.” This Euro vision site was erected on the land of the Palestinian village Al Manshiya that was ethnically cleansed in 1948. The action was part of an ongoing action week to protest Israel’s hosting of the Eurovision Song Contest As hundreds of thousands…
Hebronites and allies march on Friday to mark the 25th anniversary of the Goldstein massacre. In the early hours of February 25, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli-American settler, killed 29 Palestinians who were worshipping in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, wounding 125 others. In the following years, Israel has intensified its presence in the city,…
Hundreds marched today for the annual “Open Shuhadaa Street” protest in the occupied city of Hebron. Shuhadaa street in the old city used to be a lively market place, but was abruptly shut down by the Israeli military following the Goldstein Massacre of 1994. Barukh Goldstein, a settler and military doctor, fired at Muslim worshipers…
Commemorating the 40th anniversary of Land Day, residents of Nabi Saleh, and many solidarity activists from Palestine and the world marched towards ‘ayn al-Qaws, the spring and adjacent lands expropriated by the Israeli settlers. Land Day was first marked on 30 March 1976 with a massive demonstration in the Galilee, northern Palestine, when the Israeli…
The incident documented here is highly typical of the way the Israeli army treats journalists, especially Palestinian one: soldiers disrupt the journalists’ work in the field, as the latter attempt to document military violence. Then the local commander declares the area a “closed military zone” and arrests a Palestinian journalist for merely being there. This…
Palestinians marked the 22nd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre with a protest calling to end collective punishment and open Shuhadaa street. In the early morning hours of 25 February 1994, Barukh Goldstein, a settler from Kiryat Arba entered the Ibrahimi Mosque and fired his automatic weapon at Muslim worshipers, killing 29 of them, inuring…
The Hebron Defense committee organized a protest at the old city of Hebron, close to the market and Shuhadaa street, to mark the 22nd anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre and call to end the Israeli settlement project in the city. In 1994, an Israeli settler by the name if Barukh Goldstein entered the Ibrahimi…
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…
Commemorating 67 years to the mass expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948, activists staged a protest in the West Bank village of Ni’lin, close to the separation wall. Protesters called for the return of the refugees and an end to Israeli occupation and injustices. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas and rubber-coated steel…
Hundreds commemorated Land Day in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, in protest of ongoing land annexations, settlements and military occupation. Among the hundreds who attended the march were delegates from several local popular committees such as Ni’lin Bil’in, Kufr Qaddum and Hebron based Youth against Settlements. Many international and Israeli solidarity activists also…
