schwarczenberg.com is a news blog that documents Israeli oppression in various struggles such us: the Palestinian struggle, particularly in Nabi Saleh, Billin, Qaddum, Bitunya and Hebron, as well as the struggle for public housing, the asylum seekers’ struggle and the struggle of the Bedouin community against the Prawer Plan etc. Some of the photos & stories were published on newspapers such as: Times, NYTimes, Guardian, BBC and others.
The weekly protest in Nabi Saleh followed a week of IDF raids in the village and arrests of residents, as well as what seems like the introduction of a new weapon that contains an unknown organge-colored chemical. Villagers and solidarity activists marched with the Palestinian and Egyptian flags to protest against arbitrary arrests of civilians.…
For the fifth day, residents of Rahat, a southern Bedouin town in the Negev / Naqab, took to the streets to protest the police killing of two locals, Sami al-Ja’ar and Sami al-Ziyadneh, the latter killed during the funeral procession of the former. Thousands marched from the home of al-Ja’ari to the family home of…
Jaffa-based activists joined many other Palestinians all over the country expressing their rage over the killings of Sami al-Ja’ar and Sami al-Ziyadneh by the Israeli police. Activists, both Palestinians and Jewish allies, took to the city’s historic clock tower square with banners protesting police targeting of Arab citizens of the state and the continued impunity…
Thousands came to pay their respect to Sami al-Ziyadneh, 43, from Rahat, who was killed by the Israeli police on Sunday night during the funeral of Sami al-Ja’ar, shot and killed by police the day before. Al-Ziyadneh died after Israeli police attacked the funeral procession with barrages of tear gas, stun grenades and rounds of…
Under torrential rain and braving the strong wind, villagers from Nabi Saleh marched this week, protesting the recent attacks on Islam and Muhammad. Demonstrators held signs in the praise of prophet Muhammad, and marched on the road towards the IDF soldiers who attempted to disperse them. Although the IDF deployed tear gas canisters, no major…
“State of all its refugees”. Around 70 protesters gathered at the centre of Tel Aviv near Dizengoff shopping centre to protest the incarceration of asylum seekers in Holot prison in the south, and in particular the harsh conditions imposed in them. Asylum seekers were forced to face the current winter storm without heating or even…
By one of the houses of Nabi Saleh, a local boy and girl watched IDF soldiers chasing demonstrators through the village. At one point, one of the soldiers turned to the boy and reached his hand to him. The soldier was left apprehensive when the child did not respond to the apparent gesture of good…
Marking the 50th anniversary to the founding of the Fateh movement, residents of Nabi Saleh march defiantly towards their confiscated lands and water spring, briefly taking over military-owned bulldozers parked near the checkpoint. The IDF attempted to disperse demonstrators using tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and live ammunition (‘tutu’ bullets). No major injuries reported. If…
Jaffa-based activists welcome Samer al-‘Issawi, the former political prisoner and hunger striker, recently released from Israeli prison. ‘Issawi was received at the city’s historic clock tower square, where activists staged daily vigils calling for his release over an extended period of time. Update: during the summertime Israeli assault on Gaza, Samer Issawi was rearrested and…
On Boxing Day (the day after Christmas), villagers and solidarity activists marched in Nabi Saleh in protest of the occupation and land theft. Some of the local youths wearing Santa Clause costumes, symbolizing a holiday marking ‘peace on earth’ were forced to flee the IDF’s tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets. No major injuries…
