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.
Villagers in Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army in a show of defiance, standing up for al-Aqsa and for the political prisoners. This past week, five of the village’s youth were arrested at dawn by the IDF and taken to Ofer detention centre, where the military court remanded them until next Tuesday. The Israeli army…
With tension on the rise, as is Israeli violence against Palestinians, villagers from Bil’in confronted the IDF today near the separation wall which was built on their agricultural lands. Soldiers dispersed the demonstrators with barrages of tear gas. No major injuries reported. …
Following a week of escalated Israeli violence against Palestinians and the repeated incursions of al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, residents and Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army, protesting the occupation, land expropriations and mass detentions. The Israeli army attempted to disperse marchers using tear gas canisters, rubber coated steel bullets and stun grenades. No major injuries…
Residents of Nabi Saleh took to the street Sunday night to protest recent escalation of Israeli violence against Palestinians. In the past three days, four Palestinian teens have been shot dead by the Israeli army and police forces, as hundreds more injured in clashes. This comes at the heels of months of progressive escalation of…
Residents of Nabi Saleh and solidarity activists staged the weekly march towards the al-Qaws spring, which was expropriated by the settlers from nearby Halamish in 2009. This weekly demonstrations began after the settlers took over the spring and adjoining lands owned by Nabi Saleh and Deir Nizam, renamed the site “Maayan Meir” and with the…
A group of social housing activists travelled to Amikam, a small Israeli settlement. Among them were mothers and children eligible for housing that are still on the waiting list. After police attempted to turn them back, the activists, determined to reach their destination, the home of Yoav Galant, housing minister, the activists marched to the…
This Friday, Palestinians called for hoisting the national flag, as a symbol of steadfastness and resistance to the ongoing Israeli occupation. In addition, Palestinians expressed their rage over the killing of the Dawabsheh family of Duma – Sa’d, baby Ali and Riham, who passed away earlier this week – and call on the Israeli authorities…
In the wake of events of the previous Friday and global media attention, more Palestinians joined villagers of Nabi Saleh in a show of defiance against the occupation. Settlers also gathered across the hill, in the entrance to Halamish, in support of the Israeli army’s suppression of the Palestinian march. The IDF attempted to disperse…
Palestinians marched on Friday towards their confiscated lands, chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation. The IDF responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. A group of soldiers also ambushed the protesters, and while other soldiers diverted the attention of the villagers, this group began to chase after protesters in an attempt to arrest them. One…
For the first time, hundreds gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the ongoing exploitation of women in the sex industry, and especially in prostitution. Protesters assembled in Hayarkon street, in front of a building that houses a brothel (dubbed “discrete apartment”), where J, a prostitute who was employed there, committed suicide several days ago. Protesters…
