Hundreds of Yafa-based activists filled the city’s historic clock tower square in a show of rage over the killing of Muhammad Abu Khdeir from Shu’fat, and the current wave of racist incitement and violence towards Palestinians. Protesters also briefly blocked the road, bringing traffic to a halt. If you like my work, please also ‘like’…
Under the blazing sun, in the last Friday before the month of Ramadan, Palestinians from the village of Nabi_Saleh marched in protest of the current wave of raids, mass arrests and sieges, which followed the disappearance of three settlers. The IDF attacked marchers with barrages of tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets. No major…
More than 2,000 refugees and asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan are currently held in indefinite detention and without judicial review at Holot facility in the Naqab desert. The only way out of Holot is for them to agree to go back to their home countries. Those who have applied for asylum never heard back…
Jaffa-based activists staged a vigil this evening, showing solidarity with the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners. Demonstrators stood at clock tower square at the historic city center, calling for the release of prisoners and abolishing administrative detention. If you like my work, please also ‘like’ my facebook page. …
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…
