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. …
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…
Residents of Bil’in, northwest of Ramallah, joined by many international and Israeli solidarity activists, marched on Friday to protest the ongoing occupation, land expropriation and Israeli disrespect of the right of Palestinians to worship in al-Aqsa. The IDF deployed in front of the separation wall, inside the village’s fields and olive groves, and attempted to…
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…
The morning after the violent assualt and subsequent eviction of Ein Hijleh, Palestinian and international activists staged a protest against the occupation and apartheid wall. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas. However, when a tear gas canister detonated inside a military jeep, soldiers suffocated and fell ill, eventually leaving the area. …
Protesters in Bil’in, Palestinian, Israeli and international, marched together towards the separation wall, to commemorate the death of Muhammad ‘Asfour from the village of ‘Aboud, killed by rubber bullets fire by the IDF. They also paid homage to Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela who passed away earlier this week. The IDF responded with barrages of…
A group of Palestinian and international activists blocked the Route 443 for more than half an hour …
