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…
Commemorating the 66th anniversary of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, and the expulsion of some 700,000 Palestinian Arabs, hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to confront the occupation army. Near Ofer military prison, protesters also expressed their solidarity with the hunger striking political prisoners. The IDF assaulted the demonstration with barrages of tear gas,…
For over two weeks, hundreds of Palestinian political prisoners are hunger striking for dignity and freedom. The local popular committee in the village of Nabi Saleh dedicated Friday’s demonstration to the hunger striking prisoners and called for national and global show of solidarity. Palestinians and solidarity activists marched towards the main entrance to the village,…
Many thousands of settlers reveled in the streets of occupied Jerusalem as they celebrated the 47th anniversary of the occupation of the eastern parts of the city and their subsequent annexation. Israeli border and riot police opted to seal off the Zionist Jerusalem Day marchers by forcing store owners in the old city to shut…
Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marked May Day in a march at the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. Demonstrators also expressed their support for Palestinian political prisoners currently on hunger strike. The IDF attempted to suppress the demonstration with barrages of tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets. One demonstrator sustained…
Mu’ath Mash’al, a Palestinian journalist, sustained an injury from a rubber bullet aimed directly at him. He received emergency treatment in the field and was then taken to a Ramallah hospital. Marking the historical unity accords between the rival political factions, Fatah and Hamas, Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists marched today in…
Palestinians and solidarity activists marched today to commemorate Palestinian prisoner day, calling for the release of thousands jailed by Israel. In addition, marchers also commemorated the anniversary of the martyrdom of Khalil al-Wazir (Abu Jihad), assassinated by Israel in 1988 in his Tunis home. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas and rubber-coated steel…
Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international activists gathered in Martyrs Square at the centre of Nabi Saleh, in order to mark the weekly Friday demonstration against the occupation and land annexation. Demonstrators marched down the street and into the nearby valley, reaching close to al-Qaws spring (expropriated by the settlement of Halamish) when they were…
