A core group of Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish activists based in Jaffa which formed around the issue of political prisoners, and has since staged countless demonstrations, vigils, marches and other actions, most of them in the city’s famed clock tower square.
Organized by a dedicated group of local Palestinian female activists in Yaffa, and well attended by male activists (as well as Jewish allies), dozens of demonstrators protested recent violence against women in Tahrir square. Protesters held banners calling for a ‘women’s intifada’ and an end to sexual violence. …
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for more then 200 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for more then 200 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for more then 200 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for 199 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest was Hizmeh,…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for 198 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest was Hizmeh,…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for 197 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest was Hizmeh,…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for 196 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest was Hizmeh,…
Samer al-Issawi is a Palestinian political prisoner from ‘Issawiyeh (Jerusalem), who has been on a hunger strike in Israel’s prison for 194 days. Although released in a prisoner-swap deal in October 2011, Israel re-arrested Samer claiming he violated the terms of his release by leaving Jerusalem even though the place of his arrest was Hizmeh,…
About a hundred people gathered in Jaffa’s clock tower square to protest the recent Israeli assault on Gaza and demonstrate solidarity with its victims. Protesters lit candles to commemorate the victims, demanded to end the siege, occupation and continuous violence towards Palestinians. …
