A group of activists led by the Coalition of Women for Peace staged a vigil in front of a military base in Tel Aviv in solidarity with Ahed, Nariman and Nour Tamimi. All three woman were jailed by the Israeli army following a viral video depicting Ahed (16), slapping an Israeli soldier who invaded her…
Activists gathered in the historic clock tower square in Jaffa to stage a solidarity vigil with the hunger striking Palestinian political prisoners. About 1500 political prisoners have been on strike since 17 April (observed in Palestine as Prisoners Day) in protest over the conditions of their incarceration. Among other things, they demand access to education…
Scores staged a vigil at Jaffa’s historic clock tower square in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, Since 17 April (observed by Palestinians as Prioner’s Day), at least 1500 political prisoners have been on hunger strike, protesting the conditions of their incarceration and demanding their amelioration. Israel responses with brutal…
Photographed & Edit by Bilal Tamimi Residents of Nabi Saleh marched on Friday to reclaim ‘Ayn al-Qaws, a spring which was confiscated by the settlers a few years ago. Since the expropriation, the military rarely allowed Palestinians to enter the spring and its environs, especially on Fridays. Villagers marched to the spring, accompanied by solidarity…
Hundreds marched today for the annual “Open Shuhadaa Street” protest in the occupied city of Hebron. Shuhadaa street in the old city used to be a lively market place, but was abruptly shut down by the Israeli military following the Goldstein Massacre of 1994. Barukh Goldstein, a settler and military doctor, fired at Muslim worshipers…
After several of the village’s young men were released from Israeli prison, residents of Nabi Saleh confronted the occupying army, defying the army’s expropriation of their water spring. The soldiers fired barrages of tear gas on demonstrators, including the new and improved-range kind. No major injuries reported. If you like my work, please also ‘like’…
Israeli military court at Ofer, near Bitunia, released eight political prisoners, all young men from Nabi Saleh. The prisoners, arrested over the past several months during night raids, were accused of stone throwing and other offences, and the prosecution initially requested significant jail sentences of several years. However, failing to provide significant evidence, the prosecutors…
Residents of the Ramallah-district village of Nabi Saleh marched on Friday to protest the occupation and the ongoing violent repression of Palestinians by the Israeli army. This time, protesters were accompanied by a large contingent of foreign solidarity activists, who came to participate in the demonstration and witness the brutality. The Israeli soldiers fired many…
Commemorating the 13th anniversary of Rachel Corrie’s death, villagers in Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army, in protest of the ongoing occupation, land seizures and mass incarceration of Palestinians. Corrie was killed by the Israeli army while attempting to prevent house demolition in the Gaza strip. Today, the practice of punitive house demolition by the…
After six months of popular uprising and brutal violent Israeli repression, Palestinians in the village of Nabi Saleh confronted the Israeli army to protest the ongoing occupation, land expropriations and extrajudicial killings. Protesters reported the army is now using a new, and lethal, kind of tear gas canisters, that are heavier than the previous ones,…
