Answering the call of the popular committees, hundreds of Palestinians staged a demonstration in front of the Ofer military prison compound, protesting the plight of Palestinian political prisoners. The IDF fired barrages of tear gas, plastic coated steel bullets and live ammunition. At least 10 people were taken to the hospital in Ramallah for treatment,…
Aptly called “Friday of the Land,” This week’s demonstration in Nabi Saleh commemorated Land Day, recalling 6 Palestinians killed by Israeli police in army while protesting land expropriation in the Galilee in 1976. Villagers accompanies by Israeli and international activists, including a Brazilian delegation, marched towards the al-Qaws spring, which was expropriated for the use…
This Friday’s demonstration was titled “Palestine is our mother and our freedom is our dignity” commemorating mother’s day, as well as the 46th anniversary of the Battle of Karameh, in which the Fateh resistance fighters defeated the IDF. Palestinians, accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists, marched from the centre of Ramallah-district village of Nabi…
Titled “the Wrath of the Martyrs,” the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh marked the escalation of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza strip, that claimed the lives of several men this past week. Protesters, Palestinians, Israeli and international activists, marched from Martyrs’ Square, at the centre of…
Marking international women’s day, Israeli activists from the Coalition of Women for Peace staged a show of solidarity with women (and men) in besieged Gaza, using light sticks to form a call to Free Gaza in front of the Erez checkpoint and overlooking Beit Hanoun. …
Honoring Mu’taz Washaha from Bir Zeit, an activist murdered by the IOF a week prior, Palestinians and solidarity activists marched from Martyrs’ Square at the centre of Nabi Saleh towards the main road. Marking also international women’s day, prominent female protesters also confronted the soldiers who attempted to brutally disperse the march. One woman was…
Hundreds in Hebron marked today the 20th anniversary to the Baruch Goldstein massacre in the Ibrahimi mosque. At dawn of 25 February, 1994, Baruch Goldstein, a settler and a physician, opened fire on hundreds of Muslim worshippers at the mosque, killing 29 of them. Subsequently, the IDF closed Shuhada street, previously a lively commercial centre…
On Valentine’s day, Palestinians and solidarity activists, Israeli and international, marched from Nabi Saleh’s main square. Under the banner “Palestine my love” protesters marched towards the village’s expropriated spring and surrounding fields. The IDF responded with barrages of tear gas and rubber coated steel bullets. No major injuries reported. If you like my work, please…
“We are all with Yarmouk,” chanted participants in the weekly Friday demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh. Palestinians accompanied by Israeli and international solidarity activists marched today from Martyrs Square at the centre of the village towards Nabi Saleh’s expropriated lands, as the IDF attempted to dispersed them using tear gas canisters, rubber coated…
Two years have passed since the killing of Mustafa Tamimi who was shot to death by an IDF soldier from within an armoured jeep. The village of Nabi Saleh marked the second anniversary of his killing this Friday, with a march that began at his graveside. Speakers also mentioned the late great Nelson Mandela and…
