The popular struggle coordination committee organized a series of actions stressing the fundamental right of Palestinians to worship in al-Aqsa mosque in occupied Jerusalem. A group of Palestinian activists climbed the apartheid wall in the vicinity of Qalandiyah checkpoint, and using makeshift bridges traversed to the other side as a symbolic gesture, marking their protest…
“No one is coming this way, not even the alternative tours groups,” explained Claire wistfully and sighed, as she unlocked the door to her gift shop. I first met Claire Anastas in 2010, when I was taken to see Israel’s separation wall in Bethlehem. A Bethlehem native, Claire’s extended family made their livelihood catering to…
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…
