Saturday, March 6th, 2010
Palestinian, Israeli and international activists joined demonstrations in villages up and down the West Bank yesterday, marking the Global Week Against racism.
A Palestinian boy was seriously wounded during An Nebi Saleh protest.
Here is what happened.
Bi'lin Once again, creativity distinguished Bi'lin protest. Activists dressed as figures representing Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther ...
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010
Yesterday, the first session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RTP) was held in Barcelona, Spain. Its mandate is to examine the complicity of the European Union and its member states with the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian territories, as well as in Israel's violations of Palestinians' human rights.
What is ...
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Monday, March 1st, 2010
Once again, a peaceful demonstration through Beit Sahour, near Bethlehem, ended with army brutality. Around 80 people marched on Sunday in Oush Grab, in protest of the re-opening of a former military base. Israeli Army fired sound grenades, tear-gas canisters and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
All photos were taken ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
Heavy rain prevented popular resistance marches scaling the peaks of Bi'lin last week, but up and down the country demonstrators made their feelings known.
BILIN Dozens of protesters suffered teargas inhalation in a demonstration against the Wall and settlements in Bil'in which was joined by Israeli and international activists. Despite the ...
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Saturday, February 27th, 2010
On Thursday morning over 250 Palestinian protesters, joined by dozens of Israeli and international activists, braved foul weather conditions to demonstrate in Hebron against the closure of Ash'Shuhada, the street which, since Baruch Goldstein's massacre of 29 worshippers in the Ibrahimi Mosque in 1994 has been progressively “sterilised” by closing ...
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Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision to add two holy sites in the occupied Palestinian territories to a list of national heritage sites was met with immediate condemnation from Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative.
Deploring the act as provocative and aggressive, Barghouti stated "the Israeli decision to ...
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Saturday, February 20th, 2010
Yesterday's demonstrations were dominated by the fifth anniversary of the popular struggle in Bil'in. The occasion was marked in spectacular fashion and Israeli security once again displayed the brutality which makes these protests so necessary. Here's what happened in the main locations.
“Bil'in Habibti!” 5 years later… Yesterday the entrance of ...
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
This Friday, Palestinians, Israelis and internationals will together celebrate five years of anti-Wall protest in Bil'in. The anniversary takes place only one week after court ordered work to reroute the Wall began.
Last week, 2.5 years after an Israeli Supreme Court decision deeming the path of the Wall on the lands ...
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Monday, February 15th, 2010
Dr Mustafa Barghouthi's speech at the Annual General Meeting of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) did not fail to be one of the most eloquent and informative that you will hear from any visiting Palestinian representative today: beginning with the words of Nelson Mandela:
“Our Freedom will never be complete until ...
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Saturday, February 13th, 2010
Palestinian, Israeli and international activists joined demonstrations in villages up and down the West Bank yesterday. Creativity distinguished Bi'lin and Sheikh Jarrah protests, with activists playing blue creatures from James Cameron's last film, Avatar. Here's what happened.
Bi'lin Activists in Bi'lin reenacted James Cameron's last film Avatar. Five Palestinian, Israeli and ...
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