Maan News Agency | Sept 9, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The French street artist responsible for adorning the separation wall with giant portraits of grinning rabbis, imams, Israelis and Palestinians has returned to the West Bank with a new project. The artist, known only by his initials JR, has launched his latest project ‘Inside Out’ [...]
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Who Killed Vittorio Arrigoni? Trial Begins
Related to: Vittorio Arrigoni: a Friend, a Brother, a Humanist Why was Vittorio, admired by many Palestinians, killed? By Michele Giorgio – Gaza Translated by Daniela Loffreda – Rome Vittorio Arrigoni was strangled between 14 and 15 April between the hours of 11pm and 1 am. He was still alive in the video filmed by [...]
Mer-Khemis Investigation: Staging the Shutdown of Freedom Theater
By: Taghrid Atallah | September 8, 2011 | Al-Akhbar Israel is apparently using the investigation into the assassination of Palestinian artist Julian Mer-Khemis, which has dragged on for months, as a pretext to hamper the operation of the Freedom Theater where he taught and performed. Since the slaying of Mer-Khemis, the theater in Jenin’s [...]
Silwan “Archaeological Conference” Demo – Sept 1, 2011 – video
More Videos: Category Video Sept 1, 2011 Archaeologists and Tourists, Don’t be the Settlers’ Collaborators! Elad association is not a research institution interested in archaeology, but a political tool for the Judeaization of East Jerusalem through the expulsion of the Palestinian inhabitants. We will remind them that they are in an occupied village called Silwan, [...]
Police Brutality at “Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity” vigil in Silwan – Sept 6, 2011 – video
More Videos: Category Video Sept 6, 2011 Police attack demonstrators at “Sheikh Jarrah Solidarity” vigil against the settlement in Silwan. The demonstrator seen here needed medical attention, but was detained for more than 24 hours and was charged with attacking a police officer. Filed under: Activism, Apartheid, Israel, israeli, Silwan, Video, Violence
Why Apple was wrong to pull iPhone app at Israel’s behest
30th August 2011 | Best Apple Iphone Thе Arabic word intifada — literally clarification “tο shake adult οff” bυt entirely translated аѕ “uprising” οr “resistance” — hаѕ crafty domestic аnd sequential connotations іn thе Arab world. Thе First аnd Second Intifadas wеrе twin рοрυlаr Palestinian uprisings over thе past 3 decades conflicting thе Israeli occupation. [...]
Israeli military forces attack the freedom of theatre
13 August 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The Freedom Theatre in Jenin Refugee Camp has faced targeted repression by the Israeli Army in recent weeks. At 3pm on August 6th, 2011, Israeli Occupation Forces arrested a Freedom Theatre actor at the Shave Shomeron checkpoint on his way from Ramallah to Jenin. Rami Awni [...]
#BDS | Boycott rally held in Jenin
Maan News Agency Published today 17:33 JENIN (Ma’an) — Activists in Jenin held a rally Saturday urging shopkeepers and residents to boycott Israeli goods. The local campaign against the wall and settlements and the Independent Youth Movement organized the march, which toured the West Bank city’s streets. Demonstrators held banners with slogans saying the boycott [...]
The Freedom Theatre | Open Letter to the Israeli Security Apparatus
From: `The Freedom Theatre` Date sent: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 08:51:12 -0700 (PDT) Open Letter to the Israeli Security Apparatus 11 August 2011 This is an open letter from representatives of the international volunteers and staff members, the friends, supporters and foundation of The Freedom Theatre in Jenin to the Israeli security apparatus including the [...]
Announcement | It’s time to end this siege for good.
Viva Palestina | Aug 13, 2011 Viva Palestina is returning to Gaza with our sixth major international aid mission to bring an end to the illegal siege. Much has changed for the Palestinian people and the wider region in the 11 months since our last convoy. Dictatorship has fallen in Egypt. Palestine has moved up [...]
September rallies to avoid confronting army
Maan News Agency | August 12, 2011 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — All rallies in support of the Palestinian bid for UN membership in September will be confined to areas where the Palestinian Authority has security control, thus avoiding confrontation with the Israeli army, high-ranking Palestinian Authority sources told Ma’an Thursday. “Ramallah rallies will be carried out [...]
Jamal Juma’: PA “killing popular resistance”
Ida Audeh |The Electronic Intifada |Ramallah |8 August 2011 Popular resistance has prevented the completion of Israel’s wall in the occupied West Bank. (Anne Paq /ActiveStills ) Few Palestinians are as closely identified with the struggle against Israel’s wall in the West Bank as Jamal Juma’. The coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign since its [...]
النبي صالح | Nabi Saleh Demo | Aug 12, 2011 – video
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Refusing to Be Enemies – Book Review
By Jim Miles | Palestine Chronicle | Aug 11, 2011 Refusing to be Enemies – Palestinian and Israeli Nonviolent Resistance to the Israeli Occupation. Maxine Kaufman-Lacusta. Ithaca Press (Garnet Publishing, Reading, UK), 2011. Israel has always indicated that there is no partner for peace in its relationships with the Palestinian people. Refusing to be Enemies [...]
Israeli army arrests activists in West Bank
Eleven people detained after clashes erupt during protest against building of separation barrier in village of Walaja. Last Modified: 10 Aug 2011 19:28 Those arrested included Palestinian, Israeli and international activists protesting against the construction of a barrier Israeli army troops have arrested 11 people after clashes erupted during a demonstration in Walaja, a village [...]