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 [...]
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UNRWA closes Jenin offices
[ 13/08/2011 - 08:47 AM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The UN Relief and Works agency for Palestine refugees has announced the closure of offices in Jenin and its refugee camp as of Friday after receiving threats to its staff. UNRWA said in a statement that the closure would continue until the Palestinian Authority and local parties [...]
#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 [...]
Freedom Theater Actor Still Imprisoned by IDF
Tikun Olam-תיקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place | Aug 8, 2011 An update on the fate of Jenin Freedom Theater actor, 20 year-old Rami Hwayel, abducted by the IDF several days ago. Hwayel had been set to play the role of Pozzo in a Theater production of Waiting for Godot, before he was [...]
IOA cuts off water to Jenin neighborhoods
[ 07/08/2011 - 02:21 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– The Palestinian municipal council in Jenin city strongly denounced the Israeli water company Mekorot for cutting off arbitrarily the water supply for the fourth consecutive day to many neighborhoods in the city. The Jenin council stated in a press release that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) turned [...]
Wall Gate # 300: The Story of Toura al Gharbiya – video
IMEU | AL HAQ | August 6, 2011 This video examines the situation of Toura al Gharbiya, a village in the illegally occupied West Bank. The village is located 25 kilometers west of Jenin and has approximately 1,000 residents. The Separation Wall has torn apart the village’s land, divided its population, and isolated a number [...]
Israeli Army Arrests Two at Jenin Freedom Theater
PNN – Palestine News Network – 27.07.11 – 13:13 Jenin- PNN – At approximately 3:30 AM this morning, Israeli soldiers attacked the Jenin Freedom Theater in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and arrested two of its employees. PNN Archives According to a report from the Alternative Information Center, the night guard was awakened [...]
Settlers Ambush Palestinian Car Near Jenin, One Resident Injured
Thursday July 14, 2011 05:31 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that a Palestinian youth was injured when a group of Israeli settlers ambushed a Palestinian car, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and hurled stones at them from a close range while threatening to shoot [...]
Israel troops bulldoze lands in Gaza, detain citizens in a campaign on Jenin
[ 12/07/2011 - 04:09 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) mounting a number of tanks escorted two military bulldozers into Zaitun suburb to the south east of Gaza city on Tuesday morning, local sources said. They told the PIC reporter that the IOF troops bulldozed land in the area amidst intermittent firing at [...]
Israeli Forces Bulldoze Business Near Jenin
Wednesday June 22, 2011 15:46 by David Steele – 1 of International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group The Ma’an News Agency reports that ten workshops have been destroyed by Israeli forces in Barta’a ash-Sharqiya near Jenin. The workshops are located in the West Bank but are on the Israeli side of the separation wall. [...]