Friday, 9 September, 2011 | 00:34 « Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Two young residents of Silwan have been sentenced to 5 months in prison, after a two year long legal battle against Israeli authorities. Omar Ameen Siyam and Mahmoud al-Bana, both 23, weathered two years of prison, house [...]
Tag Archives: Silwan
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
Israeli troops kidnap three young men in violent clashes in Silwan
[ 14/08/2011 - 05:02 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Violent clashes broke out Saturday between Israeli troops and Arabized undercover units on the one side, and Palestinian young men on the other side after a large force of troops tried to storm Silwan district in the holy city. The young men bravely confronted the Israeli [...]
Street shut down for Jewish holiday, severe congestion
Wednesday, 10 August, 2011 | 04:05 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Israeli forces closed off the northern entrance of Wadi Hilweh district of Silwan this evening, citing the anniversary of the destruction of the Second Temple of Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli officers blocked Palestinian vehicles from entering or exiting via Wadi Hilweh Street, causing severe congestion. [...]
Silwan Targeted – video
AIC | Aug 9, 2011 Silwan is a Palestinian village in occupied East Jerusalem. Over 55,000 Palestinians live in Silwan, 50 percent of whom are under the age of 18. In recent years, Jewish-Israeli settlers have gradually moved into the neighborhood, bringing with them private security guards, and an increased Israeli police and military presence. [...]
Palestinian residents of Silwan suffer under the City of David settlement “improvement” project – in pictures
Monday, 8 August, 2011 | 17:09 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Israeli developers overseeing the “Improvement of the City of David settlement ” project in Silwan are engaging in underhanded retaliation to the Israeli Supreme Court’s ruling that an important part of the construction project is illegal. Those [...]
The shooting of Ahmed al-Qaraeen: Two years on
Monday, 8 August, 2011 | 02:25 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Two years have passed since the shooting of Wadi Hilweh resident Ahmed al-Qaraeen. Qaraeen was shot by an extremist Israeli settler armed with an M-16 machine gun in Wadi Hilweh district of Silwan in both his legs, [...]
Samah Sarhan sentenced to one year and one day in prison on secret evidence for demonstrating against Israeli occupation
-Sunday, 7 August, 2011 | 03:32 Related Post about the arrest: Brother of Sarhan martyr arrested at Bir Ayyub checkpoint Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — The young nephew of the martyred Silwan resident Samer Sarhan was sentenced on 4 August to one year and one day in jail. Samah Sarhan, 19, was convicted of alleged involvement in [...]
Israeli judges crack down on dissent
Sunday, 7 August, 2011 | 03:30 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — The bias of the Israeli judicial system has become increasingly overt in recent months, as the calls of Israeli police for the “punishment” of Silwan’s Palestinian residents appear to be answered. As Silwan’s people attempt [...]
Sentencing of two young men deemed “unfair” by residents
Sunday, 7 August, 2011 | 03:29 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Two young Palestinian men have been banished from Silwan district for a period of one year and one day by the Jerusalem Magistrates Court. The sentencing of Mazen Odeh, 26, who currently suffers injury caused by Israeli [...]
Children march through Silwan for Summer Games closing ceremony – in pictures
Wednesday, 27 July, 2011 | 01:29 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — The closing ceremony of the Madaa Creative Center “Summer Games” event yesterday saw a massive march through Silwan under the banner of “I Love You Silwan”. The Games, in their fifth consecutive year, feature a wide range [...]
Israeli moves to legalize Judaization of Silwan district
[ 27/07/2011 - 02:36 PM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– The Israeli government intends to legalize the seizure of public parks and yards in Silwan district in order to enable the right-wing settler society Elad to take them over and turn them into Talmudic gardens, according to a report published by Haaretz newspaper on Wednesday. The [...]
Community Organizer to PNN: New Tunnel Under Silwan to the Western Wall
PNN – Palestine News Network - 26.07.11 – 13:06 Jerusalem – PNN Exclusive/Maysa Abu Ghazaleh – On Tuesday, Fakhri Abu Diyab from the committee to defend the Silwan neighborhood in East Jerusalem told PNN that the Jerusalem municipality had dug a new tunnel under Silwan all the way up to the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and [...]
Brother of Sarhan martyr arrested at Bir Ayyub checkpoint
Follow @silwanic on Twitter for the latest news on Silwan – Jerusalem Thursday, 21 July, 2011 | 14:37 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan, Jerusalem Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Residents of Bir Ayyub district of Silwan were targeted by Israeli forces on the pretext of traffic control yesterday. Palestinian drivers were stopped and searched [...]