"We are steadfast"
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
November 23rd, 2009 -- For the past year, Mohammed Ameera managed to evade Occupation forces. Soldiers raided his home more than a dozen times in failed attempts to arrest him and his brother. Before he turned himself in, this video was recorded in Ni’lin. [MORE]
The prisoners of Ni'lin
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
October 22nd, 2009 -- Since protests started nearly a year and a half ago, more than 70 people have been arrested in Ni’lin. Those targeted in Ni’lin tend to be young men in their twenties, as well as children and juveniles. Currently, five remain in Ofer prison without charges. The Ni'lin Youth Center has provided an account of the arrests of the five, as well as their current status. [MORE]
Life in the Barta' enclave
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
July 21st, 2009 -- Humiliation characterizes the Palestinian experience at checkpoints, an experience that is especially acute for communities between the Wall and Green Line. These communities, whose movement in and out of their isolated villages is under the total control of several checkpoints, must navigate them daily in order to go to school, visit a hospital, or visit family members living outside the enclave. Several stories from the Barta' ash-Sharqiya, east of Jenin, illuminate what this means to the lives of individuals living in these areas. [MORE]
“This is a dangerous phenomenon”
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
May 18th, 2009 -- On May 1, people from al-Ma’sara and the neighboring villages in Bethlehem area commemorated Workers' Day with a march protesting the Apartheid Wall. Five were arrested, and while three were released last Thursday, two brothers are still incarcerated. Mahmoud Zawahreh, one of the recently released, detailed the group’s experience. He explained the court proceedings and spoke about the group's time in jail. [MORE]
Basem Abu Rahma
Community Voice, Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign
May 14th, 2009 -- Abdullah Abu Rahma, coordinator for the popular committee in Bil’in, recently spoke to us about Basem Abu Rahma. Basem had participated in actions against the Wall since they began in the village in 2005 until 17 April, 2009, when he was martyred at age 31 during his last protest in Bil’in. Abdullah described Basem's life in the village and detailed the day he was killed. [MORE]
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