Today, the Israeli military court at Ofer sentenced Abdallah Abu Rahmah, the coordinator of the Popular Committee for Resisting the Wall and Settlements in Bilâin, to effectively 16 months in prison, in addition to a six month suspended sentence for a period of three years and a 5,000 NIS fine. Abu Rahmah was charged with […]
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Bil’in Popular Committee, GUPW, STW: Protest for Jawaher Feb. 10!
Protest on February 10 2011: Israeli Apartheid = Violence against Women Jawaher, Israel took your life, we take up your struggle, dignity and courage A call for women all over the world to unite behind the popular resistance and the determination of Palestinian women in defense of their land, rights and dignity. While the world […]
Weekly Anti-Wall Protest Update
***image1***Bilâin: Women mobilize to honor Jawaher in Bilâin Hundreds of Palestinian and international activists, members of Palestinian womenâs institutions and unions, and Palestinian political officials and leaders joined in the protest in Bilâin this week to honor Jawaher Abu Rahmah. Protestors raised Palestinian flags, as well as the flags of various factions, alongside pictures of […]
Catalan solidarity worker arrested by Occupation police
Catalan human rights worker Marcel Masferrer was detained and taken to Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, but will not be expelled until Sunday to Barcelona. Marcel Masferrer, who has lived in Jerusalem since 2006 and has worked for the Stop the Wall partner ACSUR Las Segovias until 2009, was arrested yesterday evening by the […]
Weekly Anti-Wall Protest Update
Bilâin: Occupation forces kill protestor in weekly march The heavy use of tear gas used to suppress the protest in Bilâin this week resulted in the death of 34-year-old Jawahar Abu Rahmah and the injury of several others. A massive demonstration was planed to mark the launch of the Palestinian revolution, and in response Occupation […]
Biweekly Repression Update
Stop the Wall repression report: Dec 13 – Dec 27 These reports, previously released weekly, will now be released twice a month. Within each report, we will provide a brief analysis of the trends in repression occurring in the villages as well as providing statistics about injuries and arrests. We will also provide testimony from […]
Another activist in Bil’in killed by military “crowd control”
Jawaher Abu Rahmah, a 34-year-old woman from Bil’in, died this morning in a Ramallah hospital as result of poisoning caused by tear gas inhalation. Jawaher fainted after inhaling a large quantity of gas during the weekly protest against the Wall in Bil’in and was rushed immediately to Ramallah for treatment, where she remained until passing […]