This Friday the village of al Mughayyir stood up together with grassroots movements and activists to fight back against deadly settler violence. Last Saturday settlers murdered 38-years old Hamdi Saadeh Naasan and injured many more when they invaded the village. Over 600 people gathered in the fields of al Mughayyir for the Friday prayers, in […]
Location Archives:Ramallah & Al-Bireh
Ramallah in protest over Israel’s Gaza onslaught
People in Ramallah have taken to the streets in protest over Israel's brutal military escalation against the Gaza Strip that has killed already 15 Palestinians, injured scores and wrecked havock over the already besieged Strip. STEP UP CAMPAIGNING FOR A #MILITARYEMBARGO NOW! Hundreds gathered in Ramallah to protest Israel's renewed aggression on the Gaza Strip […]
Protests grow stronger and more determined: PA, lift the siege from Gaza!
On Saturday afternoon, for the third time in the last weeks, masses poured on the streets of Ramallah to demand from the Palestinian Authority (PA) to immediately end their own sanctions on Gaza that compound the horrific Israeli siege. The police brutality last week has not weakened the resolve of the people – more people […]
Palestinians vs PA support to Israel’s siege on Gaza: amidst brutal repression, protests continue
Since June 8, in Palestine popular anger about the Palestinian Authority’s policies against the people in Gaza has transformed into vocal protests. People of all walks of life joined the protests driven by Palestinian youth. As on June 13 a second protest was held, the Palestinian Authority tried to drown the protests in brutal repression. […]
In Photos: International Workers’ Day demonstration
On May 2, as part of its International Workers’ Day actions, the New Unions joined a popular march organized by the Minimum Wage Campaign. First published in the New Unions blog: newunions.wordpress.com. The gathering began in the middle of Ramallah, at al-Manara circle. Participants from labor and farmers unions, women’s organizations, and other left and […]
Activists protest official US delegation
A group of activists has protested the presence of an official US Congress delegation, which had scheduled as part of their Israel trip a white-washing event Ramallah. A number of activists gathered outside the headquarters of the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research to denounce the presence of an official US Congress delegation inside […]
Two more grassroots activists in Israeli jails
Today, February 21, during a protest for the release of Munther Amira, coordinator of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, two young activists have been arrested as Israeli military brutally attacked the demonstration. Some two hundred activists had gathered in front of Ofar prison to show their solidarity with Munther Amira, who is being kept in […]
#dignitystrike: Growing protests support the hunger strikers
As 1,600 Palestinian political prisoners enter into day 25 of their freedom and dignity hunger strike their health is quickly deteriorating and tensions on the ground are increasing. This afternoon in solidarity, approximately 1000 men, women and youth gathered and peacefully marched towards the checkpoint close to the DCO offices and Ofar detention center. Again like […]
Ramallah mobilises again against the social security law
Ramallah, people fighting for social justice Ramallah 10 May 2016 – In Ramallah, nearly two thousand people gathered to protest against the social security law. The demonstration started in the city centre to march past the Legislative Council building up to the ministry of public housing The protest has been called in opposition to a […]
Ten thousand mobilize in Ramallah to fight for social rights
Today, a first mass demonstration against the social security law that has been issued by president Abu Mazen and is supposed to come into force on April 21 has shown an overwhelming opposition among the Palestinian population to the policies of the Palestinian National Authority. After the mobilization of the teachers union at the beginning […]