At 2 am last night, convoys of the IDF entered the old city of Ramallah and raided the house of 46 years old Salah Khawaja. The house was searched, computers and his phone were controlled and then destroyed, together with the furniture. Salah was eventually arrested and driven away in the army jeeps. The big […]
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Obama makes fun of heckler asking “who killed Rachel Corrie?”
Linah Alsaafin, from Electronic Intifada – US President Barack Obama arrived in Ramallah by helicopter yesterday and gave yet another insipid speech. The Palestinian Authority’s security forces, collaborating with US forces, designated a huge security perimeter with the PA compound — the Muqataa — in the middle. Some of the city’s busiest streets were closed off […]
A Call to Reject Obama’s Visit and to Demonstrate Against Any Return to Negotiations
Palestinian youth groups of “Palestinians For Dignity” call to reject US President Obama’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory expected between 20-22 March, and to demonstrate against the possible return to negotiations. President Obama’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory comes at a time when our prisoners are waging a hunger strike battle in the […]
Open letter of Solidarity with the people of Venezuela
The legacy of Chavez lives on in the anti-imperialist struggle around the globe! To the people of Venezuela, with deep sadness we have heard the news of the passing away of President Hugo Chavez Frías, an exceptional leader, fighter against imperialism and for the self-determination of the people. We give our condolences to his family, […]
Palestinian Youth: “Why We’re Speaking Out Against Political Arrests”
We will go out today to say in one VOICE “NO TO POLITICAL ARRESTS” At 5:00 pm at Manara Square in Ramallah Our demonstartion today comes as a result of the wide campaign of arrests carried out by the Palestinian Security Forces (the Intelligence Services, the Preventive Security, and the Military Intelligence), which began […]
Palestinians for Dignity shut down EUPOL COPPS – Statement from PfD
Occupied Ramallah, September 21 2012–On Friday, the youth group Palestinians for Dignity organized a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the European Union Coordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support (EUPOL COPPS) on Tokyo Street, Ramallah in protest of a series of decisions undertaken by the EU to develop trade and diplomatic relations with the […]
Palestinian youth assert right to protest over repression
Tuesday, July 3rd, saw in the streets of Ramallah the third demonstration in a row that had been called by the youth. While Saturday's demonstration was aimed to protest the invitation to Ramallah extended by the PNA to Shaul Mofaz, Israeli vice-prime minister and war criminal, Sunday's protest was a reaction to the violent repression […]
PA repression stokes the fires of Palestinian discontent
The violent repression of demonstrations in Ramallah on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July by Palestinian Authority police demonstrates the increasing unpopularity of the PA's commitment to negotiations and normalisation with the Israeli occupation. After 20 years of failed negotiations, it is impossible to explain the rationale of talks while Israel accelerates the ethnic […]
Palestinian Authority police brutality against anti-Mofaz protests
For two consecutive days, EU and US-trained Palestinian Authority (PA) police and un-uniformed thugs attack Palestinians protesting against the invitation of Israeli war criminal Shaul Mofaz to Ramallah. Saturday 30th June started as a protest against the invitation of Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas extended to former Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Chief-of-Staff and former […]
Protests Mark the 45th Anniversary of the Naksa
Tuesday 5th of June 2012 marked the 45th anniversary of the Naksa, the day that Israel occupied the Palestinian West Bank and Gaza Strip, the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula and the Syrian Golan Heights. To mark this anniversary marches were arranged in various locations across the still occupied Palestinian Territories. Hebron: A demonstration in Hebron, […]