Sunday, February 24, two hundred Jordan Valley activists protested against settler takeover of yet more of their land in Israel’s attempt to ethnically cleanse the area. Settlers had in the last days occupied land of the residents of al Aqaba, close to the Israeli military checkpoint at Tayaseer in the northern Jordan Valley. In response the […]
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Israel 10 members Tamimi Family, terrorises the entire village
This morning at dawn, Israeli occupation forces have attacked the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh and arrested ten people – among which Muhammad Tamimi, who is still suffering from his skull injuries he sustained when shot in the head by Israeli forces two months ago. Israel is unleashing ever more brutal repression against the […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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‘Here we remain’ – Launch of massive campaign for steadfastness
Saturday, February 3, a Palestinian coalition started ‘Here we remain’ a new campaign against the Occupation in the West Bank. Activists from the Land Defense Coalition, in particular members of the Stop the Wall Campaign, Farmers Union, Jordan Valley Solidarity and the Palestine Youth Forum, gathered in the Village of Al Aqaba to start the […]
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Ahed Tamimi family celebrates her birthday – while she remains behind bars
Yesterday, friends and relatives of Ahed Tamimi celebrated her 17 birthday in the Village of Nabi Saleh, West Bank. The family opened the house for friends, activist and also for the press. A cake with a photo of the young activist was distributed while kids played on the yard. The young activist was supposed to […]
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Tree planting against land confiscation
Last Sunday, members of the Palestinian Agriculture Society in Jericho gathered together with the local community to plant trees in An Nuweim, in the Jordan Valley. The objective of the action was to ensure the use of land and with this to prevent it from being taken over by the settlers and eventually confiscated by […]
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Every released prisoner – a spark of hope for the Palestinian struggle
Israeli repression brings with it bitter-sweet moments of joy – the moment the community can welcome home an activist after imprisonment. Today, Stop the Wall was able to welcome one of the Palestinian prisoners back home after 18 months of jail. Monday morning, representatives of the Stop the Wall campaign met Wehbe (28 years […]
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Protest in Nabi Saleh: We will continue to resist!
Today, some 1000 people gathered in Nabi Saleh in support of the popular struggle of the village and to ask for the release of its prisoners, in particular 17 year old Ahed Tamimi, who has been taken to prison with her mother after a video that showed her a slapping a fully armed Israeli soldier […]
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Manal Tamimi, 4th woman of the same family, arrested
Yesterday, at a protest in front of Ofar prison, Palestinian activists Manal Tamimi got arrested by Israeli military. The protest was organised to call for the immediate release of Ahed, Nariman and Noor Tamimi from Nabi Saleh as well as Munthar Amira from Bethlehem. This makes Manal the fourth woman of the Tamimi family arrested […]