Tag Archives: Jerusalem

Palestinians continue to protest in the West Bank village of Beita against a new Israeli settler outpost recently erected on Palestinian land. (Photo: Activestills.org) Palestinian protestors have been severely injured after being shot by Israeli soldiers during a demonstration over illegal Jewish settlements in the village of Beita, on the outskirts of occupied Nablus. According to Ahmad Jibril, director of …

Protesters gather and hold Palestinian flags in central Johannesburg, on May 23, 2021, as they take part in a counter protest in solidarity with Palestinians in response to a demonstration organised by the South Africa Zionist Federation. [MICHELE SPATARI/AFP via Getty Images]   The plans to sneak Israel quietly into the African Union as an observer state appear to have …

Funeral ceremony held for 12 year old Palestinian Mohammad al-Alaami who was shot by Israeli soldiers near the West Bank town of Beit Ummar in Hebron, West Bank on 29 July 2021. [Mamoun Wazwaz – Anadolu Agency] “I am tired of reporting the same brutality every day, of thinking of new ways to describe the obvious.” Those are the words of …

The UN-created problem in Palestine -the arbitrary setting up of the state of Israel- on Palestinian land continues to fester to this day, with continued evictions of Palestinians and seizure of their homes and lands. Approximately 750,000 Palestinians were displaced and became refugees as a result of the 1948 war, in the lead up to the founding of Israel. None …

Palestinian and Israeli activists protest against house evictions in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. (Photo: via Activestills.org) Palestinian and Israeli activists protest against house evictions in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. (Photo: via Activestills.org) Israel’s Supreme Court today offered Palestinian residents of the occupied Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood ‘protected residence’ status, saying that if they pay rent …

Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop on Washington Street in New Jersey. (Photo: Luigi Novi, Wikimedia Commons) Ben & Jerry’s decision to suspend its operations in the occupied Palestinian West Bank is an event that is proving critical to Palestinian efforts, which ultimately aim at holding Israel accountable for its military occupation, apartheid and war crimes. By responding to the Palestinian call for …