Articles in the ‘Jerusalem District’ category
Victory for Joint Non-Violent Resistance in Silwan
This morning, Tuesday March 18th, the Israeli High Court ordered that the excavations that have damaged numerous Palestinian homes in the East Jerusalem village of Silwan, be stopped. Many attribute the success in the court to the joint non-violent demonstrations involving Palestinian and Jewish Israeli activists against the excavations. … Read more
PNN: Jerusalem Sits in Solidarity with Gaza
Jerusalem / PNN – Yesterday throngs of people held a sit-in at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in East Jerusalem’s Old City. The occasion was a day of solidarity with the people of Gaza, under intense siege by the Israeli government and its forces.
Bishop Attallah Hanna, the Archbishop of … Read more
Home Demolished for Second Time in Jerusalem’s Old City
Yesterday morning at approximately 8 am the Kabaja’ family was informed that their small home was to be demolished for a second time. Israeli Occupation Forces accompanied the bulldozer and arrested two sons, Ali and Omar, aged 19 and 20. The … Read more
Traffic Blocked on Israeli-Only Road
This morning just in time for rush hour traffic, Palestinian, international, and Israeli activists, including people from Anarchists Against the Wall and Palestine Solidarity Project marched onto the Jerusalem-bound side of Road 443 in the Occupied West Bank and stopped traffic. … Read more
As One Home Goes Up, Another Comes Down
The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions has begun their annual summer camp to rebuild a home in the village of Anata, near Jerusalem. At approximately 11am on July 17, the volunteers got notice that another home in Anata was going to be demolished. As International and Israeli volunteers … Read more