International Solidarity Day with Sheikh Jarrah struggle

For the past year there has been an ongoing struggle in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Palestinian East-Jerusalem, this struggle is growing and at the same time the Israeli police is trying to brake the struggle as much as they can.    So, as August brings with it the one year anniversary to the evictions of the G’awi…

Dozens of professors joined 800 students in a protest march against settlers in Sheikh JarrahDozens of professors joined 800 students in a protest march against settlers in Sheikh Jarrah

Dozens of professors from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem today (Wednesday, May 26) joined some 800 students in a protest march from the university to the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. The crowd protested against the entrance of Jewish settlers into the neighborhood, and the eviction of Arab families from their homes. Among the…

Hundreds Israeli left activists and Palestinian residents protested in the Sheikh Jarrah Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem

Hundreds Israeli left activists and Palestinian residents protested in the Sheikh Jarrah Arab neighborhood of east Jerusalem on Friday (March 26, 2010). The demonstrators shouted: “There is nothing holy in an occupied city”, and protested against the entrance of Jewish residents to houses in the Arab neighborhood, as well as against the construction permit granted…

5,000 Jewish and Arab peace activists rallied East Jerusalem against settlers

5,000 Jewish and Arab peace activists rallied East Jerusalem against settlers

Some 5,000 Jewish and Arab peace activists rallied tonight (Saturday, March 6), among them several members of Hadash (the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) in the Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in East Jerusalem in order to protest against the settlement of Jews in the area and the evacuation of Arab families from their homes.

Occupation Army Blocks Solidarity March to Huwara

Occupation soldiers clashed with hundreds of Israeli peace activists trying to enter the West Bank Palestinian town of Huwara on a solidarity visit following a deadly settlers’ pogrom there earlier in the week. Four protesters who tried to go around the army roadblock were detained. Footage from the scene on Friday morning, showed troops scuffling…

100,000 Rally in Israel to Protest Netanyahu’s Far-right Gov’t

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets in central Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new far-right coalition government. Heavy rain started early Saturday evening, raising worries that the weather could affect attendance, but opposition leaders called on protesters to come out despite the wet conditions. Police in Tel Aviv said around 80,000 protesters…