1967 Protest in Beit Nuba
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered near the West Bank village of Bayt Nuba last Friday, June 4th 2010, to mark the 43rd year of Israel’s ongoing and illegal occupation of the West Bank, Gaza Strip,...
View ArticleJerusalem’s street vendors targeted for harassment
Faiz Abdullah Abu-Ramuz has owned a street vending stall facing Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate for over 45 years. Filled with chocolate bars, chips, and candy, the stall is his and his family’s only source...
View ArticleIsraeli policy puts some East Jerusalem children in limbo
From inside Jerusalem’s Old City walls to the neighborhoods of Silwan, Issawiya and Beit Hanina, it is estimated that approximately 10,000 Palestinian children living in East Jerusalem are not...
View ArticleFatah leader ordered to leave Jerusalem
Fatah’s general secretary in Jerusalem has received a military order to leave the city for a period of four months, according to the Wadi Hilweh Information Center in Silwan, East Jerusalem and the...
View ArticleDefiant Jerusalem Palestinians say “we will remain here”
A huge Palestinian flag was carried up a steep hill in Issawiya on 3 December, passed hand-to-hand between the at least 200 Palestinians, Israelis and international activists taking part in the...
View ArticleWorse by the day in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, Jun 2, 2011 (IPS) – As thousands of right-wing Israeli settlers descended on Jerusalem to celebrate the so-called unification of the city this week, Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem...
View Article‘Arrogance Day’ to Palestinians
Tens of thousands of right-wing Israelis marched through East Jerusalem to mark “Jerusalem Day,” an annual event that celebrates the so-called reunification of Jerusalem in 1967. Extremist Israeli...
View ArticleHoly City Divided on ‘Jerusalem Day’
OLD CITY, EAST JERUSALEM — Jihad Hammad sat on a white, plastic chair outside his father’s antiques shop in Jerusalem’s Old City. To his left, four Israeli police officers manned metal barricades...
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