Palestine

Palestinian Freedom Riders On Their Way to Jerusalem Violently Arrested on Israeli Settler Bus

Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides

Palestinian Freedom Riders to Challenge Segregation By Riding Settler Buses to Jerusalem

On Tuesday, November 15th, 2011, Palestinian activists will reenact the US Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides to the American South by boarding segregated Israeli public transportation in the West Bank to travel to occupied East Jerusalem.

Popular Committees to Launch a Documenting and Intervention Campaign Against Settler Attacks

The popular committees will inaugurate the Refusing to Die in Silence project to allow for quick intervention in cases of settler attacks on Palestinians.

Palestinians to March on Jerusalem from Four Directions

Palestinians will march on Jerusalem from all cardinal directions in a coordinated protest organized by the Olive-Revolution movement on the last Friday of Ramadan.

Teen Critically Injured as Israel Cracks Down on Nakba Demos

17 year-old was critically injured from live fire in East Jerusalem. An American protester suffered serious head injury after being hit by a tear-gas projectile shot directly at him from close range.

Another Country

Published by:

Alon Idan, Haaretz


Apr 15, 2011

Thousands of Palestinians go on trial every year in the Ofer military court for offenses like illegally entering Israel or demonstrating against the separation fence. No one really wants to know what goes on there. So is there any point at all to telling this story?

PSCC Media Coordiantor Sentenced to 3 Months in Prison; Tells Judge "I'll Go to prison With my Head Held High"

Pollak was sentenced to three months imprisonment this morning at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court for his participation in a 2008 bicycle in protest of the siege on Gaza. He will begin serving his sentence on Januray 11th.

Member of Silwan Neighborhood Committee Banished from Jerusalem on Day of Planned Eviction and Installment of a New Settlement

Adnan Gheith, a member of the Al-Bustan Neighborhood Committee and a dignitary of Silwan, was officially notified today that an order expelling him from Jerusalem will come into effect at 5 PM today. The order is not part of a judicial process, does not include charges and is based on secret material. An appeal for an injunction will be filed at the Israeli High Court later today. The order will come into force on the very day of the eviction of a Silwan house, and the planned installment of a new settlement there.

Israel Uses British Emergency Law to Banish Activist

Published by:

Donald Macintyre, The Independent


Dec 26, 2010

Mandate-era regulation invoked to stifle protest against Jewish settler groups in East Jerusalem

IDF general uses 1945 law to bar East J'lem resident from capital

Published by:

 

Nir Hasson, Haaretz

 


Dec 23, 2010

 

British Mandate law allows authorities to expel a resident from his hometown without the need for a criminal indictment or evidence that would indicate illegal activity.