Jerusalem: At around 9:00 am, the first fifty Israelis passed the military checkpoint and climbed over the dirt barricade. They were entering Bethlehem, which is considered “Area A” of the Palestinian territories and therefore out of bounds for Israeli citizens. Determined to meet their Palestinian partners, these Israelis, members of Ta’ayush, Arab-Jewish Partnership, had decided to defy the law. Christmas Eve, they thought, was a suitable day for an act of civil disobedience. In August, Ta’ayush members had attempted to walk from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, but, when they reached the […]Saturday, November 9 2002 Protest outside Damoun Prison
What is happening at the Damoun Prison? Damoun Prison (on the outskirts of Haifa) holds some 500 inmates, incarcerated under inhuman conditions – many of them Palestinians from the Occupied Territories who are being held for entering Israel to look for work. On Saturday, November 9, 2002 Ta’ayush held a protest event outside Damoun Prison, which is located at the top of the road leading from the Atlit junction to Bet Oren. We brought with us food and basic equipment for the prisoners, for the beginning of Ramadan, in an […]Saturday, October 26 2002 Joint Palestinian-Jewish convoy and march In South Hebron
On Saturday, October 26th, Ta’ayush wished to conduct a joint Palestinian-Jewish convoy and march In South Hebron BACKGROUND: The settlers of the Maon settlements have been preventing for months now from the children of South Hebron access to the direct path leading to their schools. The settlers are throwing stones and beating the children that dare pass on this path close to which the settlemnts were erected. In order to avoid these acts of violence the children walk now at least 7 kilometers on each way to school and back, […]
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