Press and independent media
743 resources in this category
The banality of a Palestinian's arrest
21/11/2011
[Ha’aretz] The usual charges: ‘Throwing an object, including a stone, with the intention of harming a person or property,’ and organizing an illegal demonstration in which he participated.
No place for arms as we prepare a Palestinian state
09/09/2011
[Daily Star] We who live in the West Bank village of Bilin represent just one part of a coordinated plan for what happens later this month, when Palestinians will seek statehood at the United Nations.
I have been named coordinator of activities for what has been named the Palestinian Campaign for the 140th State, meaning the 140th member-state of the United Nations. This means I will be coordinating between all the governorates and the various committees that have been established to rally around this cause. There is also a committee that is seeking to raise the funds that are needed for the media effort in support of this project, and a committee that coordinates between the governorates and is in contact with the Central Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
Jamal Juma’: PA "killing popular resistance"
08/08/2011
[Electronic Intifada] Few Palestinians are as closely identified with the struggle against Israel’s wall in the West Bank as Jamal Juma’. The coordinator of the Palestinian Grassroots Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign since its establishment in 2002, Juma’ has suffered because of his political activities. He was imprisoned in late 2009 and early 2010 but following his release, he has worked relentlessly against a project that has been declared illegal by the International Court of Justice.
Juma’ spoke to The Electronic Intifada contributor Ida Audeh about the dearth of popular resistance in areas of the West Bank under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction, the UN statehood bid and the role of the Palestinian diaspora in national liberation.
Villagers in Bil’in celebrate removal of the Wall: “we have become an example for everyone.”
06/07/2011
[Palestine Monitor] Last Friday, 1 July, the village of Bil’in celebrated the return of half of their land that had been confiscated by Israel. Since the construction of the Wall in 2004, around 600 acres of property had been, in effect, annexed to Israel.
It took Bil’in four years to get their land back. They took their case to court, they protested and they held weekly demonstrations. During that time, they saw members of their village die and hundreds of protesters imprisoned.
Nonviolence, a Palestinian path to liberation
28/06/2011
[Now Lebanon] At the end of last week in the West Bank village of Bilin, an important principle was decisively demonstrated: Palestinian nonviolence can achieve real results in resisting the Israeli occupation.
