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[3 May 2010 | No Comment | ]
This Week at Barbur

[ May 3, 2010; 20:30 to 22:30. 20:30 to 22:30. 20:30 to 22:30. May 5, 2010; 20:00 to 22:00. 20:00 to 22:00. 20:00 to 22:00. May 6, 2010; 20:30 to 22:30. 20:30 to 22:30. 20:30 to 22:30. ]

השבוע בברבורThis Week at Barbur
Monday 03.05 יום שני
at 20:30 בשעה
סדרת סרטי מופת Movie Masterpieces series
פאוסט (1926) של פרידריך מורנאו Faust (1926) by F.W.Murnau

סרט אילם עם כתוביות באנגלית Silent movie with English subtitles
Thursday 06.05 יום חמישי
at 20:30 בשעה
סרטה של נטע עפרוני A Film by Neta Efrony
קלנדיה Kalandia
סיפורו של מחסום a Checkpoint’s Story

הסרט “קלנדיה” הינו סרט מעקב על התפתחותו של מחסום [...]

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[15 March 2010 | No Comment | ]
From Shiloah to Silwan Newsletter – March 2010

I. Archaeology and National Heritage Sites
II. Damages caused by the excavations of tunnels
III. New interactive map of archaeological excavations and tourists sites at our website
IV. Closing of the investigation of the shooting of Ahmed Qaraeen
V. Givati Parking Lot excavations
VI. Volunteers needed
VII. Upcoming Tours
I. Archaeology and National Heritage Sites
The Israeli government’s National Heritage Program includes 37 [...]

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[2 March 2010 | No Comment | ]
Vigil in front of the District Court

[ March 3, 2010; 13:00 to 16:00. ] [caption id="attachment_485" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ezra Nawi"][/caption]

Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 3, at 13.30, the Jerusalem District Court will hear Ezra Nawi’s appeal.

We will stand there, outside and inside the court, to show our support to Ezra and protest against the continual attempt by the Israeli authorities to silence legitimate protest by spurious accusations.

In March 2009, the judge [...]

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[20 January 2010 | No Comment | ]
Silwan/City of David: Some Positive Effects, and New Causes for Concern

In the following update:
- Our efforts and the debate on archeology in Jerusalem
1. Tunnels and galleries – new (and very old) ways of excavation
2. A dangerous master plan prepared by the municipality for “the City of David”
3. The excavations in the Givati parking lot – an opportunity for change.
4. Renewed call to take the archeology out of the hands of the settlers.

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[26 December 2009 | One Comment | ]
Introducing… Bustan Qaraaqa!

Bustan Qaraaqa (the Tortoise Garden) is a community permaculture project, based in the West Bank town of Beit Sahour (Shepherds’ Fields), close to the city of Bethlehem, and a five minute drive from Jerusalem.

The aim of the project is to propagate a grassroots environmental movement in the Palestinian Territories to address the problems of food [...]

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[23 December 2009 | No Comment | ]
Rabbi Arik W. Ascherman

Dear Friends and Supporters,

Three weeks ago I wrote the following words after a traumatic night in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarakh. Although originally sent out only to our Israeli lists, they have been posted in several places and we have been asked why they were not sent out to all of our supporters. If you have already read this, you can scroll down to some additional updates and action suggestions below:

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[14 November 2009 | No Comment | ]
Three house demolitions in East Jerusalem -ICAHD

This morning the Jerusalem municipality demolished three more houses in the Palestinian neighborhoods of Abu Tor and Beit Hanina and 40 people were displaced.
One of the houses in Abu-Tor was a 70 square meter house belonging to the Shuweiki family and was a home to 12 residents. The Father of the family fainted twice during [...]

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[26 October 2009 | No Comment | ]
From Shiloah to Silwan Newsletter – September 2009

In the previous newsletter, we reported an incident of shooting which occurred at the entrance to the site of the City of David in Silwan, in which an Israeli young man shot towards two Palestinian residents on 11/9/09.

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[16 September 2009 | One Comment | ]
Peacycle to Jerusalem

[ October 9, 2009; ] The fourteen-day cycle will take Alexandra through an historical and tragic landscape, finishing in Jerusalem, the epicentre of centuries-old conflicts.

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[7 September 2009 | No Comment | ]
Daylight Saving Time ends for West Bank and Gaza

On September 2, the PNA Ministry of the Interior announced that Friday, September 4, 2009 would be the first day of ‘winter time’. Clocks should be turned back 60 minutes as of 1:00 a.m. Friday morning.