[ February 2, 2010; ] Join us in putting back up the tent of the Gawi family in Sheikh Jarrah

Today (2/2)  at 16:00 in Seikh Jarrah

A few hours ago the tent of the Gawi family in Sheikh Jerrah was destroyed again by municipality personal accompanied by the police. The tent was put up to protest against the eviction of the [...]

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 [...]

From Shiloah to Silwan Newsletter – December 2009

1. Maps of the archaeological excavations in East Jerusalem and the West Bank

2. Information about the book Israeli Archaeological Activity in the West Bank 1967–2007: A Sourcebook

3. Upcoming Tours

[ November 29, 2009 to December 8, 2009. ] The Alternative Information Center to Host
Its Third International Political Field Seminar: Bridges Instead of Walls!
29 December 2009 – 8 January 2010

In an increasingly globalized world, it is often the case that quantity of information is privileged over quality. We often deal with cultures without knowing their histories or the things that we have in common [...]

[ November 21, 2009; ] This Saturday, 21st November, work day in Bir al-Eid (South Mt. Hebron)

The cave dwellers of Bir al-Ein is  between two extreme and particularly violent “outposts”, have been driven out of their village in 2000. Following a long legal procedure they have recently been allowed to return to the village. For the last [...]

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 [...]

[ November 4, 2009; ]
This morning, following a court dismissal, the Al-Kurd family of Sheikh Jarrah was forced out to the streets.
40 settlers accompanied by large private security forces summoned by the settlers, forcefully evicted the 30 people family out of their home.

The family’s belongings were thrown onto the street while the settlers invaded the Al-Kurd home.
This is the [...]

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.

[ October 21, 2009; 08:30 to 12:00. 08:30 to 12:00. ] [caption id="attachment_485" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Ezra Nawi"][/caption]

 Dear all,
This morning the judge, Eilata Ziskind, sentenced Ezra as follows:
- 30 days in prison
- 750 NIS fine which he will not pay and thus get extra 7 days in prison.
- 500 NIS to each of the border police officers he “assaulted”.
- 6 months if he violates law in the [...]

[ September 29, 2009; 13:00 to 15:00. 13:00 to 15:00. ]
Micha Kurz, ex-IDF soldier, co-founder of Breaking the Silence (“an organization of former Israeli soldiers speaking out about our service in the Occupied Territories and the moral price, the degradation of spirit, we have had to pay on both societal and personal levels while serving our nation”), and founder of the “Grassroots Jerusalem” network. [...]