Tagged: palestine

Doc Jazz on stage in Amsterdam

Palestine’s Musical Life Line Is ‘Doc Jazz’: Medic And Musician Extraordinaire

By Sahar Mansour – orig. published at AlBawaba.com and the Palestine Chronicle Title mentioned above by Albawaba, as well as this introduction: “Palestine has a new secret weapon and it’s striking fear into the heart of the competition in the entertainment industry. Doc Jazz is a surgeon and musical activist who presents Palestinians with all-purpose cures for their spiritual or...

Israeli forces detaining children

Israeli forces detain over 30 schoolchildren

HEBRON, PALESTINE – Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday morning detained tens of young students from the schools of Hebron (Al Khalil) in the Old City, some of them suffering cuts and blunt injuries.   Local sources reported that the occupation forces also held up tens of students from the South region, and arrested others. Among them are: Mohammed Salem al...

Barack Obama

Palestinians for Dignity reject Obama’s visit to Palestine

STATEMENT ISSUED March 10 by PALESTINIANS FOR DIGNITY – President Obama’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory comes at a time when our prisoners are waging a hunger strike battle in the face of Israeli government obstinacy, and in the face of US silence towards the slow murder these heroes are being subjected to. Most recently Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat died during...

Symbolic wedding at Hizma checkpoint

Love in a Time of Apartheid: Israeli Forces Disrupt Wedding

RAMALLAH – The bride, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, the groom, a Palestinian from the West Bank, accompanied by tens of activists approached Hizma checkpoint from its two sides and demanded their right to love and live without racist and separation policies. Using tear-gas and sound bombs, Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint prevented the bride and the groom from meeting...