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24 March 2014
The construction of the wall, which began in 2007 in spite of an ongoing legal battle and protests, constitutes the latest chapter of the ongoing history of dispossession of al-Walaja. Read more about In photos: al-Walaja village faces “slow death” as Israel takes its land
24 June 2012
Financed by oil and mining firms that propped up white minority rule in South Africa, it’s no surprise that the International Crisis Group’s latest article fails to describe Israel as an apartheid state. Read more about International Crisis Group: craving approval from a blood-soaked elite
18 May 2012
Stories from Abu Dis, a suburb which found itself suddenly cut off from Jerusalem by Israel’s wall. Read more about How Abu Dis' hills were stolen in the night
al-Walaja 25 April 2012
In a unique protest action in the threatened village of al-Walaja, residents and local artists harnessed the power of music, theater, dance and poetry. Read more about Al-Walajah village explores theater as a form of resistance
al-Walaja 18 April 2012
Sheerin al-Araj, a resident of al-Walaja village, is fighting tooth and nail against Israel’s encroaching settlement projects and the wall, which both continue to rapidly confiscate more village land. Read more about "Present absentee" keeps fighting against Israel's wall in al-Walaja
13 November 2011
Before I start, it is worthy to note that the following two incidents took place only in the last three days. The following is just another example of life under Israeli occupation. What Press Freedom? Read more about Arrested for Standing By and Filming
29 August 2011
Residents of the occupied West Bank village of al-Walaja are undaunted by a setback in their fight against home demolitions, the confiscation of land, the expansion of the nearby Jewish-only settlements of Gilo and Har Gilo and construction of a new Israeli settlement called Givat Yael. Read more about Israeli court rejects al-Walaja's appeal against wall
16 June 2011
David Cronin interviews Palestinian activist Mazin Qumsiyeh, author of the new book Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, on the popular struggle in the occupied West Bank and his experience being arrested and detained by Israeli forces. Read more about Interview: Mazin Qumsiyeh on popular resistance and breaking the spell of fear
19 May 2011
Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh, a well-known professor and human rights activist based in Bethlehem, took part in Nakba day protests last weekend as Palestinians across Palestine and the global diaspora marched to demand their right of return, 63 years after the start of Israel’s project of ethnic cleansing and forced exile. Dr. Qumsiyeh participated in a march in al-Walaja, a village west of Bethlehem which has been facing aggressive land confiscation since 1948. Read more about Dr. Mazin Qumsiyeh describes his attack and arrest on Nakba day
16 May 2011
Read more about Video: Israeli soldiers arrest Mazin Qumsiyeh during Nakba march