Another arrest over US ambassador protest; Israel ramps up intimidation of leftists | Joseph Dana

By Joseph Dana | josephdana.com Another Israeli activist has been arrested and jailed in connection to the protest in front of the US ambassador’s house last Saturday night. The activist was summoned for ‘questioning’ yesterday afternoon and arrested upon arrival. He has been charged with the same crimes as the other activists who were released yesterday […]

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ei: Facts contradict Israel’s assertions in Bilin death

Press release, Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, 4 January 2011 The family of Jawaher Abu Rahmah mourns during her funeral in the West Bank village of Bilin, 1 January 2011 (Oren Ziv/Activestills). The following edited press release was issued by the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee on 4 January 2010: Since yesterday, the Israeli army has been […]

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The price of resisting | Jody McIntyre | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs

By Jody McIntyre Eagle Eye Sunday, 2 January 2011 at 10:05 am On New Year’s Eve, as people across the world celebrated together, Jawaher Abu Rahmah lay alone, struggling for breath in a Ramallah hospital. The day before, the people of her village, Bil’in, in the West Bank, had marched to Israel’s wall, which cuts […]

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“We meet again, Super-Gran!” Notes from a protest

Sunday, January 2 2011|Dimi Reider “We meet again, Super-Gran!” Notes from a protest Visually, the protest yesterday  veered from the Italian cinema   Through the violent The contextual   And the chique:   But the overwhelming sensation – despite the tension and the occasional violent flare-up* – was that of an almost good-natured surrealism. After […]

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Hundreds rally in Tel Aviv to protest Bil’in woman’s death

Saturday, January 1 2011|Lisa Goldman Hundreds of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv Saturday night to protest the death of Bil’in resident Jawaher Abu Rahmah, who died on Saturday morning after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli forces during the weekly anti-fence demonstration. The 36 year-old woman was evacuated to a Ramallah hospital on Friday afternoon, […]

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The First Demo Victim in 2011 | Murdered by Israel ‘s Inhumane Occupation Forces | Jawahar Abu Rahmah

Photo from Friday’s protest in Bil’in. (Photo: Hamde Abu Rahme) Jawahir Abu Rahmah, 36 year old woman from Bil’in Published  01/01/2011 11:41 RAMALLAH (Ma’an) – A Palestinian woman died Saturday morning after suffering intense tear-gas inhalation during an anti-wall rally in Bil’in on Friday, medics said. Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah said 36-year-old Jawahir Abu […]

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Woman Killed After Being Asphyxiated by Tear Gas in Bil’in – International Middle East Media Center

Sunday January 02, 2011 00:28 by Ane Irazabal – IMEMC News Jawaher Abu Rahma, aged 36, died on Saturday, after suffering the effects of tear gas inhalation fired by the Israeli military during the Friday weekly protest in Bil’in. Medical sources reported that the cause of the death was suffocation from tear gas chemicals mixed […]

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Palestinian dies after inhaling gas at W Bank protest

BBC NEWS | 1 January 2011 Last updated at 22:20 GMT Palestinian dies after inhaling gas at W Bank protest About 3,000 people attended Jawaher Abu Rahmeh’s funeral in Bilin on Saturday Continue reading the main story Related stories Palestinians test out Gandhi-style protest West Bank village marks five years of protest A Palestinian woman […]

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Martyr`s Funeral Jaoaher Abo rahma-Bilin 01.01.2011

Israeli Forces Kill Female Protester in Bil’in Created 2011-01-01 11:08 Jan 01, 2011 Jawaher Abu Rahmah, 36, was evacuated to the Ramallah hospital yesterday after inhaling massive amounts of tear-gas during the weekly protest in Bil’in, and died of poisoning this morning. Abu Rahmah was the sister of Bassem Abu Rahmah who was also killed […]

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BREAKING: Live Tweets from IbnEzra at/about the Demo in Tel Aviv in Solidarity with the killing of Jawahar Abu Rahmah

Breaking in the mainstream media in israel now http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4007622,00.html — joseph dana (@ibnezra) January 2, 2011 » Updated post with pictures from the courthouse in Tel Aviv http://972mag.com/demonstrators-return-tear-gas-canisters-to-us-ambassador-home/ — joseph dana (@ibnezra) January 2, 2011 » and tossing spent tear gas canisters over the fence of the US ambassador's house. The court will convene on […]

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PA blasts Israel over latest ‘war crime’

PressTV –  Sat Jan 1, 2011 2:52PM Israeli troopers firing tear gas canisters at Palestinian protesters The Palestinian Authority (PA) has denounced Israel’s killing of a Palestinian woman by subjecting the victim to tear gas inhalation as a ‘war crime.’ The 36-year-old Jawahir Abu Rahmah died at the Ramallah medical compound in the central part […]

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