Al Walaje

Hisham Abu Ali stands near road construction that threatens to uproot his olive trees in the village of Al Walaja. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
A letter from al-Walaja: Wars, walls and now roads
A new Israeli-planned road, ostensibly meant to give the Cremisan Monastery access to Israel and Jerusalem, will cut off the Bethlehem-area village of al-Walaja from its lands. Its lands were taken and villagers displaced in first in 1948; in recent years Israel began completely surrounding it with the separation wall, taking even more land. Village resident…
By Activestills December 10, 2013
Palestinian and International activists remove a gate built by the Israeli army blocking the road between the village of Al Walaja and the West Bank town of Beit Jala, October 3, 2013. (photo: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: Palestinian activists dismantle Israeli roadblock
Palestinian activists, accompanied by international supporters, descended on an Israeli military roadblock in the Palestinian village of Al Walaja at noon Thursday, quickly dismantling it before Israeli forces could arrive on the scene. The activists used a sledge hammer to break the lock on a steel gate blocking the road between Al Walaja and the…
By Activestills October 3, 2013
Israeli soldiers arrest an Israeli settler after he threw stones at Palestinian demonstrators from the West Bank villages of Deir Jarir and Silwad during a protest against construction on their land by members of the nearby Jewish settlement of Ofra on May 3, 2013. Israeli setters marched into the lands of Silwad and deir Jarir, attacking Palestinian protesters as the Israeli army looked on. After two hours of clashes, border policemen arrested just the one settler and let all the others escape. (hoto: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)
From Jerusalem Day clashes to stone-throwing settlers: A week in photos – May 2-8
This week: Palestinians arrested as Israelis march (and bicycle) to Jerusalem, Israeli settlers and Palestinians throw stones, African immigrant women and children are released from prison, a graphic novel portray the popular struggle, shrink-wrapped animal rights activists ride through Tel Aviv, activists demand more Mizrahi Jews on their bills, and the Separation Wall continues to…
By Activestills May 10, 2013
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