Walaje

Demonstrators pose for a picture during a march against the separation wall and home demolitions in Walaje, West Bank, September 16. (Haggai Matar)

Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis march to support village encircled by wall

Israel’s separation wall will surround the village on nearly all sides, which will separate its villagers from some 250 acres of agricultural land. Over 500 Palestinian and Israeli demonstrators marched Saturday to protest the construction of the separation wall and house demolitions in the West Bank village of Walaje, south of Jerusalem. The march started at the…

By Haggai Matar September 17, 2017

The Wall, 10 years on / part 7: A village turned prison

There is no place quite like it in the entire West Bank. Residents of the village of Walajah petition the courts, demonstrate, initiate protest theater and music shows – yet still see the wall is expanding and surrounding them from all directions. Project photography: Oren Ziv / Activestills The last time I visited Walajah I…

By Haggai Matar May 11, 2012

Harvard students on the bus in Al-Walaja (Anne Paq / Activestills)

Report: Busload of Harvard students detained in West Bank

Activestills photographer Anne Paq has just released the following information: A bus full of US students from Harvard University were stopped by the Israeli army and police during their visit to Al-Walaja, led by Shereen Al Araj, member of the popular committee against the Wall and the local council. The bus with Israeli soldiers who…

By Haggai Matar March 13, 2012

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Bit by bit, coverage of occupation disappears from Israeli news

At first it was only Gaza. Now – it’s the West Bank. Bit by bit, without our noticing, the Israeli media has stopped reporting on the occupation. It’s been two weeks now that I’ve been wanting to write this post. I wanted to write two Fridays ago, when it became apparent that two more West…

By Haggai Matar January 19, 2012

Supreme Court ruling turns village into open-air prison

The Supreme Court gave the state a green light to continue walling in a village split between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, blocking the villagers on all four sides The Supreme Court turned down yesterday a petition against the construction of the separation wall between the village of Walajeh, so close to Jerusalem it can…

By Dimi Reider August 24, 2011

Breaking: Harsh Israeli response to protest in Palestinian village

al-Walaje, occupied West Bank – A group of about 30 international, Palestinian and Israeli demonstrators demonstrated in front of Israeli construction equipment Sunday morning, in an effort to prevent the uprooting of olive trees to make way for the continued construction of the separate wall that is to surround this village located just south of…

By Joseph Dana July 30, 2011