Sun Feb 21 2010 (Updated 02/27/10)
International Day of Action for Shuhada Street, al Khaleel/Hebron
On February 25th, 2010, activists and organizations from around the world joined together in solidarity with the Palestinian residents of Hebron/al Khaleel, through local protests that demand the opening of Shuhada Street to Palestinians and an end to the Israeli occupation. In San Francisco, nine were arrests, after protesters holding a banner that read "Israeli Apartheid closes streets" closed off Powell Street and refused police orders to disperse, while a crowd of hundreds looked on cheering. In Al-Khalil, a peaceful march to Shuhada st, was met with tear gas, stun grenades, and arrests. A day earlier in Tel Aviv, a street was blocked and Transform to Shohada St, by the Mark Edelman Brigade.
Shuhada Street, the main street in the West Bank City of Hebron, has been closed to Palestinians since February 25th, 1994, when an Israeli settler massacred Palestinians in Hebron's mosque. Shuhada Street used to be the principal street for Palestinians residents, businesses and a very active market place in the Palestinian city of Hebron/ al Khaleel. Today, because Shuhada Street runs through the Jewish settlement of Hebron, the street is closed to Palestinians and looks like a virtual ghost street which only Israelis and tourists are allowed to access. Hate graffiti has been sprayed across the closed Palestinian shops and Palestinians living on the street have to enter and exit their houses through their back doors or, even sometimes by climbing over neighbor's roofs.
Read more | Al-KHalil (Hebron), Palestinians clash with IOF over Israeli Decision to declare Tomb of the Patriarchs as a Jewish National site | Got arrested by Israeli riot police yesterday, for walking down a street with Palestinians | Hebron: Open Shuhada Street! | Israeli forces commemorate Goldstein Massacre with tear gas and sound bombs | Open Shuhada Street in Hebron | Baltimore Jews for Human Rights demonstrates in solidarity with Palestinians of Hebron.
Open Shuhada Street | Palestinian Youth Against Settlements, solidarity activists, demonstrate in Hebron
