Palestinians demonstrating in support of Egyptian anti-government protesters were forcibly disbanded when a few dozen men in plainclothes disrupted the rally in Ramallah.
Jewish Voice for Peace Los Angeles chapter leader Estee Chandler discovered a “WANTED for treason and incitement against Jews” poster plastered on her front porch.
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip rallied in solidarity with the uprising in Egypt. Marchers carried banners reading “People want the regime out” and “Down with Hosni Mubarak.”
Palestinian security forces shut down a demonstration in front of the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah, and called in one of the organizers for questioning.
Haifa-based human rights activist Ameer Makhoul was sentenced to nine years in prison on “espionage” charges—despite the fact that his “confession” was made under torture.
Israeli forces injured one Palestinian at the weekly anti-wall rally in the West Bank village of Bil’in, near Ramallah, as soldiers fired tear gas to disperse protesters.
Israeli diplomats and Washington lobbyists are scrambling as Ireland, Russia, Peru and even the US State Department make moves towards recognition of Palestinian sovereignty.
President Mahmoud Abbas pledged he will personally face satellite channel AlJazeera to address its release of secret documents from a decade of Israel-Palestinian negotiations.
Guyana’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country was recognizing Palestine as an independent nation. Guyana is the sixth South American country to do this in a little more than a month.
Israeli military forces with bolldozers demolished the “unrecognized” Palestinian village of Dkaika in the Jordan Valley, leaving some 60 residents homeless.
Recent weeks have seen a spate of angry protests by Bedouin in both Jordan and Israel. Thousands battled security forces in the Jordanian city of Maan after two tribesmen were killed.
Israeli activist Yonatan Pollack began serving a prison term for riding his bicycle during a Tel Aviv protest against Operation Cast Lead two years ago, causing traffic jams.
