Together let’s stand in solidarity and get to know Issawiyeh up close. Aneighborhood of 20,000 residents in eastern Jerusalem that has suffered fromhorrific police suppression and brutality for over half a year. Come hearabout the violent reality that the police has created as well as how to takepart in protest efforts with the broad coalition fighting to end thisreality once and for all and make life in Issawiyeh normal again.
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We will meet today Friday 10.1 at 12:45 at the gas station at Issawiyeh’sentrance near French Hill (HaGivah HaTsarfatit). There we’ll meetneighborhood representatives who will take us on a tour and tell us aboutthe last few months in Issawiyeh. From there, we’ll walk together intoIssawiyeh and see the neighborhood up close and the consequences of violenceand oppression in daily life. We will stand with the residents in theirprotest.
This tour is an opportunity to get to know the oppressive reality inIssawiyeh up close and to express our solidarity and support with the peopleof Issawiyeh as well as our opposition with the police’s actions againstIssawiyeh and the violent policies behind them.
It’s already been many months that the residents of Issawiyeh are dealingwith this aggressive invasion from the Israeli Police, Border Police(Magav), and Riot Police (Yasam) who wander the neighborhood everyday at allhours. The residents, many of them children, are exposed to harsh violenceincluding stun grenades, tear gas, blocked-off roads, and hundreds ofarbitrary arrests that almost all end without indictment.
This struggle is all of our’s: everyone who is against the reality of theoccupation and who wants to live in a just city where all of its residentsfeel safe and where the police work to protect all people and not to abusethem; and everyone who wants to get to know and take part in a broadcoalition of solidarity based in what’s been happening the last few monthsin Issawiyeh. Everyone is invited to come with us to Issawiyeh on Friday tohear from residents about the reality of their lives and to learn more aboutthis vital struggle.