Palestinian Freedom Riders

PALESTINIAN FREEDOM RIDERS

For Immediate ReleaseTuesday, 15 November 2011

Palestinian Freedom Riders On Their Way to Jerusalem Violently Arrested on Israeli Settler Bus

Palestinians who boarded a segregated Israeli bus in the occupied West Bank to travel to East Jerusalem were arrested for taking action reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement's Freedom Rides

Earlier today, seven Palestinian Freedom Riders were violently arrested while attempting to ride on segregated Israeli public transportation transporting settlers from inside the West Bank to occupied East Jerusalem in an act of civil disobedience inspired by the Freedom Riders of the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

الثّلاثاء 15.11.2011

حملة "ركّاب الحرّيّة"

الاحتلال يعتقل "ركّاب الحُريّة" على بعد مئات الأمتار من القدس المحتلة

قلق بشأن مصيرهم وسط أجواء من العنف، وإبعاد الصحفيين...

My name is Hurriyeh Ziadah. I am the media spokeswoman for the Palestinian Freedom Rides campaign. Thank you all for being here today. 

Fifty years ago brave African American civil rights activists and their supporters challenged racist and unjust Jim Crow laws by boarding buses to the segregated South, thereby embarking on a campaign of civil disobedience and direct action.

بيان صحفي  حول انطلاق حملة ركاب الحرية 

15-11-2011 فلسطين المحتلة

تحدّياً لسياسات الفصل العُنصري الاسرائيلي، وفي سبيل مُقاومة الاحتلال الكولونيالي، سنقوم خلال السّاعة القادمة بكسر القيود المفروضة على حركتنا بالوصول إلى القُدس المحتلة عبر استخدام الحافلات المُخصّصّة لنقل المُستوطنين فقط، من أجل مُمارسة حقّنا الذي كفلته القوانين والأعراف الدّولية، والعمل على تعطيل حياة المُستوطنين المتواجدين بشكل غير قانوني على أرضنا، حتى نرفع كلفة الاحتلال ونسهم في إنهائه.

"Palestinian Freedom Riders poised to collectively resist Israeli apartheid are inspired by the fifty-year-old legacy of U.S. Freedom Riders, whose bold defiance of Jim Crow laws in the South helped to dismantle legal structures of racism. All those who celebrate the achievements of the Civil Rights Era should be prepared to stand in solidarity with our Palestinian sisters and brothers today."

Angela Y.

FREEDOM RIDERS

Sunday, November 13, 2011

For Immediate Release

Palestinian Freedom Riders to Ride Settler Buses to Jerusalem

Inspired by the Freedom Rides of the US Civil Rights Movement Palestinian activists will attempt to board segregated Israeli settler buses to occupied East Jerusalem

[Ramallah] Groups of Palestinian Freedom Riders will attempt to board segregated settler buses heading to Jerusalem through the occupied West Bank this Tuesday November 15, in an act of civil disobedience