On Sunday, March 28, hundreds of Palestinians in Bethlehem tried to march toward Jerusalem, celebrating palm Sunday (also refers as Passion Sunday). Palm Sunday always falls on the Sunday before Easter where according to Christian tradition Jesus entered Jerusalem and was welcomed by hundreds of followers holding palm leaves.
Bethlehem, March 28 2010
Since then, on that date Christians in Palestine travel to Jerusalem holding palm leaves to commemorate that tradition. Unfortunately, these Palestinian Christians live under an apartheid regime that deny them the right of traveling in their own country, or observing their culture and tradition. This protest was no different, as soon as the IOF noticed the march, many were arrested. Those who were not, were sent home behind the Apartheid Wall.
On Tuesday, March 31st, hundreds of people gathered at the Bitunya checkpoint near Ofer Military prison to demand the release of ten demonstrators arrested in Bethlehem last Sunday, among them Abbas Zaki of the PLO Executive Committee. Two demonstrators were arrested. After a few short speeches, the demonstrators intended to continue to the Ofer military court, where the ten's hearings were scheduled to be heard. Once refused passage, protesters tried to topple the fence near the checkpoint in order to get to the court. Border Police officers responded with concussion grenades, tear-gas and rubber-coated bullets. Clashes between officers and local youth continued for about two hours before the demonstration was dispersed.
Bitunya, March 31 2010
Two Palestinian protesters were arrested during the demonstration. One of them, a 16 year old, was nabbed from within his father's car, through the window, after Border Police officers broke it using a rifle butt.
Bitunya, March 31 2010
To mark Palestinian Land Day, over 300 people demonstrated in the West Bank village of Budrus. They planted trees along the route of the Separation Barrier but were dispersed by Israeli military who shot tear gas and rubber bullets at the crowd. 3 people were injured by rubber bullets.
Budrus, March 30 2010
The same day, over 200 Israelis, Palestinians and internationals demonstrated near the Ein Entweteg Spring in the West Bank village of Qarawat Bani Hassan to mark the annual Palestinian "Land Day".
In Bil'in, about 25 Israelis with the Anarchists Against the Wall joined a similar number of internationals on Friday, and together with Palestinians of the village and the region, marched towards the gate of the separation fence. The theme of the demo was Land Day and a resistance to the latest escalating measures, taken by the army, to repress the demonstrations by declaring the area of the demo in Bil'in and Ni'ilin as closed military zone on Friday for Israeli and internationals... However though it had been widely spread in the Israeli media it boomeranged... It got lot of negative opinions, was not enforced, and had mainly the opposite effect. May be this was the reason they used much less of the repression means at the gate of the separation route than we used to.
Bil'in, April 2 2010
When we arrived at the gate, few protesters managed to get inside the buffer zone, hang a Palestinian flag on the fence, hold up a sign and chant for a while, before a suspiciously calm army threw a few gas grenades around. Then, youth threw stones at a patrolling jeep, and in a neighborly act, returned the few gas grenades the army was missing.
Demonstrators also gathered Friday in Al Ma'asara, near Bethlehem, in commemoration of Land Day, marking the anniversary of mass confiscation of Palestinian land in 1976. Palestinians, Israelis and internationals marched peacefully towards the village’s land. However, Israeli military, police and border police blocked the road with barbed wire, at which point the demonstrators stopped to chant resistance anthems and to hear speeches from representatives of the popular resistance. 
Ma'asara, April 2 2010
The soldiers then announced that the area had been declared a Closed Military Zone, removed the barbed wire and moved on foot and in jeeps towards the protesters, throwing percussion grenades and tear gas canisters directly at them. Two demonstrators were arrested after asking to see a copy of the CMZ order and taken to a nearby Israeli police station.
Dozens of protesters were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation when Israeli troops attacked the anti wall protest in the village of Nil’in central West Bank. Villagers along with Israeli and international supporters conducted the demonstration that included the Muslim midday Friday prayers at lands near the Israeli built wall. Later the crowed marched towards the wall and local youth hanged the Palestinian flag on top of the wall. Troops then fired tear gas and sound bombs at the protesters, dozens were treated for the effects of tear gas inhalation.
Watch Friday Nabi Saleh video:
Approximately 200 protesters gathered in Sheikh Jarrah to protest the ongoing settlement campaign in East Jerusalem. Protesters carried model homes to symbolize those that were taken from the Palestinian residents twice - in 48' and once again last year. In recent weeks the Israeli government made many announcements of new settlement plans in East Jerusalem, completely ignoring the international community and common sense. Their goal is to settle Jews everywhere as long as it's in the east: Silwan, Shuafat, Gilo, Ramat Shlomo and last but not least, Sheikh Jarrah.
Construction plans for hundreds of new housing units have been approved in and around the Sheppard Hotel compound in Sheikh Jarach. It will span both the hotel and the large olive grove on the other side of the street. All Jewish, of course. Some of the protesters marched up a few hundred meters to protest in front of the hotel, chanting and holding up signs for about half an hour. Nasser Gawi, a local resident whose home been given to extreme settlers and lives today in a protest tent, spoke about the situation and pointed out the areas threatened by construction.
