one of a rare street happenings on the Street of Salah Eddine, Jerusalem

        

Imad Muna and his family celebrated today the Jubilee, marking 25 years since the opening of their family business:The Educational Bookshop, with quite a big crowd of journalists, writers, readers and others interested from the Palestinian and International communities living in Jerusalem;  Abu Imad, a graduate of al Rashidyeh School of Jerusalem, told me how he started this whole business. Very much expected, a programme of countless speeches,  governer Adnan Hisseini Abu Ghaleb, Albert Aghazarian, Zahira Kamal ....and many more, tolerable, because they were brief and accompanied by home made Palestinian pastries and tabbouleh.  Interesting event because it took place in the middle of the street of Salah Eddine,

which is more like a ghost town especially on Friday afternoon.

Along a few meters from the event, where Salah Eddine meets with Nablus Road in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, another happening took place....Guess what ?

the colonizers also known as 'jewish settlers' who occupied the houses of Palestinians since 2009, and live now in the neighbourhood they call today Shimon Hazedik got furious on the activists. There were some injuries.....these activitists consist of Palestinians Israelis (whats left of the left) with a few internationals/expats who are not yet on holidays, meet every Friday afternoon protesting the 'illegal presence' of these increasing settlers/occupyers,  in Sheikh Jarrah, the Eastern side of the city.

huda,

Jeusalem,  Friday 1 July 2011