On February 24th, BACEIA members joined a large collection of SF activists that took to the streets of downtown SF to draw attention to the ongoing closure of Shuhada Street in al-Khalil (Hebron), Israel’s system of aparthied, and the global BDS moment as an avenue for ending the injustices.
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On a normal Thursday evening, a group of protesters transformed San Francisco’s busiest shopping district into a scene which reflected the realities of Palestinian life in Hebron in the West Bank.
shuhada_sf1.jpgWe closed a major street running through the financial heart of our
city, to call attention to Israeli road closures and restrictions of
movement that are imposed every day on Palestinians in Hebron.The blocking of major thoroughfares in the city culminated in nine
arrests, after protesters holding a banner that read “Israeli
Apartheid closes streets” closed off Powell Street and refused police
orders to disperse, while a crowd of hundreds looked on chanting and
cheering.The People of Colour Action Theatre group re-enacted apartheid
separation under Israeli occupation, and disrupted business in front
of flagship stores which profit from the Israeli occupation.Handing out Palestinian and Israeli “identification documents”, actors
playing Israeli soldiers in uniform forced “Palestinians” and
“Israelis” to walk on separate sides of the barrier; often roughing up
and harassing those playing Palestinians.Unsuspecting passers-by were incorporated into the theatre performance
and forced to walk on one side or the other.
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Meanwhile, in Hebron, Palestinians are protesting Israel’s new “Heritage Plan” where they have laid out a plan to appropriate holy sites in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories as “Israeli Heritage”. Palestinians in Hebron, where sensitive sites have been named for appropriation by Israel, have protests have been on-going for 5 days.