Setting a dangerous precedent: 16-year-old Ali Shamlawi faces 25 counts of attempted murder for alleged stone throwing

Posted on: June 18, 2013
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18th June 2013 | Mondoweiss, Katherine Flynn| Hares, Occupied Palestine
Three months ago today, in the early hours of March, 17 2013, Israeli soldiers appeared at 16-year- old Ali Shamlawi’s house in the West Bank village of Hares. They blindfolded him, handcuffed him and took him away. His arrest was one of a spate of arrests in March of this year which saw 19 boys, aged 16 and 17 years old, arrested for throwing stones which were alleged to have caused a traffic accident on Route 5, a large road which cuts through the West … Continue reading


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UPDATED: Illegal settler colonisers attack workers in Asira

Posted on: June 19, 2013
Army with closed military zone paper

17th June 2013 | International Women’s Peace Service | Asira al Qibliya , Occupied Palestine

Army with closed military zone paper (Photo by ISM)
Update 19th June 2013: Settlers from the illegal settlement of Yizhar again attacked the water reservoir project in Asira. At 4pm on the 19th of June fifty settlers, accompanied by over thirty Israeli soldiers trespassed onto village land and attacked locals working on the site. The workers left the project immediately, but the settlers and army remained in … Continue reading


Updated on June 19, 2013
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Settlers building illegal road on Palestinian land in Hebron

Posted on: June 19, 2013
Bulldozers clear the path for the construction of the illegal settler road

19th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement | Hebron, Occupied Palestine

Israeli settlers in the Wadi al-Hussein valley neighborhood of occupied Khalil (Hebron) have begun building a new road on land owned by a Palestinian family. The road will be around four meters wide and lead to the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba which is above the valley. When completed it will split two olive groves.

Bulldozers clear the path for the construction of the illegal settler road

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Updated on June 19, 2013
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Six homes in Sarra threatened with demolition orders

Posted on: June 19, 2013
Demolition order papers (Photo by ISM)

19th June 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Sarra, Occupied Palestine
On Monday 10th June Israeli occupation forces in jeeps visited six homes in Sarra and left demolition orders that affect the lives of around fifty people all with young children. The homes have been declared ‘illegal’ under Israeli planning law, claiming that they are within Area C which is under full Israeli civil control. They were all given planning permission by the Palestinian Authority (PA) who are allowed to issue permits under the occupation as part of the Oslo Accords from joint … Continue reading


Updated on June 20, 2013
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