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Israeli military negligence again exposes young Palestinian children to threat of attack from Israeli settlers

Posted on: October 27, 2009

Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT)

27 October 2009

For Immediate Release:

TUBA – On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Palestinian school children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed did not attend school in At-Tuwani due to threat of violence from Israeli settlers from the Israeli settlement of Ma’on and the illegal Israeli outpost of Havat Ma’on.

Internationals from Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove made repeated calls to the Israeli military, who were mandated by the Israeli Knesset to escort the children from Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed to the area school in At-Tuwani. After waiting forty five minutes for the Israeli … Continue reading


Updated on October 27, 2009
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Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water

Posted on: October 27, 2009

Amnesty International

27 October 2009

Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies.

These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) and prevent the Palestinians developing an effective water infrastructure there.

“Israel allows the Palestinians access to only a fraction of the shared water resources, which lie mostly in the occupied West Bank, while the unlawful Israeli settlements … Continue reading


Updated on October 27, 2009
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Three Palestinians injured as settlers attack villagers from Iraq Burin

Posted on: October 25, 2009
Three Palestinians injured as settlers attack villagers from Iraq Burin

24 October 2009

The village of Iraq Burin came under attack from the nearby settlement Bracha on Saturday, 24 October. Approximately 50 settlers clashed with 50 young men of the village, followed by violent intervention of Israeli Occupation Forces. Three Palestinian boys were taken to hospital following the attack.

At 1pm approximately 50 settlers were seen approaching Iraq Burin. They then surrounded a now-defunct well approximately 200m from the edge of the village. Eyewitnesses report them sitting on the land around the well, watching the village from across the small valley that divided them. Taking up rocks in their hands they began … Continue reading


Updated on October 26, 2009
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UK: Carmel Agrexco blockaders in court

Posted on: October 23, 2009

23 October 2009

On October 26 – 29, 2009 two women will be put on trial in the United Kingdom for taking part in a blockade of Carmel Agrexco’s produce warehouse during the Bloody Valentine Week of Action. They are accused of obstructing police officers and assaulting a police officer during the women only action. This is only the second time that people have been brought to court for actions against Carmel Agrexco in over 5 years of sustained direct action at the London depot.

The action was taken in solidarity with the Palestinian people on whose land the flowers, fruits and … Continue reading


Updated on October 23, 2009
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Bil’in to welcome members of Shministim at Friday demonstration

Posted on: October 21, 2009

For Immediate Release:

The West Bank village of Bil’in will hold a demonstration this Friday, 23 October 2009 at 12pm.

Members of Shministim (Hebrew for high school seniors), the Israeli organization of teenagers who refuse to serve in the Israeli Army, will join the weekly Bil’in demonstration this Friday.

According to members of the Shministim, “Out of sense of responsibility and concern for the two nations that live in this country, we cannot stand idle. We were born into a reality of occupation, and many of our generation see this as a “natural” state. In Israeli society it is a matter of fact … Continue reading


Updated on October 21, 2009
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Israeli Soldier indicted for beating Palestinian grassroots leader Mohammed Khatib in Bil’in

Posted on: October 19, 2009

Yesh Din

19 October 2009

On October 15, an indictment was filed against an Israeli soldier accused of beating up well-known nonviolent protester and secretary of Bil’in’s Regional Council Mohammed Khatib one month ago (September 15) during a night raid on the village. The organization Yesh Din filed a complaint and demanded that an investigation be launched immediately after the incident. The soldier was arrested on October 6th and remains in custody.

The alleged beating took place shortly after 1:30am on September 15th, when the Israeli military raided the Bil’in residence of Abedullah Abu Rahma, Coordinator of the Bil’in Popular Committee Against … Continue reading


Updated on November 4, 2009
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New York protest against detention without trial of Palestinian BDS activist

Posted on: October 18, 2009
Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Palestinian political prisoners, Photo: Hanan Tabbara

Adalah NY

17 October 2009

On Saturday forty New York human rights advocates rallied on a cold fall day at the Madison Avenue jewelry store of Israeli settlement mogul Lev Leviev to demand that Israel release jailed Palestinian boycott activist Mohammad Othman. Othman, held without charges and in solitary confinement since September 22nd, is from Jayyous, a West Bank village where Leviev’s company Leader is building the Israeli settlement of Zufim. The protesters … Continue reading


Updated on October 18, 2009
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Tree-planting action to re-claim Iraq Burin’s land, Sunday 18 October

Posted on: October 17, 2009

17 October 2009

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Iraq Burin has achieved the first success of its kind, in which the District Co-ordination Office has entered in to an agreement with the village to return 30 dunums of contested farmland to its rightful owners. It comes on the heels of four fiery weekly demonstrations, where local protesters and international activists came together to protest illegal land annexation and settlement expansion in the West Bank.

The land in question lies in Area C on the edge of Iraq Burin next to the illegal settlement of Mar-Barcha, just south of Nablus. Mayor Abu Haitham has stated the … Continue reading


Updated on October 17, 2009
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Palestinian youth run over by Israeli military jeep outside school in Jenin-area village

Posted on: September 30, 2009

For Immediate Release:

30 September 2009: Palestinian youth run over by Israeli military jeep outside school in Jenin-area village.

At around 11am, Foad Mahmoud Naiyf Turkman, 17 years of age, was run over by a military jeep as he was standing outside of his high school.

Witnesses say that the students had finished school and were gathered outside Izz ad-Din al-Qassam high school in Yabad village, west of Jenin.

According to the uncle of Turkman, Mohammad Naiyf, who is a teacher in the school and witnessed the event,
“The jeep was driving fast towards a group of students. Foad was run over, the jeep backed … Continue reading


Updated on September 30, 2009
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PCHR report on the gender-specific impact and consequences of Operation Cast Lead

Posted on: September 28, 2009

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

28 September 2009

In conjunction with the presentation of the UN Fact Finding Mission’s report to the Human Rights Council on 29 September, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) release “Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead”.

The Israeli offensive claimed the lives of 118 women, and injured at least 825 more. However, although the numbers of victims and casualties illustrate the appalling human toll of this conflict, the true extent of the suffering lies in the day-to-day reality of life in the Gaza Strip following … Continue reading


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