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Hanan Greenberg | YNet News 2 December 2009 Ashraf Abu Rahma, who was shot by IDF soldier during anti-fence protest takes stand in military court, says he was arrested for no reason, bound, and beaten by soldiers. ‘I heard a ...
Read More »Israeli courts give permission for settlers to move into Palestinian home in Sheikh Jarrah
1 December 2009 For immediate release Israeli settlers take over Palestinian home, elderly resident suffers severe medical complications On Tuesday morning at around 9.30am, a group of settlers surrounded the al-Kurd family home in Sheikh Jarrah and took over a ...
Read More »Army renews use of live ammunition against demonstrators
B’Tselem 26 November 2009 On Friday, 13 November, soldiers were documented firing 22-caliber bullets at demonstrators during the weekly demonstration against the Separation Barrier in Ni’lin. The shots were fired a few dozen meters from the targets, and lightly wounded ...
Read More »Gate forced open in Ni’lin’s separation barrier – eight demonstrators wounded and one arrested
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 28 November 2009 For immediate release: This morning, a group of demonstrators in the West Bank village of Ni’lin managed to surprise the Israeli army and, using bolt cutters, cut open one of the gates in ...
Read More »Settler harassment and land theft continues in Yanoun
27 November 2009 Israeli settlers have annexed a further 40 dunums of what remains of the endangered Palestinian village of Yanoun, east of Nablus. Settlers from the illegal settlement Itamar were witnessed ploughing the land in question yesterday, effectively laying ...
Read More »Israeli forces impose travel restrictions as settler youth attack Palestinians at Huwara checkpoint
26 November 2009 Israeli Occupation Forces closed Huwara checkpoint for over 2 hours last night and established a flying checkpoint nearby as settlers stormed the area. Israeli military and police made little effort to contain settlers as they amassed at ...
Read More »Israeli military confiscates electricity pylons; Palestinians prohibited from improving quality of life
Christian Peacemaker Teams and Operation Dove 25 November 2009 For immediate release At-Tuwani, South Hebron hills – On Wednesday, 25 November, the Israeli military and police removed and confiscated two standing electricity pylons from the village of At-Tuwani. The electricity ...
Read More »Palestinian goes on hunger strike over denial of medical treatment
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 21 November 2009 Ibrahim Burnat, a resident of Bil’in, who was shot in the thigh with live ammunition during an anti-Wall protest in the village on 13 June 2008, went on hunger strike last Thursday, after ...
Read More »A demonstration will be held in the West Bank village of Salim, near Nablus
21 November 2009 For immediate release Demonstration to be held in Salim village in condemnation of Israel’s continued occupation and violation of international law. The village of Salim will host a demonstration this Sunday, 22 November, marking two causes: one, ...
Read More »Al Ma’asara demonstrates against the Wall built on the village’s land
20 November 2009 Some fifty Palestinian, Israeli and international demonstrators marched on Friday noon from the center of Al Ma’asara village towards the route of the Apartheid Wall that is to be built on village lands. Like every other Friday, ...
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