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Bil’in resident turns himself in to Ofer military prison

Posted on: November 22, 2010

22 November 2010 | Haitham al-Khatib, Bil’in Popular Committee

On Sunday morning, 30-year-old activist Ashraf al-Khatib turned himself in to Ofer Military Prison after weeks of military and Shebak harassment to his family and the village.

The military had been searching for him due to his involvement in weekly demonstrations against the wall and occupation. During recent night raids of the village, soldiers beat villagers, activists, and photographers attempting to reach Ashraf’s house. IDF soldiers aggressively entered the homes of Ashraf’s family, breaking down doors to look for him, but were unable to find him.

Shebak officials (Israeli Intelligence) called two of his … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Israeli soldiers detain five Palestinian Schoolboys in South Hebron Hills

Posted on: November 21, 2010

21 November 2010 | Christian Peacemaker Team

At-Tuwani – Claiming that the children were throwing stones, Israeli soldiers detained five Palestinian schoolboys.

Since the beginning of 2005, the children from the village of Tuba wait every morning for an Israeli army escort to accompany them to the school in At-Tuwani, along the shortest road that goes through the Israeli settlement of Ma’on and the illegal outpost of Havat Ma’on. The escort’s task is to protect the children from the violence of the Israeli settlers of Havat Ma’on.

On the morning of November 21st, Palestinian schoolchildren had been waiting for over an hour … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Palestinian youth and five solidarity activists arrested in Beit Ommar demonstration

Posted on: November 20, 2010
Mohammad Awad, 8 years old, being arrested

20 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement

Beit Ommar, Southern West Bank, 1:30pm: One 8-year-old Palestinian boy named Mohammad Awad, two internationals volunteering with P.S.P., and three Israeli solidarity activists were arrested by Israeli Forces during a peaceful demonstration against Karmei Tsur, an illegal Israeli settlement built on Beit Ommar land.

Beit Ommar and the adjacent Saffa valley have recently witnessed a tide of suppression by Israeli soldiers. Thursday, November 18th, thirteen Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists were arrested accompanying farmers to their land in the Saffa valley, … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Wa’el al Faqeeh released from Israeli prison

Posted on: November 17, 2010
Wa’el al Faqeeh released from Israeli prison

UPDATE | 17 November 2010: Wa’el al-Faqeeh was released from Israeli prison today and is back in his Nablus home. The International Solidarity Movement strongly condemned his arrest, which marked an escalation in Israeli targeting of Palestinian popular resistance leaders. Wa’el has been a irreplaceable grassroots organizer in the Nablus area and we are ecstatic that he has been released. He is back in Nablus and is ready to continue his reign as Chess champion.

Please consider making a donation to help pay for his legal fees (see bottom of the post to donate) or visit the International Solidarity … Continue reading


Updated on November 19, 2010
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This week in Silwan: clashes, raids, arrests, and demolition orders

Posted on: November 15, 2010
Jerusalem munipality bulldozers remove a barn on the property of Silwan resident Mohammed Siyam, in Abbasiya district

14 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center & ISM

On Saturday, Israeli forces erected checkpoints at the entrances to Silwan village for the second day in a row. The network of checkpoints are a notorious source of inconvenience and frustration to the people of Silwan, whose freedom of movement is obstructed by the “security” barriers.

Last week, on Monday the 8th of November, Jerusalem Municipality workers, accompanied by Israeli forces, removed the memorial to Silwan martyr Samer Sarhan. A drinking fountain and olive tree dedicated to the memory … Continue reading


Updated on November 15, 2010
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Civil resistance to bring down the Walls

Posted on: November 1, 2010

1 November 2010 | Ayed Morrar, Huffington Post

Budrus, a documentary film now debuting across the US, tells the story of a successful protest campaign by unarmed Palestinian civilians against Israel’s military occupation in my small West Bank village. Our struggle’s success and the consequent expansion of civil resistance to other West Bank communities may provide hope to viewers desperate for positive news from the Middle East, but today an Israeli crackdown on unarmed Palestinian protesters is threatening this growing movement. For our movement to thrive and serve as a true alternative to violence, we need Americans’ to demand that … Continue reading


Updated on November 1, 2010
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IDF prosecutors chided for using testimony of mentally disabled Palestinian witness

Posted on: October 25, 2010

25 October 2010 | Amira Hass, Haaretz

A military judge has criticized the military prosecutor’s office for relying on the testimony of a mentally challenged young man who referred to events that never took place. In doing so, the witness put a resident of the Palestinian West Bank village of Na’alin behind bars for nine months for a crime he did not commit.

The judge, Maj. Amir Dahan, acquitted Ahmed Nafa, a 29-year-old high school teacher, of all charges against him. The indictment accused Nafa of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails and rolling an Israeli car into a canal late last … Continue reading


Updated on October 25, 2010
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A tour of the maze of Israeli (in)justice

Posted on: October 11, 2010

11 October 2010 | Stella, International Solidarity Movement

The international activists that were arrested at the demo on Saturday witnessed a 25 years old Palestinian, with mental problems, while he was extorted the confession that he was throwing stones. However he had been arrested at the very beginning of the demonstration when no one was throwing stones yet.

The other three Palestinians, all minors, were treated very violently: they had plastic restraints so tightly around their wrists that their … Continue reading


Updated on October 23, 2010
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Nonviolence in Beit Ummar met with brutal force; eight arrested

Posted on: October 10, 2010
Nonviolence in Beit Ummar met with brutal force; eight arrested

9 October 2010 | ISM Media

Beit Ummar, West Bank

Israeli repression of peaceful dissent continued this week, as a nonviolent demonstration in Beit Ummar was crushed in an explosion of violence and arrests.

Beit Ummar, a city near Hebron, hosts weekly nonviolent demonstrations against the Israeli occupation. The nearby settlement, Karmei Tzur, has confiscated much of the city’s land.

Palestinians and international activists gathered Saturday with the intention of walking towards the illegal settlement. The marchers were met by Israeli soldiers, who blocked … Continue reading


Updated on October 21, 2010
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Four men arrested in a night raid in Ni’lin

Posted on: October 5, 2010
Climbing the wall in Nilin

5 October 2010 | ISM Media

Tonight, around 2 am, the Israeli army entered the West Bank village of Ni`lin and arrested four Palestinians: Muhammed Ahmed Younis Amireh, Othman Risiqe Rasheed Amireh, Tarik Hassan Tawfeeq Mesleh and Asad Muhammed Abdulfattah Nafi.

Israeli soldiers on foot arrived from the gate in the illegal apartheid wall and from the fields around Ni’lin. As they do very often, they surrounded the village and snipers from different positions made sure that nobody could leave their houses.

About 50 soldiers went to arrest Muhammed Ahmed Amireh, 17 years old. In 2008 his brother Yousuf got shot with 3 … Continue reading


Updated on October 21, 2010
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