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Four houses raided in military incursion to West Bank villages Bil’in and Ni’ilin

Posted on: December 19, 2009
Collection of tear gas and shock grenades that have been picked next to the fence of Bil’in.

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

19 December 2009

For immediate release:

The Palestinian villages of Bil’in and Ni’lin have been invaded by the Israeli military in the early hours of Saturday, 19 December 2009. Soldiers entered both villages at 2.30am and raided houses of four families.

In Bil’in, 5 military jeeps carrying about 30 soldiers entered the village and invaded the house of Yassin Yassin. Family members, woken up by the armed soldiers at the dark of night, were forced to leave the … Continue reading


Updated on December 19, 2009
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Twenty seven activists arrested at protest against settler expansion in Sheikh Jarrah

Posted on: December 18, 2009
Twenty seven activists arrested at protest against settler expansion in Sheikh Jarrah

18 December 2009

For immediate release:

A peaceful demonstration of around 300 people, held in solidarity with the evicted Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in East Jerusalem, was violently dispersed by the Israeli police.

Following a violent dispersal of a similar demonstration last week, the police was blocking the roads in Sheikh Jarrah from the early afternoon, in an attempt to prevent protesters from reaching the Palestinian neighbourhood. They set up barriers at the entrance to the area and, before the demonstration even started, arrested an American … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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The ongoing repression of Palestinian protesters

Posted on: December 18, 2009

Jonathan Pollak | Huffington Post

18 December 2009

On a pitch black early December night, seven armored Israeli military jeeps pulled into the driveway of a home in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Dozens of soldiers, armed and possibly very scared, came to arrest someone they were probably told was a dangerous, wanted man – Abdallah Abu Rahmah, a high school teacher at the Latin Patriarchate School and a well-known grassroots organizer in the village of Bil’in.

Every Friday, for the past five years, Abdallah Abu Rahmah has led men, women and children from Bil’in, carrying signs and Palestinian flags, … Continue reading


Updated on December 18, 2009
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Israeli repression of Palestinian celebrations in the heart of Jerusalem

Posted on: December 18, 2009
Israeli repression of Palestinian celebrations in the heart of Jerusalem

17 December 2009

A spectacular and proud celebration of Palestinian and Arab culture in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday, December 17, 2009, was brutally repressed by Israeli military and police.

A rare celebration of Palestinian and Arab culture in Jerusalem’s Old City started around 10:30am on Thursday, December 17, 2009, with a group of musicians leading a march from Damascus Gate to the very center of the Old City, attracting marchers and cheers from merchants and shoppers along the route. Thursday’s celebrations served not only as a reassertion of Palestinian identity in occupied Jerusalem, but also as a local closing event … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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27 arrested, 3 wounded during Sheikh Jarrah protest

Posted on: December 18, 2009
27 arrested, 3 wounded during Sheikh Jarrah protest

18 December 2009

Twenty-six Israeli protesters and one international solidarity activist were arrested and three Palestinian children wounded during a nonviolent demonstration against the Israeli settlement project in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah this Friday.

Over 300 people, Palestinians, internationals and Israelis, attended the weekly vigil. Last week 24 people were arrested during a similar protest that was also violently dispersed by Israeli Occupation Forces.

The apartheid state security forces blocked the roads leading into Sheikh Jarrah in an attempt … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Jerusalem culture event shut down by Israeli forces

Posted on: December 17, 2009
Israeli soldiers at Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem [MaanImages]

Ma’an News

17 December 2009

Bethlehem – Ma’an – Israeli forces arrested several and scuffled with Palestinians while shutting down a cultural festival meant to proclaim attachment to Jerusalem on Thursday.

Organizers, including Prisoners’ Club President Nasser Kaws, were hustled out of the Damascus Gate area of the Old City of Jerusalem and detained by Israeli border police, prompting scuffles at the main entrance into the ancient streets.

Also among those arrested was the secretary-general of Jerusalem’s Fatah movement Omar Ash-Shabi.

Crowds gathered at the site and … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Demonstration outside Jelemeh prison in solidarity with arrested Palestinian grassroots activist

Posted on: December 17, 2009
Demonstration outside Jelemeh prison in solidarity with arrested Palestinian grassroots activist

16 December 2009

A demonstration was held outside Jelemeh prison in Haifa today in protest against the arrest and imprisonment of grassroots activist Wa’el Al Faqeeh Abu As Sabe. Demonstrators planted olive trees and hung Palestinian flags and banners outside the prison gates, calling for the release of Palestinian political prisoners. The night that the army arrested Wa’el Al Faqeeh, they also arrested 8 other grassroot activists from Nablus and surrounding areas.

15km out of Haifa sits the notorious Jelemeh prison, known for its interrogation and ill-treatment of Palestinian political prisoners. International … Continue reading


Updated on December 29, 2009
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IDF raids Naalin photographer’s home

Posted on: December 17, 2009
Naalin shooting, documented by Canaan family members Photo: B'Tselem

Ali Waked | YNet News

16 December 2009

Family members of a girl who shot a video showing an Israel Defense Forces soldier firing a rubber bullet at a bound Palestinian in the West Bank village of Naalin last year say the army has been harassing them ever since.

The relatives told Ynet that a massive IDF force raided their house on Wednesday night and left behind a lot of damage. The girl’s father and brother were then summoned for investigation.

An IDF official … Continue reading


Updated on December 17, 2009
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Die on my Palestine land

Posted on: December 16, 2009
Die on my Palestine land

Jody McIntyre | Ctrl.Alt.Shift

16 December 2009

Fatima Mohammed Yassen, aged 49, is a farmer from Bil’in. Despite the crippling Israeli occupation of her village, she continues to work her land, along with her husband, on a daily basis. Jody McIntyre spoke to Im Khamis, as she is known to local villagers, in her home in Bil’in:

Did you have land behind the Wall?
Yes! BeforeIsrael started construction of the Wall in Bil’in, my family had 45 dunams (1 dunam = 1000 square metres) of land, all of them filled with olive trees. … Continue reading


Updated on December 17, 2009
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Released to be arrested again – activist detained during Sheikh Jarrah protest held for 40 hours

Posted on: December 16, 2009

C N Longevity

11 December 2009

The drums beat in their normal cadence as I approach the Al-Kurds. This cadence was lost as I reached the home. It quickly devolved into a beat that described not the jubilant emotions of collective resistance, but one of collective disdain and disgust.

One person was being dragged by three police officer into the street; their clothes in tatters. The demonstrators quickly followed and rallied around the abuse. The situation was reduced to bedlam by the police officers. They were pushing, pulling, punching and kicking the demonstrators. As the police attempted to take the two demonstrators … Continue reading


Updated on December 16, 2009
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