5 November 2009 Jody McIntyre | Electronic Intifada Mohammed Ahmed Issa Yassen, 20, lives in the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where he works in his family’s car garage business as a mechanic. He is also a student at ...
Read More »Madama shepherd beaten and detained by the Israeli army
2 November 2009 On Monday 2 November, Ma’mon Amen Fayis Nassar, a 35 year old man from Madama, near Nablus, was beaten and subsequently detained for 5 hours by Israeli soldiers with no reasoning given. In the morning, he had ...
Read More »Israeli forces raid Al-Ein refugee camp, arrest thirteen
1 November 2009 Thirteen Palestinian boys were arrested in a raid on Al-Ein refugee camp outside Nablus, Wednesday 27 October. With the exception of one, all boys were aged 17, in their final year of school, and had no previous ...
Read More »Would Israel arrest a Jewish terrorist with only Arab victims?
Avi Issacharoff | Ha’aretz 2 November 2009 It’s reasonable to assume that if Yaakov (Jack) Teitel had focused only on attacking Palestinians, he would have encountered few problems with law-enforcement authorities. His big mistake, it seems, was targeting non-Arabs as ...
Read More »Bil’in demonstrates in solidarity with jailed activist: ‘We are all Adeeb Abu Rahmah’
Bil’in Popular Committee 30 October 2009 Adeeb Abu Rahmah was arrested on 10 July this year, and is still held in custody for taking part in organizing the village’s demonstrations. Demonstrators wore masks of his face and called for his ...
Read More »Palestinians behind bars with no recourse to justice
Christoph Schult | Der Spiegel 23 October 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians are kept behind bars in Israel without charges having been filed and with no access to a fair trial. Not even their lawyers are allowed to look at the ...
Read More »Leftist gets month in jail for assault
Aviad Glickman | YNet News 21 October 2009 The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court sentenced left-wing activist Ezra Nawi to one month in prison, after convicting him of assaulting police officers and rioting during the demolition of illegal structures near South Mount ...
Read More »Israeli forces step-up campaign against Jerusalemite leaders
Ma’an News 20 October 2009 Two Jerusalem leaders were harassed and interrogated by Israeli forces Tuesday, marking a steep increase in targeted detentions and raids of organizers involved in the Al-Aqsa Mosque sit-ins and demonstrations during the Jewish holidays earlier ...
Read More »Filling up Israel’s jails to no avail
Seth Freedman | The Guardian 20 October 2009 The plight of Palestinian activist Mohammad Othman has dominated the agendas of NGOs in the region ever since his detention in late September. However, while his case is at the forefront of ...
Read More »Israeli Soldier indicted for beating Palestinian grassroots leader Mohammed Khatib in Bil’in
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 ...
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