On Sunday, March 30th, more than 200 protesters took to the main street in Umm Salamuna to demonstrate against the Apartheid wall. What is usually a small weekly demonstration in Umm Salamuna, was this week host to an increased amount of demonstrators in honor of Land Day. Local community members, students from El Sawara high school from the nearby El Masara village, 5 Israelis and 3 Internationals attended this weeks protest. But this increased amount of protesters meant a higher level of military presence. The demonstrators walked from the center of Umm Salamuna and up the main road, where they … Continue reading
West Bank is sealed off; two homes demolished in Bethlehem
(Edited from Ma’an reports)
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered the complete closure of the West Bank on Friday, sealing all entrances to Jerusalem and Israel.
According to the Defense Ministry, the closure will last at least until next Sunday, giving the Israeli security services time to re-evaluate the situation after the attack on a Jewish religious school in Jerusalem on Thursday evening.
Immediately after the attack on the school, to the north of Bethlehem, Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers entered Bethlehem, surrounded the home of Islamic Jihad activist Muhammad Shahada and began to demolish the house.
The invading forces fired a missile at … Continue reading
Street fighting and home invasions in Hebron
03-05-08
Three days ago the city of Hebron awoke to the sound of shooting and shouting. The Army cleared the checkpoint area with tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets and then occupied a house overhead to watch and shoot at the boys who threw stones. A few minutes later the army and the border police arrived with four or five jeeps. They began to move the boys back from the settlements using rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas. The fighting kept going all day, merging with various demonstrations that brought the numbers up to 3000 in the city centre.
The violence escalated … Continue reading
At least 70 injured in mass-protest in Al Khader
Today roughly fifteen hundred people, including Palestinian and Israeli activists, international Human Rights Workers and journalists, gathered in the village of Al Khader, in the Bethlehem region, as part of a weekly demonstration against the Apartheid Wall. Once the demonstration was gathered, the Israeli Army gave a five minute period in which to leave or else they would begin shooting.
The demonstration began with a speech and the noon time prayer. Some young boys were without prayer mats and were using banners which read “Free Palestine,”"End the Occupation,”and “Feed The Gaza Children” to kneel on.
After praying the procession was lead by … Continue reading
CPT: Israeli military arrests approximately 40 Palestinians and places Beit Ummar under curfew
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13 February 2008
HEBRON Since 1 am on 13 February, the Israeli military placed the village of Beit Ummar under curfew and arrested approximately forty men between the ages of 18 and 25. Since early morning, Israeli soldiers have been entering homes. The military has closed four different areas inside the village. Soldiers are stationed around the local mosque area and throughout the village, with two bulldozers and DCO jeeps. The military are denying travel to people in cars or on foot, restricting the freedom of movement for goods and medicine. The military denied entry to an … Continue reading
Weekly demonstrations against the Annexation Wall
Spent live ammunition shells found after weekly Bil’in protest
On the 8th of February, around 70 Palestinian, Israeli, and international gathered in the village of Bil’in to demonstrate against the Annexation Wall. The illegal wall steals more than 60% of Bil’in village land. People marched peacefully to the gate in the wall, able to see their stolen land but not access it. On the 4th of September there was a Supreme Court decision which said the wall must move back, and give back half the land it took. This has … Continue reading
*Injury Update* Army Fire on Funeral Procession, Invade Beit Ummar
*Update* One of the injured, a man shot in the leg with live ammunition, has had to have his leg amputated.
Today, February 1st, 2008, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated and live ammunition, tear gas and sound grenades at villagers from Beit Ummar as they participated in a funeral procession.
This morning, the bodies of the two young men who carried out last week’s attack in Kfar Etzion settlement were returned to their families for burial. At around 12.30pm, after Friday prayers, hundreds of mourners left the mosque to take the bodies to the cemetery, … Continue reading
Al-Khader Residents Demonstrate Against the Apartheid Wall
For the second Friday, over 1000 al-Khader residents, together with Israeli and international activists, joined together to protest against the Apartheid Wall and Israeli colonization of Palestinian land. This demonstration demanded: lift the siege from Palestinian people and Palestine.
The people of Al-Khader and friends gathered for Friday prayers on the main road near the construction site of the Wall, before attempting to reach the nearby Israeli settler bypass road (Route 60). However, Israeli soldiers blocked their way.
The Israeli soldiers shot tear gas, sound bombs and rubber bullets towards the protesters which made nine different people suffer difficulties in breathing. … Continue reading
Student murdered by Israeli army, Palestinian activist Mousa Abu Maria wounded
On January 25th, an 18 year old youth was shot and killed in the village of Beit Ummar in retaliation for the recent attack on settlers in Kfar Etzion.
The army entered the village around 11:30am, a day after two men from the village were killed after stabbing three settlers in Kfar Etzion. The army served demolition orders to the homes of the dead men but the houses were not destroyed. The army shot off tear gas, sound grenades, rubber-coated steel bullets and live bullets at villagers. People responded by throwing stones at the … Continue reading
Scores protest the illegal Israeli Wall near Bethlehem
Al-Khader- Bethlehem
About 200 Palestinians and their international and Israeli supporters protested the illegal Israeli Wall being built on the lands of Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city in the southern part of the West Bank.
The protest started with the Friday prayers that were conducted at the nearby Al Nashahs Israeli army checkpoint just outside the village. Later the protesters marched towards the checkpoint carrying flags and banners demanding the halt of the construction of the illegal wall that Israel is building on their land and the immediate end to the attacks in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops stopped the march … Continue reading
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