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State to reinvestigate wounding of U.S. activist

Posted on: March 12, 2010

Cnaan Liphshiz | Ha’aretz

12 March 2010

The state this week agreed to reinvestigate the 2009 near-fatal wounding of American pro-Palestinian protester Tristan Anderson in the West Bank, after his lawyer complained that the discontinued probe of the case was “negligent.”

“We will reexamine the decision to close the case of Tristan Anderson,” Justice Ministry spokesman Ron Roman told Anglo File. He said this after receiving an appeal from the lawyer of the 38-year-old American, who remains in critical condition at the Sheba Medical Center after police seriously injured him in the head exactly one year ago during a demonstration.

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Updated on March 12, 2010
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Family Appeals Decision to Close Investigation on Shooting of US Citizen Tristan Anderson

Posted on: March 12, 2010
Tristan Anderson

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

12 March 2010

This week the parents of Tristan Anderson filed an appeal on the decision to close the investigation concerning their son’s injury.– The 38 year-old American was critically injured by a high velocity tear gas projectile shot by Israeli Border Police in the West Bank village of Nili’in on March 13, 2009. The basic grounds for the appeal include undeniable negligence in the investigation. This negligence particularly involves two critical errors in the investigation conducted by the Investigative unit of the SJ District (West … Continue reading


Updated on March 15, 2010
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Legal proceedings to evict Sheikh Jarrah family postponed

Posted on: March 11, 2010
Palestinians, Israelis and internationals protest the ethnic cleansing of East Jerusalem at a weekly demonstration.

11 March 2010

Today in the West Jerusalem Shalom court, activists gathered from around the world to support two Sheikh Jarrah families in their eviction trial only to learn that the trial will be postponed. Jewish settlers have occupied the front half of the family’s house since December 1st and today a hearing was scheduled regarding the remaining part of the house. No date for … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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UPDATE: Boy critically injured by Israeli Forces in An Nabi Saleh in a coma

Posted on: March 8, 2010
UPDATE: Boy critically injured by Israeli Forces in An Nabi Saleh in a coma

International Solidarity Movement
8 March 2010

UPDATE: Ehab Fadel Beir Ghouthi, who was shot by Israeli Occupation Forces on Friday during the weekly demonstration has been in intensive care since reaching the hospital in Ramallah. On Monday 8 March, after a few … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Israel: end crackdown on Anti-Wall activists

Posted on: March 7, 2010

Human Rights Watch

5 March 2010

Israel should immediately end its arbitrary detention of Palestinians protesting the separation barrier, Human Rights Watch said today. Israel is building most of the barrier inside the West Bank rather than along the Green Line, in violation of international humanitarian law. In recent months, Israeli military authorities have arbitrarily arrested and denied due process rights to several dozen Palestinian anti-wall protesters.

Israel has detained Palestinians who advocate non-violent protests against the separation barrier and charged them based on questionable evidence, including allegedly coerced confessions. Israeli authorities have also denied detainees from villages that have staged … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Demonstrators Block Route 60 Near Beit Ummar

Posted on: March 6, 2010
Demonstrators blocking Route 60 near Beit Ummar.

Popular Struggle Coordination Committee

6 March 2010

Demonstrators protesting the deceleration of the Cave of the Patriarchs and Joseph’s Tomb as Israeli heritage sites, manged to block the main road from Jerusalem to Hebron.

In response to the inclusion of the two holy sites in the list of Israeli heritage sites, and fearing that this step paves the way for the cementing of Israeli hold over these places, a demonstration called by the Beit Omar National Committee managed to occupy Route 60 – the … Continue reading


Updated on March 6, 2010
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Israeli Forces Critically Injure Boy in An Nabi Saleh

Posted on: March 6, 2010
IOF Occupies Building

International Solidarity Movement

5 March 2010

Demonstrators in An Nabi Salih were met with tear gas, rubber-coated steel bullets and sound bombs. The IOF also fired skunk, a putrid-smelling chemical spray. One international was hit with a metal tear gas canister in the arm. Four Palestinians were injured, including a young man Ehab Fadel Beir Ghouthi, 14, from Beit Rima, who was hit with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head. He was taken to a hospital where he underwent emergency surgery. He is listed in critical but stable condition.

An expectant air hung … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Protest of the Friends of the IDF dinner at the Waldorf, NYC

Posted on: March 5, 2010

5 March 2010

For immediate release:

On March 9th 2010, The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces, a registered 501-(c)(3) tax-exempt organization that provides support and services to members of Israel’s national army, will be holding a gala $1,000 a plate fundraiser at the Waldorf Astoria. The keynote speaker will be Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, IDF Chief of General Staff, who was responsible for the prosecution of last year’s Operation Cast Lead against the people of Gaza. At the same time as the dinner, a broad coalition of local groups will stage a mobile protest outside the hotel to highlight the … Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2010
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Hebron’s women march in protest to the Judaization of the Ibrahimi mosque

Posted on: March 3, 2010

3 March 2010

Today over a 100 Palestinian women marched Hebron’s streets to resist Ibrahim’s mosque becoming an Israeli Heritage Site. The Women’s Empowerment Project gathered women from Hebron district to march from Hebron’s Muncipality down to the mosque. The exclusively female crowd chanted and held banners while peacefully, but decisively demonstrating. At the checkpoint, the women had to wait for approximately 20 minutes before being allowed entrance into the mosque. An overall elated atmosphere affirmed this was a powerful demonstration, illuminating the power of women, while simultaneously empowering women to take resistance out on the streets…. Continue reading


Updated on March 5, 2010
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Israeli Soldiers Surround Home in An Nabi Salih

Posted on: February 26, 2010
The Children of An Nabi Salih

International Solidarity Movement

26 February 2010

Approximately 50 Palestinians and 20 Israelis and Internationals gathered in the West Bank village of An Nabi Salih to protest the further appropriation of their land and natural spring by the illegal Israeli settlement of Hallamish. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) used tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets to disperse the protesters. There was no obvious justification for aggression from the Israelis.

Hallamish, illegal under international law like all Israeli settlements, has expanded toward and is increasingly taking control of Palestinian … Continue reading


Updated on March 1, 2010
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