International Solidarity Movement

By Christian Peacemaker Teams

On Thursday, August 9th, at 11:00 am, a delegation from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) will install a net across the street in front of the CPT apartment in the Chicken Market of the Old City. The delegates will connect the netting to the CPT apartment building and the building opposite, which is occupied by the Israeli military. The netting will hang in front of the razor wire and metal fence at the end of the street in order to prevent players from kicking the balls over the fence.

For the past several weeks, local youths have … Continue reading

At approximately 2 pm (the 6th August) two internationals observed a group of 6 Israeli settler girls between the ages of 12 and 18 harassing and intimidating Palestinian residents as they walked along a Palestinian road in Tel Rumada. They were observed spitting in the face of a baby being carried by a family member, and insulting Palestinians with language so abusive that a soldier attempted to remove them from the area. The soldier was immediately chastised by his commanding officer, and the girls continued to walk along the road unabated, threatening residents by lunging and stamping … Continue reading

At approximately 1 pm (the 6th August) around 8 Israeli settlers were seen, by an international human rights worker, covering their faces on the edge of Tel Rumada settlement. They then exited the settlement and carried out a targeted attack on a human rights observer monitoring a check point. The settlers brought the HRW to the ground kicking and punching him, then continued to kick and punch him repeatedly.

Two observing soldiers made some attempt to stop the attack, but this amounted only to feeble requests to stop and was accompaninied with very little physical intervention. About 5 … Continue reading

August 6, 2007 12:20pm

At 12:20pm international human right workers received a call from a local Palestinian coordinator that a section of Quartaba Girls School had been set on fire by Israeli settlers. Quartaba girls school is located directly across from Beit Hadassah settlement.

When internationals arrived Palestinian residents were present as well as an Israeli policeman. They found that the back screen door, which is a metal frame, had been peeled up. This was how the Israeli settlers managed to enter the school without being seen…. Continue reading

August 5th, 2007.

At aproxamatly 10:30pm five international human rights workers received a call from a Palestinian coordinator that some Palestinians had been attacked by Israeli settlers, and detained by Israeli soldiers, next to an illegal settler occupied house located near Kirat Arba settlement. This house was squatted, illegally, by Israeli settlers some months ago and the Palestinian homes surrounding this occupied house are under constant attack, and harassment by the Israeli settler inhabitants.

At about 9:45pm many Palestinian worshippers were inside the Mosque, which is located directly next … Continue reading

At about 5:30 pm on the 5th of August, a Palestinian man who was walking down the hill toward Shuhada street was hit by an Israeli settler in his car. The Palestinian man was seriously injured though the soldiers, and police said that he was faking his injuries. The Palestinains right pant leg was badly torn, and he seemed to be in great pain.

Israeli vehicals, settler, soldier, and police, are known to drive through the Tel Rumeida neighborhood with great speed though the roads are narrow, short, and have many sharp curves … Continue reading