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How Israel targets and suppresses opposition to Its Annexation Wall

Posted on: September 28, 2009

Stephen Lendman | The People’s Voice

23 September 2009

Established in 1992, the Addameer (Arabic for conscience) Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association helps Palestinian prisoners, and works to end torture, arbitrary arrests and detentions, other forms of abuse, and unjust, unequal treatment in Israel’s criminal justice system that handles Jews one way and Palestinians another.

In July 2009, in cooperation with the Grassroots Palestinian Anti-Apartheid Wall Campaign (Stop the Wall) and the Palestinian Prisoners Support and Human Rights Association, Addameer published a report titled “Repression allowed, Resistance denied” that documents resistance to Israel’s apartheid wall and the “staggering level of repression, … Continue reading


Updated on September 28, 2009
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Arrest of Palestinian children on the rise

Posted on: September 27, 2009

Mel Frykberg | The Electronic Intifada

25 September 2009

BILIN, occupied West Bank (IPS) – Eight children between the ages of 10 and 17 were arrested and detained by Israeli soldiers during military raids Monday night and Tuesday morning in the northern West Bank cities Nablus and Qalqiliya.

Defence for Children International- Palestine Section (DCI) has released a statement that the number of children detained in Israeli jails and temporary Israeli army detention centers this year has risen by 17.5 percent compared with 2008.

“The average number of Palestinian children held in Israeli detention in 2009 remains high, at 375 per month compared … Continue reading


Updated on September 27, 2009
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Three arrested in Ni’lin while filming demonstration

Posted on: September 25, 2009

25th September 2009

In this week’s Friday demonstration, three persons – Swedish, French and Israeli – were taken away by the Israeli armed forces while filming the protest against the Wall. They were taken to the police station in the illegal settlement of Geva Binyamin and released later that night with the condition not to return to Ni’lin or Bil’in for 15 days.

This Friday around 100 persons gathered in Ni’lin to protest against the Wall Israel has built on the village land. The protesters walked together down to the Wall where they last week successfully managed to remove one of its … Continue reading


Updated on October 9, 2009
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Demonstrators displace part of Apartheid Wall in Ni’lin

Posted on: September 21, 2009
The concrete Wall, deemed illegal by international law, being pulled down in Ni'lin

18 September 2009

Around 150 protesters gathered in Ni’lin to protest against the Apartheid Wall. A month ago, the concrete Wall was put up in Ni’lin and this Friday was the first time the demonstrators managed to displace a part of it.

The Friday prayer during Ramadan took place in the olive groves of Ni’lin. The residents of Ni’lin were joined by international and Israeli solidarity activist in the demonstration against the Wall Israeli authorities have built on the village land. The protesters walked carrying Palestinian flags and chanting against the Occupation. Tires were lit on fire and places next to … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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Oakland man to sue for injury in Israel protest

Posted on: September 14, 2009

Bob Egelko | The San Francisco Chronicle

14 September 2009

An Oakland man who was seriously wounded by a tear gas projectile fired by Israeli police during a West Bank protest will file suit despite a military report concluding that he was engaged in an “act of war,” his lawyers said Sunday.

The case of Tristan Anderson, who remains hospitalized with brain damage and a fractured skull six months after he was injured, may test Israel’s efforts to shield itself from lawsuits for harm it causes during wartime, said attorney Michael Sfard.

Anderson’s lawyers said Israel’s Ministry of Defense has told them the … Continue reading


Updated on September 14, 2009
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Join the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign

Posted on: September 10, 2009

9 September 2009

With rapidly escalating levels of settler violence in the West Bank, the International Solidarity Movement is issuing an urgent call for volunteers to participate in the 2009 Olive Harvest Campaign.

The olive tree is a national symbol for Palestinians. As thousands of olive trees have been bulldozed, uprooted and burned by the Israeli military and settlers, harvesting has become more than a source of livelihood; it has become a form of resistance. The olive harvest is an annual affirmation of Palestinians’ historical, spiritual and economic connection to their land, and a rejection of Israeli efforts to seize it.

Palestinian communities … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Two photographers hurt in Na’alin protests

Posted on: September 6, 2009

Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz

6 September 2009

Two photographers were lightly injured during a demonstration on Friday against the separation fence near the West Bank village of Na’alin. One of the injured was noted Israeli artist David Reeb. The other was Palestinian photographer Muhammad Amira.

About 250 Israelis and Palestinians attended the Na’alin demonstration. A smaller protest was held in the nearby village of Bilin.

Protesters began throwing rocks at Israel Defense Forces soldiers and Border Police forces, who responded by firing rubber-tipped bullets and teargas grenades. Protesters said yesterday the IDF used live munitions as well.

Reeb, who has attended the protests since … Continue reading


Updated on September 6, 2009
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Israeli forces shoot live ammunition during Ni’lin demonstration, injuring 2

Posted on: September 6, 2009
Ni'lin resident climbs atop the concrete Wall to place a Palestinian flag

4 September 2009

Once again the residents of Ni’lin went out to protest against the Wall Israel has build on there land. The protesters were met by tear gas, stinky water, rubber coated steal bullets and live ammunition. Two people were hit with live ammunition and another two with rubber coated steal bullets. Many suffered from tear gas inhalation

At one o’clock, after the weekly Friday prayer, residents of Ni’lin joined … Continue reading


Updated on September 6, 2009
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Israeli forces shoot 2 cameramen with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin

Posted on: September 4, 2009
Reeb being carried away by Red Crescent medics in Ni'lin after being shot with live ammunition by Israeli forces

For Immediate Release:

5pm, 4 September 2009: Israeli forces shoot Israeli and Palestinian demonstrator with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin.

Palestinian residents, alongside Israeli and international supporters, have been demonstrating today since 12:30pm.

Around 4pm, eyewitnesses reported that the Army began to shoot live ammunition towards demonstrators.

David Reeb, an Israeli citizen and prominent artist, was shot in his thigh with live ammunition from around 20 meters. Reeb frequently films Ni’lin demonstrations.

Hamoudeh Saeed Amirah, a … Continue reading


Updated on December 13, 2011
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Back to Warsaw 1968

Posted on: September 3, 2009

Michael Sfard | Ha’aretz

3 September 2009

When my father was 21, he was arrested. Secret service agents tailed him everywhere for a few weeks, and the stress over whether and when he’d be shackled ate at him. Above all, it killed his aged parents. Many members of the student union were arrested with him. Each time the heavy iron door of his cell opened everyone’s heart skipped a beat. Who would they summon for interrogation now? Who would be spending the next 10 hours with the good interrogator and the bad interrogator?

During his many interrogations he wasn’t beaten or tortured, … Continue reading


Updated on September 3, 2009
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