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IDF prosecutors chided for using testimony of mentally disabled Palestinian witness

Posted on: October 25, 2010

25 October 2010 | Amira Hass, Haaretz

A military judge has criticized the military prosecutor’s office for relying on the testimony of a mentally challenged young man who referred to events that never took place. In doing so, the witness put a resident of the Palestinian West Bank village of Na’alin behind bars for nine months for a crime he did not commit.

The judge, Maj. Amir Dahan, acquitted Ahmed Nafa, a 29-year-old high school teacher, of all charges against him. The indictment accused Nafa of throwing stones and Molotov cocktails and rolling an Israeli car into a canal late last … Continue reading


Updated on October 25, 2010
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Israeli forces attack weekly West Bank demonstrations

Posted on: October 23, 2010
Nabi Saleh

22 October 2010 | International Solidarity Movement

Today in the village of An-Nabi Salah, the weekly non-violent demonstration took place against the illegal settlement Hamish. Unlike other villages taking part in non-violent resistance, many women, young girls and children participate in the protest. Today, there was a child demonstration. A commemoration also took place in order to remember the massacre during the second Intifada in a village where the children went to school.

The soldiers and border police started out by shooting teargas into the village to prevent people from … Continue reading


Updated on October 25, 2010
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Four men arrested in a night raid in Ni’lin

Posted on: October 5, 2010
Climbing the wall in Nilin

5 October 2010 | ISM Media

Tonight, around 2 am, the Israeli army entered the West Bank village of Ni`lin and arrested four Palestinians: Muhammed Ahmed Younis Amireh, Othman Risiqe Rasheed Amireh, Tarik Hassan Tawfeeq Mesleh and Asad Muhammed Abdulfattah Nafi.

Israeli soldiers on foot arrived from the gate in the illegal apartheid wall and from the fields around Ni’lin. As they do very often, they surrounded the village and snipers from different positions made sure that nobody could leave their houses.

About 50 soldiers went to arrest Muhammed Ahmed Amireh, 17 years old. In 2008 his brother Yousuf got shot with 3 … Continue reading


Updated on October 21, 2010
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Weekly protests: man shot with live ammunition in Bil’in

Posted on: September 26, 2010
Palestinian and international demonstrators carry Ashraf after he is shot in the shin

26 September 2010 | ISM Media

Brutal suppression of the Palestinian popular struggle continues: A Palestinian man was shot in the leg with live ammunition in Bil`in, while live rounds were also fired in Ni`lin and An-Nabi Saleh, where rubber-coated steel bullets were fired at children. In Beit Ummar a Palestinian man was beaten unconscious by Israeli forces yet only an innocent French peace activist was arrested for assault. Demonstrators marched around the Old City in Hebron, and burned settlement goods in Al-Ma`sara, showing their support and solidarity to the people of Silwan where a Palestinian man was killed … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Weekly protests continue across Palestine

Posted on: September 20, 2010
Palestinian youths open the gate in Bil`in. Photo credit: Hamde Abu Rahma

20 September 2010 | ISM Media

Arrests, low-flying tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets: reports from weekly demonstrations in Bil`in, Ni`lin, An-Nabi Saleh, Al-Ma`sara, Beit Ummar and Hebron.


Updated on November 23, 2010
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IDF still using banned weapon against civilian protestors

Posted on: September 20, 2010

Chaim Levinson | Ha’aretz

19 September 2010

The Israel Defense Forces continues using the Ruger 10/22 rifle to disperse protests even though it has been prohibited by the military advocate general, a hearing at a military court revealed last week. A brigade’s former operations officer told the court he wasn’t even aware of the prohibition.

Last Wednesday, the Judea Military Court convened for the sentencing hearing of protest organizer Abdullah Abu-Rahma from Bil’in, convicted last month of incitement and organizing illegal demonstrations. The state submitted an expert opinion by Maj. Igor Moiseev, who served as the Binyamin Brigade’s operations officer for … Continue reading


Updated on September 20, 2010
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Night raids resume in Ni’lin

Posted on: September 15, 2010
Protesters demonstrate against the illegal apartheid wall in Ni'lin, 27/08/10

15 September 2010 | ISM Media

At 3 a.m. this morning the Israeli army entered the West Bank village of Ni`lin and detained a Palestinian man, Barakat Nafi. This is the first house raid since before the Islamic holy month of Ramadan; there used to be one or two such raids every week.

Soldiers came on foot and in jeeps from the nearby gate in the illegal apartheid wall and violently entered the home of the 35-year-old. He was taken in front of his wife, who afterwards, clearly very shaken, reported hearing him cry out, saying “don’t beat me!” According to his … Continue reading


Updated on September 19, 2010
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Demonstrations against the illegal wall on the first day of Eid ul-Fitr

Posted on: September 12, 2010
Photo: Iyas Abu Rahma

12 September 2010 | ISM Media

The weekend of 10-11th September saw the start of Eid ul-Fitr, which ends the fasting observed during the holy month of Ramadan in the Muslim religion. Three villages around Ramallah – Bil’in, Ni’lin and An Nabi Saleh – held protests on Friday 10th September despite it being the first day of Eid.

Bil’in

This week’s demonstration against the illegal separation wall and its route through the village was yet again met with violence from the Israeli military. Despite it being the first day of Eid ul-Fitr, approximately 30 Palestinians, and 20 to 25 Israeli and International activists … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested

Posted on: September 5, 2010
West Bank protests against Israel’s many crimes violently dispersed by military: ten arrested

5 September 2010 | ISM Media

Al Ma’sara

At around midday on Friday, thirty demonstrators including around ten international and Israeli activists, met to protest against land-theft by the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Efrat and against the illegal military occupation.

The marchers carried a banner saying there should be “No Peace Show” until the occupation ends and international law is upheld in Palestine – referring to the negotiations that began in Washington the previous day (September 2nd). Still within the village boundaries, they were met by five Israeli army jeeps. An officer showed the group an order declaring the area a closed … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations

Posted on: August 23, 2010
Criminalization of peaceful protest continues: More arrests at weekly demonstrations

23 August 2010 | ISM Media

Bil’in

The weekly demonstration in the village of Bil’in this week saw protesters draw attention to the recently published photos of the abuse of Palestinian prisoners by the Israeli army. A handful of the protesters blindfolded and handcuffed themselves to draw attention to the mistreatment of prisoners and marched … Continue reading


Updated on November 23, 2010
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