by Fadi Arouri
29 April 2012 | Fadi Arouri Photography
Palestinians gather in Ramallah to protest in support of prisoners who have been on hunger strike in Israeli jail. While two have been on hunger strike for over 60 days, the majority of the estimated 3,000 participants have been on hunger strike since April 17th.
29 February 2012 | Ma’an News
Israeli forces raided two Palestinian television networks early Wednesday in Ramallah and briefly detained four employees, journalists said.
Soldiers confiscated computers used by editors and reporters in Watan TV’s newsroom and general offices as well as administrative and financial files, the network said.
Troops also raided Al-Quds Educational TV in Al-Bireh and confiscated its broadcasting equipment, the head of its TV department Haroun Abu Irreh told Ma’an.
“This attack is nothing but piracy under a policy of systematic attack targeting Palestinian media organizations and journalists,” Watan … Continue reading
by Fransisco Reeves
15 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Following her horrific ordeal of having her family’s vehicle attacked by Zionist settlers in early February, Maysar Abd Al Majeed Ghanem is finally healthy enough to return to home.
The attack resulted in Ghanem spending 36 hours in the Intensive Care Unit and a subsequent 11 days in the hospital. No effort has been made to investigate this attack by Israelis or illegal settlers from Yitzhar settlment, where the attackers are based.
Ghanem and her family … Continue reading
by Fransisco Reeves
3 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
When your land is occupied by those who harbor hatred towards you emanating from a belief that they are inherently superior to you, each day brings with it a genuine threat to the security of your life and the lives of your loved ones.
“They want to kill,” is how Fares Muhammed Ibrahim simply put it. And on February 2nd, “they” very nearly did.
At approximately 1pm Maysar Abd Al Majeed Ghanem, Fares’ 61 year … Continue reading
by Wahed Rejol
18 November 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
Following last week’s violence in the village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah, international observers and activists were today denied entry into the village by Israeli soldiers. The soldiers said that the entire village was a closed military zone and provided paperwork that seemed to support their claim. The internationals were followed and harassed by the Israel military as they attempted to leave the village.
Every Friday the village of Nabi Saleh organizes a march to protest the 2009 confiscation of an important water source by the Israelis. Last week Abu Hussam Tamimi suffered … Continue reading
18 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
It was the third time that Omar, 21, tried to write his name and cell number on a piece of paper in vain. His hands were shaking and the fingers, pale as the face, could barely hold the pen. On the fifth try he was able to write his name in capital letters. As for the mobile phone number, who noted it was his 17 year old brother, Jihad.
16 years ago one member went missing in Omar’s family, Khaled, his father. Resident from the village of Qibid, near Ni’lin in the Ramallah district, Khaled spent 16 … Continue reading
12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank and Gaza
On Tuesday the 27th of September, an open-ended hunger strike was initiated until the fulfillment of 9 demands by Palestinian prisoners, which include the right to family visits, end to the use of isolation as a punishment against detainees, and profiteering of Israeli prisons from financial penalties charged against prisoners.
Approximately 3000 prisoners are taking part in the strike including all the different political fractions from eight different prisons.
Hebron (click here for more on the story):
On the sixth day of the hunger strike of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, major political factions … Continue reading
12 October 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
On Tuesday October 11, about 200-300 Palestinian and solidarity activists held a non violent demonstration near the Israeli Ofer prison, near Ramallah, in support of the demands of prisoners on hunger strike since September 27. The action began at 12:00 PM, as those in solidarity joined the parents and relatives of prisoners. The demonstrators held pictures of the captives and chanted slogans for those inside the prison to hear.
After few minutes the Israeli Army and the border police started to throw tear gas canisters directly at the protesters, in an act forbidden … Continue reading
18 June 2011 | Middle East Monitor, Ali Badwan
In recent months, there have been repeated attacks by Israeli settlers against mosques across the West Bank. They were carried out with the complicity of Israel’s occupation army and encouraged by the leaders of settler groups and political blocs, as well as the rabbinic guides of extremist gangs; gangs who own weapons and operate under the full knowledge and gaze of the occupation forces.
A few days ago, settlers from one of the oldest colonies established on the territory belonging to the villagers of al-Mughair and Qaryut in the north-east of the … Continue reading
18 June 2011 | IMEMC, Saed Bannoura
After a recent burning of its mosque, a group of extremist Israeli settlers torched on Friday Palestinian farmlands planted with wheat in the Al Mogheer village, north of the central west bank city of Ramallah.
The settlers burnt the land in broad daylight and the fires consumed most of the 35 Dunams of land planted with wheat until the villagers managed to control the fire.
Representatives of the Palestinian and Israeli District Coordination offices arrived at the scene after the attack, and the Israeli army claimed it would be investigating it.
Two weeks ago, settlers broke into … Continue reading
