Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 10 March 2009 An elderly man saw me walking the other morning. “Bless you, bless you,” he said, holding out his palm as I gave him 20 shekels. What has rendered a man in his ...
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Homes in southern Nablus slated for eviction
8 March 2009 Six homes in the village of A’qraba have received eviction orders. 14 homes in the area received similar orders in 2008. Among those houses slated for demolition is an electricity station, a mosque, a well and two houses ...
Read More »Rights group demands freeze on Israeli exploitation of West Bank quarries
Haaretz 9 March 2009 Israel is violating international law by exploiting the West Bank’s mineral resources for its own benefit, an Israeli human rights group charged in a court petition Monday. In the petition filed to Israel’s Supreme Court, the ...
Read More »European Union: Israel annexing East Jerusalem
Rory McCarthy | The Guardian 7 March 2009 A confidential EU report accuses the Israeli government of using settlement expansion, house demolitions, discriminatory housing policies and the West Bank barrier as a way of “actively pursuing the illegal annexation” of ...
Read More »Five arrested as Israeli forces cut down olive trees in Rastira
UPDATE: All activists have now been released Palestinian farmer has heart attack while Israeli forces cut down his olive trees. Three international and two Israeli activists arrested from demonstration. 8th March 2009, Rastira, Qalqilya region: A Palestinian farmer has had ...
Read More »Carmel blockaded in Jayyous solidarity action
8th February 2009 At around 6:30 this morning a group of students from Brighton locked themselves to Carmel Agrexco, the Israeli state owned export company, to protest against their complicity in the illegal annexation of the West Bank and the ...
Read More »ISM Sweden protest Swedish-Israeli Davis Cup matches
On Friday the 6th of March protesters from ISM Sweden joined with other activists in a peaceful demonstration outside the arena in Malmö, Sweden, where the Davis Cup matches between Sweden and Israel are being played. Activists participated in street ...
Read More »Israeli forces shoot four with live ammunition at Ni’lin demonstration
6 March 2009 On the 6th March Israeli forces attacked the weekly protest against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the village of Ni’lin, shooting four protesters with live ammunition. Three other people were injured after being hit by ...
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The website went offline several days ago due to internal technology issues, not external attempts to remove the site. We have been working to restore the site and upgrade software to insure more secure service into the future. The site ...
Read More »Israeli forces and settlers attack demonstration in Burin, Nablus region
6th March 2009 | Burin village Israeli Occupation Forces dispersed a peaceful demonstration in Burin, near Nablus, on Friday (March 6), firing teargas and rubber-coated steel bullets at about 100 protesters.The IOF opened fire on the marchers, who were singing, ...
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