Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 29 October 2009 Police and Border Police officers dismantled a tent in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Wednesday morning, set up to protest the August eviction of one of two families ...
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Israeli military stops work to bring electricity to At-Tuwani; confiscates building materials
Christian Peacemaker Team 30 October 2009 At-Tuwani – On Friday 30 October, the Israeli army forcibly stopped the electrical work of the village of At-Tuwani, located in the South Hebron hills. Officers from the Israeli District Coordinating Office (DCO), the ...
Read More »Bil’in demonstrates in solidarity with jailed activist: ‘We are all Adeeb Abu Rahmah’
Bil’in Popular Committee 30 October 2009 Adeeb Abu Rahmah was arrested on 10 July this year, and is still held in custody for taking part in organizing the village’s demonstrations. Demonstrators wore masks of his face and called for his ...
Read More »Shot after photographing the Gaza sea
Eva Bartlett | Electronic Intifada 28 October 2009 On 4 October, Ashraf Abu Suleiman, a 16-year-old from Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, went to the northwest coast town of Sudaniya to visit an ill school friend. The teen then went to ...
Read More »Villagers from Burin plant 50 olive trees to replace those destroyed by settlers
29 October 2009 On Thursday, 29 October, a group of international activists accompanied Palestinian farmers and villagers from Burin to the planting of approximately 50 olive trees as a part of the ‘10,000 Trees for Nablus’ campaign to replace some ...
Read More »Israeli forces demolish tent of evicted family in Sheikh Jarrah
28 October 2009 On Wednesday 28 October, around 50 armed police and border police cordoned off a road in the Palestinian neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem and, as ordered by the Jerusalem Municipality, demolished a tent, where the ...
Read More »Settlers and army attack farmers in Qaryut, leaving five wounded
27 October 2009 At around 8am, on Tuesday 27 October, olive farmers from the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus, were physically assaulted by settlers from the nearby illegal settlement of Shilo. At least two Palestinian children were injured by ...
Read More »Israeli military negligence again exposes young Palestinian children to threat of attack from Israeli settlers
Christian Peacemakers Team (CPT) 27 October 2009 For Immediate Release: TUBA – On Tuesday 27 October 2009, Palestinian school children from the villages of Tuba and Maghayir Al Abeed did not attend school in At-Tuwani due to threat of violence ...
Read More »EU lawyers draw up list of IDF officers suspected of Gaza war crimes
Anshel Pfeffer | Ha’aretz 27 October 2009 Human rights lawyers and pro-Palestinian activists in a number of European countries hold lists with names of Israel Defense Forces soldiers allegedly linked to war crimes committed during Operation Cast Lead in the ...
Read More »Israel rations Palestinians to trickle of water
Amnesty International 27 October 2009 Amnesty International has accused Israel of denying Palestinians the right to access adequate water by maintaining total control over the shared water resources and pursuing discriminatory policies. These unreasonably restrict the availability of water in ...
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