14 August 2009 Hundreds of Palestinians, Israeli, Spanish, French and other international supporters, responded today to the Popular Committee’s call to resist the Wall and to show solidarity with the Bil’in prisoners. As is the case each week, demonstrators left ...
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Court refuses to issue restraining order against evicted Sheikh Jarrah Arabs
Jonah Newman & Abe Selig | The Jerusalem Post 14 August 2009 A Jerusalem District Court rejected on Thursday a request by Jewish families who have taken possession of homes in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood by court order to ...
Read More »Israeli forces harass Palestinians at Tel Rumeida checkpoint
12 August 2009 At around 16.00pm, a call was received regarding a flying checkpoint south of the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, in the Palestinian controlled area of H1. On arrive, it was apparent that a military operation of stopping ...
Read More »Israel toughens entry for foreigners with West Bank ties
Amira Hass | Ha’aretz 13 August 2009 Israel has recently been putting up more obstacles for foreign nationals who enter the country if they have family, work, business or academic ties in the West Bank. It now restricts their movements ...
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Lamia Khatib | The Huffington Post 13 August 2009 Lamia Khatib is a 27 year old Palestinian mother of of four. Lamia’s husband Mohammad is secretary of the village council and a member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall ...
Read More »Israeli forces deliver demolition orders to Nablus-area homes
11 August 2009 In the West Bank village of Yetma, south of Nablus, around 17 houses were given demolition orders from the Israeli government, issued the 27th of July 2009. All houses were built after the Oslo process, and are ...
Read More »Bil’in village will hold a mass demonstration against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign
14 August 2009 For Immediate Release: Bil’in village will hold a mass demonstration against the ongoing Israeli arrest and intimidation campaign on Friday, 14 August 2009 at one PM. Bil’in residents along with Israeli and international supporters will attempt to ...
Read More »Candle vigil in solidarity with evicted Palestinian families held in Sheikh Jarrah
10 August 2009 At 8pm, around 200 Palestinians, Israelis and international solidarity activists congregated outside the evicted homes of the Hanoun family. Under the presence of the Israeli police, the demonstrators lit candles which illuminated signs and posters condemning the ...
Read More »PCHR condemns harassment of Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) 11 August 2009 The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns the harassment and cruel and degrading treatment inflicted upon Palestinian civilians by Israeli troops positioned at military checkpoint throughout the West Bank. ...
Read More »Settlers attack Susiyan Palestinian sheep herders
10 August 2009 At 7:30 of this morning, a group of sheep shepherds from Susyia, a small Palestinian village in the Southern Hebron hills, came under attack by a pair of Israeli settlers from the nearby illegal colony. The shepherds, ...
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