Month: September 2011
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Extremist settler attacks shepherd and brutally abuses flock
28 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On the 17th of September Israeli colonists attacked a shepherd near Sha’ab el-Butom, resulting in several sheep injured and the arrest of the young shepherd. Sha’ab el-Butom is a small Bedouin village in South Hebron Hills not even mentioned in most maps, a village that faces daily…
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International activists in Gaza defiant despite repeated attacks
26 September 2011 | Islam Online, Hama Waqum The Civil Peace Service (CPS) Gaza human rights observation boat has returned to the waters off the Gazan coast after being grounded for two months due to Israeli naval attacks. CPS Gaza aims to monitor human rights violations committed off the coast of Gaza, in which Gazan fishermen…
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Israeli military conceals information about possible nerve agent used by illegal, violent settlers
26 September 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Sunday, September 25th, Riyadh Abu Armile was assaulted by settlers and the army in Hebron,causing for an open investigation by human rights groups as evidence suggests that settlers may have used an unidentified nerve agent during the assault. On the night of the attack hundreds…