3 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Ahmed Youssef Al Ahnan was but a child of 17 when he was arrested six years ago in his aunt’s house by the beach of Khan Younis. “I still don’t know why they ...
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Two youths detained in Hebron
5 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement A 14-year old boy was arrested at a checkpoint in Hebron on Friday morning. His family have contacted the Israeli authorities, but have received no answer as to his whereabouts. The following day, ...
Read More »Three injured as Israeli army fires upon rock collectors
06 February 2011 | International Solidarity Movement Forty-five year old Abdallah Rabea Odwan works as a rock collector around Beit Lahiya. On the morning of 6th February, he and many others were working outside Abu Samra, around 700 meters from ...
Read More »Daily life in Gaza
4 February 2011 | Nathan Stuckey, International Solidarity Movement Gaza After spending six weeks waiting in Cairo I entered Gaza two weeks ago. I never would have guessed that Egypt would explode so soon after I left. Congratulations to the ...
Read More »Harsh Interrogations of Children Escalate in Nabi Saleh
31 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee 14 year old Islam Tamimi was arrested in a night raid on Sunday 23 January 2011 and subjected to psychological torture in order to extract dictated false testimony that will be used ...
Read More »A Normal Day in the Lives of My Palestinian Neighbors
Paulette S. | Christian Peacemaker Team Our neighbor Haniya shrugged her shoulders as she spoke in a disheartened way: “This is all normal for us now. What can we do anyway?” Yet, when I see armed Israeli soldiers on the ...
Read More »Palestinian human rights activist jailed in Israel
30 January 2011 | Amnesty International Amnesty International has urged the Israeli authorities to end their harassment of Palestinian human rights activists after a well-known campaigner in Haifa was jailed for nine years and given an additional one-year suspended sentence ...
Read More »Beit Ommar youth brain-dead in hospital after being shot by settlers
29 January 2011 | Palestine Solidarity Project Earlier today, Yousef Fakhri Ikhlayl, a 17-year-old youth from Beit Ommar who has worked very closely with PSP over the years, was shot in the head by settlers and he is currently brain-dead ...
Read More »Funeral held for Palestinian youth killed by settlers south of Nablus
29 January 2011 | International Solidarity Movement On 27th January, 20-year old Oday Maher Hamza Qadous was killed by settlers whilst farming between the villages of Burin and Iraq Burin, just south of Nablus. According to family sources, the Palestinian ...
Read More »One citizen wounded and dozens asphyxiated in Bil’in
28 January 2011 | Popular Committee Against the Wall Ramallah-Bil’in: A resident of Bil’in was wounded and dozens of residents, peace activists, and individuals wishing to show solidarity suffered severe asphyxiation today. This was due to extensive tear gas use ...
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