Year: 2012

  • In Photos: Ni’lin chisels through Zionism

    In Photos: Ni’lin chisels through Zionism

    13 March 2012 | by Rune, International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Like every Friday, on March 9th residents of Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, went to protest the Apartheid wall, which encloses their lands and denies them of basic human rights. A part of the protest was an attempt to break a hole in the…

  • Idhna: A family without windows

    Idhna: A family without windows

    by Peige 12 March 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank After three years of marriage Amani and Hussein Batran wanted a house of their own, somewhere to raise their two children, 4 year old Khalil and 3 year old Layali.   They took out two loans from the bank and construction began. Now, three years…

  • New military gate limits access to Beit Iksa land

    12 March 2012 | WAFA News Agency A new military-controlled road gate the Israeli army had set up on Monday in the village of Beit Iksa, northwest of Jerusalem, raised concern of possible takeover of almost 2000 dunums of land as it limits access to agricultural land, according to residents. The soldiers also took over a…