Year: 2012

  • ‘Welcome to Palestine’ group denied entry into West Bank

    26 August, 2012 | Ma’an News, Bethlehem, West Bank Dozens of foreign peace activists were denied entry into the West Bank by Israeli authorities at the Allenby Bridge crossing on Sunday evening, organizers of the third ‘Welcome to Palestine’ initiative said. “The Welcome to Palestine Campaign decries the Israeli denial of entry via the Allenby…

  • Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother

    Video: Soldiers attack children in Nabi Saleh and forcibly separate them from their detained mother

    August 25 2012 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee, Occupied Palestine Army held six detainees over eight hours, raided houses in the village, injuring several residents and using live ammunition Pictures: see here, here, here, and here During the weekly demonstration in the village of Nabi Saleh, yesterday, Friday, dedicated to support the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, some of the…

  • Night raids and arrests continue in Burin

    Night raids and arrests continue in Burin

    By Alma Reventos 25 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Thursday August 23, Mumen Mahmoud Raja, 18, was arrested at his home by Israeli occupation forces at 2:30 a.m. Around 2 a.m., some 60 Israeli forces invaded the Palestinian village of Burin, located south-west of Nablus. They arrived in 6 military jeeps,…