Year: 2012

  • Verdict in Rachel Corrie lawsuit to be announced August 28

    Verdict in Rachel Corrie lawsuit to be announced August 28

    22 August 2012 | the Rachel Corrie Foundation, Occupied Palestine The verdict in the civil lawsuit against the State of Israel for the killing of peace activist Rachel Corrie over nine years ago will be announced August 28, 2012, at 9:00 a.m. at the Haifa District Court. Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American from Olympia, Washington, was…

  • Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani

    Thirty olive trees cut nearby the Palestinian village of At-Tuwani

    20 August 2012 | Operation Dove, At-Tuwani, South Hebron Hills In the afternoon of August 16th some Palestinians discovered that an olive grove situated in Humra valley had been recently destroyed during the night, according to a Palestinian. Thirty olive trees were broken or severely damaged. The olive grove belongs to a Palestinian family that…

  • Hit-and-run settler kills 15 goats

    Hit-and-run settler kills 15 goats

    By Markus Fitzgerald 20 August 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank On Monday, August 6, Mershid (19), son of Muhamad Abdalah Dawabsheh, checked for oncoming cars and started to cross the road between Nablus and Ramallah with his herd of goats. The time was approximately 5 p.m., and he was leading the herd towards the…