by Mary 26/02/06 It was Shabat (25/02/06). In the morning, I was at the crossroad at the top of Tel Rumeida hill, waiting to escort Palestinian children to their homes near the Tel Rumeida settlement. When two girls, who live ...
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Beit Sira Replants Trees in the Shadow of the Wall
by Henry The demonstration today in the village of Beit Sira was a peaceful march of one hundred people to the village land where olive trees are being uprooted to make way for planned route of the annexation Barrier. The ...
Read More »Rickman Slams ‘Censorship’ of Play about US Gaza Activist
by Julian Borger Published on Tuesday, February 28, 2006 by the Guardian / UK A New York theatre company has put off plans to stage a play about an American activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza because of ...
Read More »Conversations at the Palestinian “Outpost”
By Ashraf It’s been almost a year of the nonviolent struggle for the Bil’in residence against the illegal Israel wall. Beyond the wall, on land owned by the Bil’in community, the people of Bil’in have built a room referred to ...
Read More »Harassment of Palestinian Non-Violent activists – part one
Mansur’s Testimony I decided to join some of my international friends and sleep in the new Palestinian houses built on the land that will be cut off from Bil’in by the wall. We were hanging out and chatting when an ...
Read More »Take a Virtual Tour of the 2006 Balata Invasion
Inside a home that was first set on fire, then exploded to kill three fighters hiding inside. A Palestinian-built roadblock on Balata Camp’s main street obstructs the movement of military vehicles. Breaking curfew, a woman escorts four children past army ...
Read More »Going ‘Home’
by Hannah I arrived at Ben Gurion airport in Lod (aka the airport in Tel Aviv) just after 5:00 am for a 7:25 flight. This is about the amount of time I had last time, when security didn’t have enough ...
Read More »Israeli activist shot in the eye by Israeli soldiers at Beit Sira
Photo: Reuters Youngster may lose eye to rubber bullet – 14 others wounded in anti-barrier protest 17- year- old Israeli Matan Cohen and American Sara were both shot with rubber bullets in the legs and were retreating when Matan was ...
Read More »Palestinian and International medical volunteers shot at and wounded in Balata
1. Stage Two: Balata Refugee Camp Reinvaded 2. Stage One: The Invasion of Balata Camp 3. A victory for Non violence in Beit Sira 4. Ten anti-separation fence protesters hurt in clash with IDF-from Haaretz 5. More Arrests in Bil’in ...
Read More »Israeli military opens fire on medical team wounding Palestinian and International medical volunteers
“We were standing in the alley way, everything was quiet when suddenly without warning we heard a big explosion and heard gun shots. I then saw Jarar and Ihab liying on the floor. Ihab wasn’t moving.” – Wounded Dutch volunteer ...
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