By Aaron Lakoff, October 2008, Interview recorded in Biddu, Palestine To view original interview posted on Tadamon!, click here Photo: Aaron Lakoff. Mohammed Mansour, near Biddu, Palestine. Mohammed Mansour is a resident of Biddu, a village near Ramallah in the ...
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Haaretz: Hebron settlers assault Palestinians, activists harvesting olives
By Nadav Shragai To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 18th October, click here Witnesses and Reuters crew on Saturday said that Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians and others helping them pick olives in the West Bank town ...
Read More »Resident of Ni’lin shot twice by rubber-coated steel bullets during demonstration in Ni’lin
Friday, October 17, 2008 On Friday 17th October, the village of Ni’lin held a peaceful prayer on their land followed by a demonstration over property that has been annexed by the Israeli government to build the Apartheid Wall. At 11.30, ...
Read More »Farmers in Shufa denied access to their lands for 5th year in a row
Ahmad Droubi and his 80 year old father, Mahmoud, were refused access to their olive groves located within the illegal settlement of Avne Hefez for the third time this week, despite having received prior permission from Israeli authorities. Private security ...
Read More »Shufa village plunged into darkness for sixth day
The village of Shufa in Tulkarem has been without electricity for the sixth day in a row, after the municipality generators, which are the only power source for the village, burnt out. Shufa has inexplicably been denied connection to the ...
Read More »Ynet: Hebron – Palestinian family says trapped by army
IDF troops seize control of Palestinian home in West Bank city as part of deployment during Sukkot holiday, female family member since released from home says relatives being held in enclosed room for three days now. Army denies abuse claims ...
Read More »Dozens suffer from teargas inhalation in Bil’in protest
Report from the Bil’in Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements Friday 17 October 2008 After the Friday prayer, the residents of Bil’in gathered in a protest together with Israeli and international activists. A group from France called on French ...
Read More »Israeli navy again attack Gazan fishermen
On the 17th October, Three Human Rights Observers (HROs) accompanied a fleet of four Palestinian fishing boats, as they left the port in Gaza in the morning at 07:00. By 08:15 the fishing boats were proceeding in a southerly direction, ...
Read More »Settlers hospitalise elderly woman in Susiya
On Saturday morning, October 11th, two shepherds from the Ehreni family were out grazing their sheep close to their home in the Susiya area. At the same time, one kilometre from the Palestinians, two settlers from the Susiya Settlement went ...
Read More »ISM Gaza: ‘Please let farmers in your communities know what is happening to the Palestinian farmers here in the Gaza Strip’
On Tuesday morning, 14th October at around 09:30, two of the Human Rights Observers (HROs), who had spent the night at a house close to the Green Line in the ‘buffer zone’ in Al-Faraheen, put on florescent yellow vests with ...
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