by Saeed Bannoura 25 February 2012 | International Middle East Media Center Israeli soldiers invaded, on Friday evening, an area east of the Al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition, while military choppers flew ...
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Palestinian female detainee Hana’a Shalabi on tenth day of hunger strike
25 February 2012 | Palestine Information Center Detained young woman Hana’a Shalabi has entered her tenth day of hunger strike protesting her administrative detention despite being released late last year in the prisoners’ exchange deal between Hamas and Israel. Attallah ...
Read More »Protester shot and killed at a demonstration at Qalandya checkpoint today, clashes continue in Jerusalem and the West Bank
25 February 2012 | Palestine News Network During a violent protest in which the IOF used live bullets, tear gas and rubber bullets, twenty five year old Talat Ramia, was shot in the shoulder and died later from his injuries. ...
Read More »Thousands march to end settlements in Hebron
24 February 2012 | Youth Against Settlements The “Youth Against Settlements” movement marked the 18 year anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre with a peaceful march, as part of Apartheid Week in Palestine, demonstrating through the streets of Hebron, violently ...
Read More »Military radio targets protesters for future arrests
24 February 2012 | Israeli Military Radio- Online Shuhada Street in Hebron today may become the scene of a confrontation, as hundreds of left-wing Jews and Arabs are expected to march there to protest the closure of Shuhada Street from Palestinians. Police and army will attempt to keep order. At 12:00 today (Friday) hundreds of leftists, anarchists and Palestinians are expected to arrive in Hebron, walk along Shuhada ...
Read More »In Photos: Clashes in Hebron’s Old city during a ‘Open Shudada Street’ rally
by Emilie Baujard 24 February 2012 | Demotix Hundreds of Palestinian and international activists protest in Hebron calling for the city’s al-Shuhada Street to be opened up to Palestinian traffic. The Israeli Army dispersed the protestors with stun grenades and ...
Read More »Israeli police clash with Palestinians in al-Aqsa, kill one
24 February 2012 | Press TV Clashes broke out after Israeli police fired tear gas and used stun grenades on hundreds of Palestinians who had gathered outside al-Aqsa Mosque following the Friday Prayers to protest against Israeli attacks on the ...
Read More »When it is illegal to use your front door: Freedom of movement in Al Khalil
by Andreas 23 February 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Al-Khalil (Hebron) is a divided city. As a result of the Oslo agreements negotiated in the 1990s – the people of Al Khalil became familiar with two new terms ...
Read More »Municipality creates garbage dump inside Bab Alsbat cemetery next to Lion Gate in the Old City
22 February 2012 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center – Silwan Large quantities of waste are being piled by the Jerusalem Municipality inside the Islamic cemetery (Bab Alsbat) next to Lions Gate in the old city, in a move that has ...
Read More »Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area attacked 100 times during 2011
22 February 2012 | Middle East Monitor A study conducted by Al-Aqsa Foundation for Endowment and Heritage in Israel has revealed that Al-Aqsa Mosque and its surrounding area has been subjected to around 100 attacks and violations in 2011 alone. ...
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