11th March 2009, Beit Ommar village, Hebron region: 27 youth arrested during ongoing closure of Beit Ommar village 27 residents of Beit Ommar village in the Hebron District of the southern West Bank, have been arrested by Israeli forces while ...
Read More »Disappeared Free Gaza activist Teresa McDermott found in Israel’s Ramleh Prison
Free Gaza Movement Scottish activist Teresa McDermott has been found in Ramleh prison four days after she was “disappeared” by the Israel government after being forcibly removed from a seaborne Lebanese aid mission to Gaza. In early February Teresa responded ...
Read More »Israeli forces hold Palestinian youth hostage during invasion of Jayyous
6th February 2009 The Israeli Occupation Forces continued their most recent assaults on the village of Jayyous, near Qalqilya, invading on the 5th and 6th of February. On the 5th February , Israeli forces invaded at 2pm, imposing curfew on ...
Read More »Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers and internationals in Al Faraheen
5th February 2009 Israeli soldiers open fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers twice in three days Israeli soldiers again opened fire on Palestinian farmers and international Human Rights Workers (HRWs) on Thursday 5th February, as they attempted ...
Read More »Urgent call to all social movements
Open Gaza Borders! We reiterate the need for a call from Palestinian community based organisations and the over 130 grassroots NGOs in the Palestinian NGO Network for an immediate opening of all border crossings currently controlled by Israel and Egypt. ...
Read More »All we’ve got left of him
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 2 February 2009 Abdul Rahman Ghraben’s mother carried in a yellow plastic bag. “This is his pant leg, and tiny pieces of him,” she said, holding the knotted bag at the handles. Her husband had ...
Read More »Chaos in Khoza’a
Jack Shenker | The National For over 24 hours earlier this month, a village in southern Gaza was devastated by an Israeli army attack. Jack Shenker revisits a day of destruction. Khoza’a village has a small white-brick mosque, a smattering ...
Read More »Young Palestinian man and Swedish activist shot with live ammunition during Ni’lin demonstration
5pm, 30th January 2009, Ramallah: On Friday, January 30th, two people were shot by Israeli forces with live ammunition in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. Ulrika Andersson, 31, was shot in the leg with live ammunition during the weekly ...
Read More »Expanding illegal no-go zones leaves hundreds homeless
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza 30 January 2009 Imagine being grateful for the chance to return to your demolished home and sift through the rubble, to try to retrieve personal belongings, ID cards and papers, still-useable clothes and pots… Imagine ...
Read More »Ezbet Abed Rabbo area: Remnants of houses and soldiers’ presence
Eva Bartlett | In Gaza January 28, 2009 Two of her boys worked to pull pieces of clothing, books, and anything reachable from under the toppled cupboard. Every item is sacred. She led me through her house, pointing out the ...
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