Category: In the Media

  • Israel arrests Palestinian barrier protest leader

    Ben Hubbard | Washington Post 11 December 2009 RAMALLAH, West Bank — A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel’s West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him. Supporters of Abdullah Abu Rahmeh, a 38-year-old teacher, say his pre-dawn arrest on Thursday…

  • Israeli forces disrupt UNRWA chief’s farewell

    Ma’an News 10 December 2009 Israeli police ordered outgoing UNRWA Commissioner-General Karen AbuZayd to leave an East Jerusalem home on Thursday during her last official visit as the head of the relief agency. Ma’an’s reporter on the scene said AbuZayd left after police gave her five minutes to evacuate the premises of the house of…

  • High Court: Gaza student cannot complete studies in West Bank

    Amira Hass | Haaretz 9 December 2009 The High Court of Justice ruled on Wednesday to deny a Palestinian student from Gaza who has been studying in Bethlehem permission to complete her university degree in the West Bank. Berlanty Azzam, 22, has been in the West Bank since 2005 and has only two months of…