Category: In the Media

  • Hebron: Checkpoint soldiers shoot driver

    21 January 2011 / Ma’an News Soldiers at a flying checkpoint on Route 60 north of Hebron shot and critically wounded a Palestinian citizen of Israel on Thursday night. The Israeli military said events around the shooting were unclear. Security sources identified the man as 28-year-old Jalal Al-Masri, and said he sustained a bullet wound…

  • A melancholy Martin Luther King Day in Bil’in

    17 January 2010 | The Huffington Post, Majida Abu Rahmah My family endured another heartbreaking setback last Tuesday in the case of my husband, Abdallah Abu Rahmah. Although Abdallah’s prison sentence ended November 18th, the Israeli Military Court of Appeals ruled that he should be held for three additional months. My husband has been gone…

  • Military court to appeal verdict for Bil’in’s Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case on Tuesday

    10 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee The court will deliver a decision on the military prosecution’s appeal to harshen Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s sentence. Abu Rahmah was supposed to be released on November 18th 2010, but has been kept in detention on the military prosecution’s request. What: Appeal Verdict in Abdallah Abu Rahmah’s case.…

  • Bil’in: A village in mourning

    9 January 2011 | Al Jazeera, Renee Lewis One West Bank family has paid the highest price for their village’s peaceful pursuit of justice. People say that time heals, but the Abu Rahmah family feels as though it is living in a recurring nightmare from which there is no respite. Their nightmare is set in…

  • Protester arrested as soldiers occupy Nabi Saleh

    9 January 2011 | Popular Struggle Coordination Committee Dozens of soldiers brought the village of Nabi Saleh to a standstill today in yet another attempt to curb demonstrations in the village. One protester was arrested, and two required medical treatment for their injuries. Dozens of villagers, joined by Israeli and international supporters took part in…