Press Releases

17 year old Mahayoub Aasi was shot dead by the private security guard defending the construction of Israel’s illegal barrier in the west bank village of Beit-Likya. Today (Friday) around 5 p.m., confrontations developed between the security guards of the ...

Place: Mas’ha Village, Salfit District, West Bank Date: Friday, July 8, 2005 Time: 12:00 noon Residents of the Salfit Region will march from the Mosque to the Separation Wall in Mas’ha. The residents demand that the United Nations enforce the ...

On the first anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that declared Israel’s Annexation Wall in the West Bank illegal, the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlements in Bil’in has organized a nonviolent demonstration on Friday the ...

Israeli activist Yonatan Pollack, member of Israeli Anarchists Against Walls was arrested in a non-violent demonstration against the Annexation Barrier in the town of Salfit in the West Bank on June 9th. Two activists who were arrested with him were ...

By: Wendy and Cathy IWPS On July 5th at approximately 7:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, an estimated 20 army jeeps, 3 police jeeps, 1 large personnel carrier, 75 soldiers, and 2 bulldozers showed up at the home of 82 ...

Beit Suriq On June 5th, Issa Kandil and Bassem Sheik are still in custody! They where kidnapped by hooded undercover police, who arrested them at gunpoint 1.5 kilometers from the separation wall, where a silent demonstration was taking place. The ...

Violence, Harassment and Lawlessness Toward Palestinians in the Southern Hebron Hills Written by B’tselem. July 2005, Summary www.btselem.org/English/Publications/Summaries/ 200507_South_Hebron.asp In the southernmost West Bank , some one thousand Palestinians have maintained the way of life of their ancestors: living in ...

ISM Nablus 2am, 7th July 2005 Israeli armed vehicles arrived at the camp late in the evening. Despite the presence of two large groups of civilians, including two internationals, the soldiers began firing live rounds directly into the camp. We ...

Bil’in, 3.20 am Israeli Occupation Forces bang on the door of Abdallah Abu-Rahma, prominent member of the Popular Committee Against the Wall, demanding that he attends an interrogation session at Ofer Military Base at 12 o’clock midday with “Rizik”, or ...

Report Source: Xinhua An official report said on Sunday that 4,050 Palestinians were killed and 44,848 others injured by the Israeli army since the beginning of the intifada, or uprising, against Israel’s occupation in September 2000. The report, issued by ...