Category: Press Releases

  • Outsmarting the Occupation in Bil’in

    Outsmarting the Occupation in Bil’in by Martinez, 4 May 2007 For 27 months, villagers from the West Bank village of Bil’in have been non-violently resisting Israel’s Apartheid Wall and land theft. Palestinians have been joined by Israeli and international solidarity activists at Bil’in’s regular Friday demonstrations against the Wall. Today, activists met outside of the…

  • Demolition at Beit Izja

    Demolition at Beit Izja/Givon Hahadasha from ICAHD, 3 May 2007 This morning, Thursday 3rd May 2007, the IDF, Border Police guards, Private Security Guards, a contractor and some labourers arrived at the home of Abu Samir (Muhammad Sabri Ghanayem) to take down the fence around his house and replace it with a higher and more…

  • Israeli Soldiers: “Death to Arabs”

    “Death to Arabs” by ISM Hebron, 28 April 2007 Next to Rian Mosque, a new Palestinian school is under construction, Jab al Rachme Girls High School. At 3pm on Saturday, the guard saw a squad of Israeli soldiers enter the building and go upstairs. When they left, the guard discovered that they had written “Death…

  • Roadblock went tumbling down the gorge

    The roadblock went tumbling down the gorge by Kobi Snitz, 3 May 2007 Today, villagers from Ras Karkar, Budrus, Beit Likya, Bilin, Deir Ibzia and other villages marched towards an intersection on the main road to Ramallah which until 7 years ago used to serve about 15 villages in the area. The part of the…

  • ACRI Successfully Challenges Movement Restriction in Jordan Valley

    Association for Civil Rights in Israel Successfully Challenges Movement Restriction in Jordan Valley by Association for Civil Rights in Israel, 2 May 2007 In response to ACRI`s appeal to the Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, in December 2006, demanding the cancellation of the directives banning all Palestinian residents of the West Bank from entering the area…