Category: Press Releases

  • Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human rights Workers Detained

    Settlers attack Palestinians in Tel Rumeida, Human Rights Workers (HRWs) Detained UPDATE 10:30 PM March 18 The two HRWs were released from Kiryat Arba at 10:05 PM At approx. 17:30 today, Sunday March 18th, two Palestinians, approx. 15 years old, were walking down Shuhadda Street in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron. As they walked…

  • Umm Salamuna anti-Wall demo and tree planting in Hebron this Friday

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday the villagers of Umm Salamuna and neighbouring villages in the South Bethlehem region will protest against the bulldozers which are currently razing their land for the Apartheid Wall. The villagers will hold midday prayers on their land before marching to confront the bulldozers. Last Friday villagers held a rally and…

  • TIPH: “International observer assaulted in Hebron”

    by TIPH, March 7th A Swedish member of the civilian observer mission TIPH (Temporary International Presence in Hebron) was rushed to hospital after being hit by a big stone in his head outside a Jewish settlement in central Hebron Monday afternoon. TIPH condemns this act of aggression against one of its members and urges the…

  • Demo Against Nablus Closure at Huwwara Checkpoint

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Wednesday 7th March the Popular Committee against the Closure of Nablus is holding a demonstration at Huwwara checkpoint against the curfew imposed on the much of the city last week. The General Woman’s Union and a wide coalition of groups will be taking part in the demonstration to mark International Women’s…

  • Second Casualty and Other Victims of Operation Hot Winter

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Father of five, Ghareb Abdel Ghani Selhab, 47, a resident of Nablus old city who had a heart attack after a tear gas canister was fired into his home, died this morning. He had been in Watani hospital since the attack on Tuesday 26th February on a life support machine. According to…