Category: Press Releases

  • Marda Under Curfew

    Video footage of the Israeli army incursion into the West Bank village of Marda on 9th June 2005. An area of about 10 square kilometers was declared a Closed Military Zone for three days by the Israeli military, in an attempt to prevent demonstrations against the Apartheid Wall taking place in the area, which is…

  • Israeli army shoots live bullets at children in Marda

    From IWPS Four bulldozers that had been uprooting Marda’s trees to make way for the “Ariel loop” of the Annexation Wall stopped working as soon as the villagers began their march, a major victory for the day. Mere minutes into the ascent upwards and only a few hundred meters up the slope, the group, consisting…

  • The Caves of Last Resort

    The Stories of Quawawis and Massafer Yatta On Tuesday, June 8, the Israeli civil administration told the villagers of Quawawis to remove the roofless structures built in front of the caves where they are living. If they don’t tear the structures down themselves, the civil administration will bulldoze them into the ground. Last week, Israeli…

  • Israeli army attacks disabled demonstrators

    Bil’in Village Ramallah District The Israeli army’s conduct reached an unprecedented low when Israeli soldiers attacked a demonstration of Palestinians who had been disabled by past Israeli army attacks. The procession included ten people in wheelchairs, several people on crutches, and a number of blind people. As soon as they came into view, the disabled…

  • The Ceasefire Continues

    by ISM Nablus On Tuesday 7th June, Electronic Intifada reported the extra-judicial killing of Muraweh Khaled Ekmayel in Jenin by Israeli forces, under the headline “Israel Resumes Assassinations of Palestinians”. Al Jazeera news reported six deaths on the same day. The violence has continued, with the attempted assassination of four Hamas members in Gaza on…