Category: Press Releases

  • Bil’in: Continued Repression

    July 6th, 2007. This afternoon, in the West Bank town of Bi’lin outside of Ramallah, approximately 70 demonstrators attempted to approach the annexation barrier which snakes through Palestinian land. The peaceful protesters included Palestinian members of the community, Israelis, and international observers from the International Solidarity Movement and the Scottish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign. Though the…

  • Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Palestinian Child in Hebron; Body Mauled by Military Dog

    Palestinian National Initiative Ramallah, 04-07-07: Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian child carrying a toy gun in Hebron yesterday. 15-year-old Ahmad Abed Al-Muhsin Skafi was shot 4 times in the upper body by Israeli soldiers who then allowed a military dog to maul the body, tearing the boy’s intestines from his stomach and mutilating his…

  • Three Houses Demolished in Nablus

    June 29th. The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is currently invading the city of Nablus again after they retreated early this morning from the old city. IOF invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus Wednesday night after midnight, calling a curfew, demolishing road blocks, and performing house-to-house searches for resistance fighters. Announcements over loudspeakers and…