Category: Press Releases
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Three More Night-time Arrests in Bil’in; Soldiers Use Human Shield
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night and made three more arrests of young men and boys. Three jeeps of Border Police arrived about 1:30 am and went into several houses to make arrests for alleged stone throwing during demonstrations. Once again, the people of the village came out on the street to…
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Four More Arrests in Bil’in; Further Arrests Resisted by Villagers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Israeli soldiers invaded Bil’in last night for the fourth time in six days. A group of about 20 Border Police arrived in jeeps and arrested four non-violent Palestinian activists who they accused of damaging the fence, including an expectant father, two brothers and a 16 year old boy. Afterwards, a group of…
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“Demolish all the illegally built homes in the West Bank” – Israeli Chief of Staff General Dan Halutz
PRESS RELEASE by the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) ICAHD notices with concern the statement by Chief of Staff, Gen. Dan Halutz, as reported in Ma’ariv (October 26, 2005), in which he is quoted as saying that in response to the recent suicide attack in Hadera Market he would implement various responses. Amongst responses…