During the curfew in Nil’n the al-Khawaja family was among those who faced several difficulties and attacks from the Israeli army. Saturday at 5.30 am Ali Nuzhhy al-Khawaja, 58 years old, and two other villagers were on their way to ...
Read More »Settlers fire more rockets at Burin
On the 9th July 3 more rockets were fired from settlements towards Palestinian villages. Settlers from the two settlements Yitzhar and Brakha, both of them placed on land from the village of Burin, started for about four weeks ago to ...
Read More »Israeli army confiscate shopping mall in massive invasion of Nablus
On the night of July 7th, 2008, the Israeli army, numbering between 120 and 150 jeeps, entered the city of Nablus. They entered a suburban shopping mall, several charity organizations, a girl’s elementary school and adjoining medical clinic, the last ...
Read More »Two Palestinians arrested, two internationals injured as groups attempt to break the siege on Ni’lin
Two Palestinian activists have been arrested and a Canadian activist has been shot in the leg by a rubber-coated steel bullet while attempting to take in food and other supplies to the West Bank village of Ni’lin, which has been ...
Read More »Three Palestinians shot with live ammunition, three arrested and many injured as siege of Ni’lin continues for 4th day
As the Israeli blockade and imposition of curfew in Ni’lin nears the end of its fourth day (7th July), the violence continued as the Israeli army has escalated its force by completely surrounding the village and is maintaining a constant ...
Read More »Israeli army build earth-mound “by mistake”
On the afternoon of the 5th July, the Israeli army built an earth mound blocking the only entrance to the village of At Tawamin in the southern hills of Hebron. Just in time international and Israeli activists showed up whereupon ...
Read More »Day three of the siege of Ni’lin
After yesterday’s turbulence, the Israeli army drew into the village of Ni’lin at around 2am this morning, the 6th of July. They threw sound-bombs, shot rubber-coated steel bullets in the air and pointed searchlights into the windows while snipers took ...
Read More »Palestinian farmer kidnapped, bound and abused by settlers
On the 5th of July, Palestinian farmer Medhat Abu Karsheh, 30 years old, was attacked on his land by armed settlers from the illegal outpost of Asaeel, south of Hebron. Abu Kersheh was kidnapped and bound to a pole for ...
Read More »Many injured by Israeli army as Ni’lin remains under siege
For the second day in a row, on the 5th July, the village of Ni’lin remained under siege by the Israeli army, in an attempt to suppress the inhabitants fierce resistance to the stealing of their land due to the ...
Read More »Villagers of Ni’lin break curfew to hold non-violent demonstration
At five o’clock on the morning the 4th July, the Israeli army declared the village of Ni’lin as a closed military zone and blocked the three entrances to the village. The village was now under curfew. The Israeli army prevented ...
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