The village of Sarra lies west of Nablus, near the villages of Tel, Jit, and Qusin. From Nablus to Sarra it would be a less than 10 minute drive were it not that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have designated ...
Read More »Strong Military Repression at Bil’in Demonstration
On Friday October 19th, members of the Palestinian cycling club and villagers of the West Bank town of Al Walaja joined international and Israeli activists along with the village of Bil’in for the weekly demonstration against the Segregation Wall. Al ...
Read More »Human Rights Activists Protest against Apartheid Wall in Um Salamona
On Friday, October 19, approximately 100 human rights activists from different backgrounds converged at Um Salamona in the West Bank today to protest against the building of the segregation wall. Internationals, Palestinians and also Israelis, who are against the Occupation ...
Read More »First olive harvest in seven years (updated)
Today a collaboration of Palestinian farmers, human rights workers and Israeli activists converged at the Jabri family farm in Hebron to commence the annual olive harvest. The Jabri family farm, situated in a corridor between two illegal Israeli settlements, has ...
Read More »IOF invades Nablus yet again
Early Tuesday morning on Oct 16th, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Two Palestinians, a resistance fighter in the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, and a 70 year old man, were killed during the ...
Read More »IWPS: Marda under curfew, assault, arrests, house occupations
October 16th, 2007 approximately 10 am to 9 pm Marda, Salfit region Witnesses: family members and IWPS members At around 10a.m. on the 16th of October, 2007, the Israeli army entered the village of Marda in the Salfit governate in ...
Read More »Tel Harvesters Attacked by Masked Settlers
16/10/2007 Villagers from Tel, southwest of Nablus city, had been harvesting their olives in the countryside just outside the village, for about one hour when settlers were spotted on the ridge of the hill overlooking the slope where villagers were ...
Read More »Soldiers damage Palestinian belongings and assault and kidnap the youth
08 October, 2007 Following the Israeli army invasion of Deir Istiya on October 7th, during which the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) imposed a curfew on the village, one which officially continued throughout the next day, Human Rights Workers visited with ...
Read More »Boy is physically harassed by soldiers and later arrested
October 7th, 2007 A local boy has been detained and later arrested by the Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) on this day in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, for carrying a bag containing a drawn swastika as well as drawings of weapons and ...
Read More »Iftar Curfew in Deir Istiya follows previous house occupations
October 7th, 2007 The residents of Deir Istiya, population 4,000, were sentenced to confinement in their homes shortly before breaking fast for the day. At around 5:10 pm, a convoy of between 10 to 12 military jeeps, manned with border ...
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