6th September 2007 In the early morning hours two Palestinian children were injured by Israeli gunfire in Jenin. Eye witnesses and the Palestinian police reported that approximately at 3 o”clock am the Israeli Army, coming from Naaser street, entered the ...
Read More »Tear Gas and Sound Grenades replaced with Music and Dancing: Bilin Celebrates…
To view the CNN report on the BIl’in victory celebration see: www.americanhummus.com On Friday, September 7th, the villagers of Bil’in were joined by international and Israeli comrades. Normally they come together every Friday to express their outrage of the unacceptable ...
Read More »Mass Detentions and House Searches in the Old City of Hebron
6th September 2007, Hebron Last night at 9.30pm dozens of soldiers were in the old city of Hebron. They called on loud speakers for all the men aged 18 to 35 to come out of the houses and then they ...
Read More »Palestinian village celebrates victory over Israeli Apartheid
The 135th demonstration in the village of Bil’in took place yesterday. Normally the demonstrations occur on fridays, but this week something changed all that. This week, we encountered a seismic shift. Three Israeli judges ruled in favor of the villagers, ...
Read More »Non-Violent Peace Activist Threatened with Assasination
On Wednesday the 5th Septmember: At 2:30 in the morning, Israeli Occupation Forces invaded the Old City of Nablus close to the Al Masre school. In doing so they invaded the homes of a number of residents in particular targetting ...
Read More »14year old boy detained for trying to steal a landmine
A temporary checkpoint was erected in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, complete with a landmine placed on the road. Human Rights Workers noticed a young boy being detained. HRW’s approached the boy to enquire over what was going on. It was established ...
Read More »Landowner visits land for the first time in years
Susya 1st September 2007 12 Palestinians and 3 Human Rights Workers (HRWs) went to visit land which is overlooked by an illegal Israeli settler colony and which has taken the old Palestinian name of Susya. Access to this land by ...
Read More »Elderly woman harrassed by settlers on quad bike night and day
1st and 2nd September 2007 At 9.30pm on 1st September an elderly Palestinian woman shouted in distress to the other tents of the village scattered across a hillside South of Hebron where the original inhabitants of Susya now live. She ...
Read More »Succesful Road Block Removal ends in Arrests
31.08.2007, Sarra – Nablus Region On Friday, 31.08.2007, International and Israeli Human Rights Activists joined the people of Sarra village in another demonstration against a roadblock that for years has obstructed direct access into Nablus city. For the last five ...
Read More »Let Them East Grapes!
Umm Salumona For the first time in two months a Palestinian farmer was given permission today to visit his land at Umm-Salumona in the district of North Bethlehem. A large area of land has been annexed by the Israeli military, ...
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