Category: Reports
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“We die a little bit inside us each time”: 2 more homes demolished in Bedouin village of Umm Al Kheer
by Tom 26 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank Israel demolished the homes of two families in the Bedouin village of Um Al-Kheer in the South Hebron Hills last week, on Wednesday January 25th. The demolition team arrived with a bulldozer at 9:00 in the morning together Israeli soldiers and police. Villagers reported…
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2 youth dead in attack on Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip
by Rosa Schiano 22 January 2012 | il Blog di Oliva Israeli Apaches and land forces shelled an area east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning, January 18 2012. Two young men were killed and another was injured. As we hurried to the scene we met an ambulance driving at high…
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“Each Arab dog will have his day:” Military raids Khalil youth center
by Tom 22 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank In an action that appears to have been carried out purely for the entertainment and satisfaction of Israeli settlers, the center of the activist group, Youth Against Settlements, in Tel Rumeida, Al Khalil (also known as Hebron) was stormed by Israeli soldiers at 3pm…
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A detainee at risk: Ongoing hunger strike since December 17
by Shahd Abusalama 21 January 2012 | The Electronic Intifada If you have the power, you can abuse it and no one will say a word in protest. At least this is the case for Israel, which openly violates international law and human rights feeling secure that one will stop it. But Khader Adnan, a detainee…
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Kufr Qaddoum drives back Israeli soldiers at weekly demonstration to re-open road
by Aaron 21 January 2012 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank The mood was celebratory following the weekly protest this Friday in Kufr Qaddoum, after demonstrators succeeded in pushing back Israeli soldiers for the second week in a row. The goal of the protest was to open the main road to regional population center of…