12 August 2006 Today the International Women’s Peace Service (IWPS) visited a family in Haris whose son had been shot after he passed through Huwarra checkpoint on the way out of Nablus. Their son Salem is 19 years old and ...
Read More »B’Tselem and HaMoked:Israel’s freeze policy on family unification in the Occupied Territories splits tens of thousands of Palestinian families
15 August 2006 Today, B’Tselem and HaMoked: Center for the Defence of the Individual, are publishing Perpetual Limbo , a report on Israel ‘s policy of freezing family unification for Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Although the policy affects almost ...
Read More »Israeli Soldier in Bil’in: “This is Lebanon!”
Israeli activists have uploaded a video of the shooting of Lymor and the initial violence of the Israeli military in Bil’in on Friday, August 11th. To view it click here. Higher quality for broadcast is also available from the ISM ...
Read More »Israeli soldiers destroy home in Tel Rumeida in search of nothing
Soldiers invade the home at night and keep internationals from entering. Settlers taunt internationals and watch. by Sunbula At around 10 pm on Friday August 11th in Tel Rumeida, 12 soldiers of the Israeli Occupation Forces entered an apartment building ...
Read More »Palestinians Force their way Through Closed Checkpoint
Hundreds of people wait at Huwarra checkpoint when soldiers closed it completely on Thursday by Michael At Huwarra checkpoint on August 10th at 2:30, there was a crowd of up to 300 Palestinian people waiting to cross. The soldiers stationed ...
Read More »Military Uses Collective Punishment of villages near Nablus
Over 100 Palestinian men wait at Beit Furik checkpoint after Israeli military closed it completely by Lina After an exchange of fire between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israeli military on one of the apartheid roads connecting Israeli settlements north of ...
Read More »Soldiers Occupy Houses in Balata
Israeli soldiers shot the ceiling of a home when they entered to set up snipers inside by Anna Early Wednesday morning, August 9, soldiers invaded Balata Refugee Camp. They began the operation by occupying 2 homes. The mother in the ...
Read More »Settlers Attack Internationals in Suseya
A woman from Sweden, Gabby, and a man from Austria, Sebastian, were kicked, pushed, jumped on, and bitten by settlers while they walked on Palestinian farmland the evening of August 8th. The internationals live in Suseya in order to accompany ...
Read More »Daily Harassment at Beit Iba Checkpoint
A woman waits after a long line for soldier to approve her passing by Woody, Miss J and Ernesto There is continual harrassment and human rights abuses at Beit Iba checkpoint, northwest of Nablus, which connects the largest city in ...
Read More »Rafah’s Remains after “Summer Rains”
“Everybody hopes to have a good life and a future. We love our children, mothers, and fathers, we love our families, like you. And we feel sad when somebody is killed. We are humans of flesh and blood. Think of ...
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