Reports

by F. Tonight at about 10pm seven Israeli soldiers came to our apartment and knocked on the door. They wanted to come in, and I told them no, they couldn’t. They asked why, I told them that we do not ...

The apartment belonging to the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in Balata refugee camp, Nablus was broken into by the Israeli military last week, May 31st. In what is an apparent act of vandalism and harassment, the military forced their way ...

by Shlomo Bloom Closed Palestinian shops in what was once a lively market in Hebron On June 4th at approximately 3:30 pm a delegation from France came to Tel Rumeida to learn more about the situation here. We met with ...

Qawawis, 4th June 2006: About thirty inhabitants of the small Palestinian village of Qawawis and the neighbouring villages of Jatta and Al-Twane gathered in Qawawis this morning at around 9 am. They were joined by three internationals from ISM and ...

by Shlomo Bloom One of the Palestinians said today that he thought most of the settlers were in Kiryat Arba and there were very few of them on the street so there was hardly any trouble. At about 3pm, three ...

photo from Reuters A nonviolent demonstration was held at Atara checkpoint today to protest against the Israeli Occupation Forces’ preventing students from reaching their universities and schools. Palestinian and Israeli students, including Palestinian Israelis, were joined by international solidarity activists. ...

This week’s demonstration a call for greater Palestinian unity against the occupation. It was also a recognition of the 39th anniversary of al-Naksa, “the great disappointment” which marked the beginning of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, Gaza strip and ...

by Zadie Susser We visited the land of Samer Shahdah Abu Asara, a Beit Ummar farmer who owns land directly next to the illegael Israeli settlement of Efrat. In part of his land he used to grow grapes. Another part, ...

by Qusay Hamed, Nablus, Palestine. 13th May 2006 The term “Financial crisis” is an old/new term in the Palestinian dictionary; this occupied territory – that has scanty resources – is economically bounded with Israel. Nowadays Palestine lives a dramatic financial ...

29th May 2006. Tel Rumeida, Hebron 5:30 pm, Shuhada St, near Bet Haddasah settlement Four settler children were throwing stones at a Palestinian home. The two youngest were less than four years old and the older two were between 7 ...