Settlers on Wednesday from the illegal Israeli settlement of Sanur near Jenin — due to be evacuated as part of Israel’s “disengagement” plan — attempted to launch an assault on the Palestinian village of Assa’sa, clashing with the Israeli soldiers ...
Read More »Young Palestinian women lead demonstration against the wall in Bil’in
A group of twenty young Palestinian women aged from 13-16 led more than 400 people in a demonstration Monday against the illegal annexation barrier being constructed across land belonging to the village of Bil’in. Local villagers were joined by a ...
Read More »Threats and worry in al-Asa’asa on the eve of Israeli disengagement
by Lee Al-Asa’asa is a village of 500 situated right next to the settlement of SaNur. Radical anti disengagement settlers from all over the West Bank, many from Hebron, have camped out at SaNur, surrounding the small military settlement with ...
Read More »The Gaza Disengagement Plan’s Impact on the West Bank
by the Palestine Center staff It is difficult to imagine a situation more terrifying and bleak. Isolated and without any means to determine their own destiny, Palestinians will soon be forced to live their lives as prisoners in a cell. ...
Read More »Settlers hold Palestinians hostage as Northern West Bank pullout deadline looms
Hundreds of pro-settlement Israelis have flocked to the area around Jenin to protest the dismantling of four small settlements scheduled to be part of Israel’s disengagement plan for the northern part of the West Bank. Not exactly what you’d call ...
Read More »Soldier joins Bil’in protest
A wall moves through Bil’in A woman who showed up in her military uniform along with protesters in Bil’in was quickly arrested by soldiers and transferred to IDF investigators for questioning. About 100 or so peace activsits carried their own ...
Read More »10 Palestinians injured by Israeli soldiers in Liban Al-Gharbi
This morning, ten Palestinians were injured when soldiers opened fire in Liban Al-Gharbi, near Rantis – 15 km south of Qalqilya. The conflict began six days ago, when a group of 25 settlers and soldiers brought heavy machinery onto a ...
Read More »Hundreds trapped in Ramallah as all exit points closed for afternoon
Soldiers set up a “flying checkpoint” outside Ramallah, near the village of Surda on Sunday. By Sarita and Andrew Ambulances, commerce, people traveling to work or heading home were all brought to a halt Sunday in Ramallah as Israeli soldiers ...
Read More »A snake winds through Bil’in
Carrying a 20-foot long mock snake with a dove baring the colors of the Palestinian flag in its mouth, about 100 Palestinian peace activists in the West Bank village of Bil’in on Friday were joined by 50 Israelis and 30 ...
Read More »Abdullah Abu-Rahme released
Abdullah Abu-Rahme was released from the jail in Ofer Military Base on Monday, Aug.1, at 2.30 pm. Abdullah was arrested July 17 during a nonviolent demonstration against the wall in his home village of Bil’in. In a previous hearing, a ...
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