by Johan On Friday morning at 7:55am, 3 Palestinians, 7 Israelis and 5 internationals chained themselves to the posts of the apartheid wall that is currently under construction near Bil’in, a small village in the West Bank. This act of ...
Read More »Round-up of Recent Events in Qawawis
ISM volunteers have been maintaining a presence as Human Rights Observers (HROs) in the tiny Palestinian village of Qawawis (population approx. fifteen), as requested by locals. The vunerable village is often subject to attack and harrassment from nearby Israeli settlers. ...
Read More »Eyewitness to Night-time Raids in Bil’in
by Jesse Last night at about 1:40am we were called to the streets by local Palestinians of the village of Bil’in where we were staying the night. A force of three jeeps full of Israeli soldiers armed with M-16s were ...
Read More »More Settler Attacks in Hebron, While Soldiers and Police Watch
by Andrew At around 1.20pm on Thursday the 27th of October I received a phone call from one of the three internationals who had come to the aid of a Palestinian schoolgirl near Qurtuba School, and who were now under ...
Read More »Bil’in Prisoner Solidarity Demonstration Report
based on a report by IMEMC Israeli soldiers fired tear gas and rubber coated bullets at a non-violent protest against the Separation Wall in Bil’in village, near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Friday. The protest started midday Friday ...
Read More »Israeli Soldiers, Police and Settlers Block Olive Harvest In Yanoun, Nablus Region
by two ISM activists in Nablus Our experience of the harvest started in Yanoun village, Nablus region at 7am on the 26th of October. We accompanied two old Palestinian women in a field just down the hill from the Itamar ...
Read More »First Hand Account of Palestinian and International Arrests in Hebron
by Johan At approximately 13.15 I and another international were at Shuhada Street in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. I saw a soldier holding a 15-year old girl on her shoulders, so I walked over and filmed with my video camera while ...
Read More »Settler Violence Against Human Rights Observers and Palestinians in Hebron
Tel Rumeida, Incident Report by Sarah After the main group of settlers had passed us on the hill, Moran and I followed the rest of them up to the intersection at the top of the hill where many of them ...
Read More »Gaza occupation continues after disengagement
From the CNI Foundation The Israeli settlers have left, but the siege of Palestinian towns and villages in Gaza that lie near the old settlements continues unabated, according the latest report of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. The Israeli ...
Read More »This Week in Palestine: August 29 – September 4
Compiled by Women for Palestine The following information has been obtained from various sources, notably the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, the Electronic Intifada, the International Middle East Media Centre, Ramallah Online and others. NORTHERN GAZA Wednesday, 31 August 2005 ...
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