Category: Reports

  • Palestinian shepherd assaulted by settlers in South Hebron Hills

    19th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil Team | Mirkez, Occupied Palestine On the 16th of July, Omar Jabril, 28, was pasturing his sheep in the surroundings of Mirkez, in the middle of firing zone 918, when three settlers assaulted him, injuring him severely. Some villagers witnessed broken teeth and a large amount of…

  • Video- Journalists’ protest violently supressed by Israeli forces at Qalandiya checkpoint

    18th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Ramallah Team | Qalandiya, Occupied Palestine Yesterday, around 150 Palestinian journalists protested at Qalandiya checkpoint demanding freedom of movement for journalists. Israeli forces violently suppressed the demonstration by throwing sound bombs and shooting rubber coated steel bullets at journalists, resulting in five people injured. At 12am, journalists arrived…

  • Land grab in Qaryut; residents fear illegal settlement expansion

    16th July 2013 | International Solidarity Movement, Nablus Team | Qaryut, Occupied Palestine On the 3rd of July 2013, settlers from the illegal colony of Shilo bulldozed land belonging to Qaryut, destroying around two hundred recently planted olive trees. Citizens of Qaryut are now concerned that new houses for the illegal settlement are being built…