Category: Reports
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*UPDATED VIDEO WITH SUBTITLES* Bil’in protests Wall, Leviev, army shoots popular committee member in the head
On Friday, January 11th, villagers of Bil’in were joined by around 70 Israeli, international, and other Palestinian Human Rights activists in a protest against the Annexation Wall. In Bil’in, the wall is stealing more than 60% of village land, and even the Israeli Supreme Court said in a recent decision that the route of the…
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Police and Soldiers stand by while Settlers Occupy Palestinian Land, Build Structures, and Harass Local Residents
This morning at 4am, January 9th, settlers from the occupied house Beit HaShalom and Kiryat Arba settlement began putting up structures on Palestinian land belonging to the Jabri family, in the valley between Kiryat Arba and Beit HaShalom. At first the settlers erected a tent which they later dismantled. Later around 50 young male and…
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Israeli Army Invades Qusin, Two Children Arrested and Tortured
On Monday night at 9pm, twelve Israeli jeeps stormed into the West Bank village of Qusin firing live ammunition, rubber bullets, tear gas and sound bombs. All men in the village between the ages of fifteen and forty were brought to the playground of the local school. The army took pictures of all the older…
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Woman Gives Birth in Street at 3am As Soldiers Closed Checkpoint
Tel Rumeida At 3am on Monday January 7th, Ahmad Sider was born in the street ten metres from an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron, after Israeli soldiers prevented his mother from passing for 25 minutes. She went into labour during the night and shortly before 3am attempted to pass the checkpoint with her husband. They live…
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Nablus Invasion Stretches to Three Days
On Saturday January 5, around 5pm, the Israeli Army’s 3-day incursion into Nablus appeared to come to an end. Human traffic once again returned to the streets of the Old City and city center and the checkpoints surrounding the city reopened. Just as city residents began the task of assessing the damages of the invasion,…