Category: Reports

  • Israeli Apartheid deepens as building continues in Har Homa

    Today a group of Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists gathered at the entrance to the illegal settlement Har Homa, not far from Bethlehem, to protest against Israel’s ongoing expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The demonstrators lined up at the settler road with banners, flags and speeches about peace, justice and…

  • Settlers throw their trash at Hebron residents

    January 2nd, Tel Rumeida, Hebron At approximately 10:30 AM, Human Rights Workers (HRWs) received a call that settlers from the Beid Hadassah settlement were throwing objects at Palestinian business and onto the Al Shallalah street. HRWs arrived on the scene too late to film the settlers in action but followed a shopkeeper around the area…

  • *UPDATED* (With Original Video of Attack) Two Badly Injured as Bil’in Residents Attempt to Thwart Settler Land Grab

    On January 1st, Mohammed Khatib and Abdullah Abu Rahme of the Bil’in popular committee were badly beaten by settlers while non-violently attempting to stop the positioning of a settlement outpost on village land. Abdullah was released from Sheik Zaid hospital the same night, Mohammed returned home later the next day. Cameraman Emad Bornat was beaten…

  • Italian delegation denied entry to Gaza – Another soon to follow

    (An Italian delegation left to visit Gaza. They were denied entry, but another delegation, working for the European Parliament, is coming soon. This was what they released beforehand.) The initiative “Gaza must live – appeal to end a genocidal embargo” was launched at the end of September. The appeal was promoted, among others, by a…

  • Activists call for Boycott of Leviev during weekly Bil’in protest

    Friday, December 28, 2008 After Friday prayers, the people of Bil’in marched out in a mass public demonstration, joined by a number of international and Israeli solidarity activists, holding Palestinian flags and signs criticizing the building of colonies and the wall. The Popular Committee (Against the Wall and Settlements of Bil’in) expressed its opposition and…