Category: Reports
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Three Nonviolent Protests in the West Bank
Nov. 30 Palestinian villagers protest on Road-443, Israel prevent them from using it Residents of a number of villages in the Ramallah area organized a protest joined by a number of International and Israeli peace activists at Highway 443, on Friday after the noon prayer. Protesters carried anti-racism signs and Palestinian flags, and demanded that…
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Tear gas and roadblocks are becoming routine in Azzoun
Azzoun village was again subject to curfew on Sunday, December 2. The Israeli army invaded the village at 3pm, with approximately 8 vehicles, including a large armored personnel carrier, a hummer, and several jeeps. For the next three hours, the army vehicles circled the village, unleashing a multitude of sound bombs and firing rubber bullets…
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16 Year Old Boy Seriously Injured by Live Ammunition During Israeli Army Invasion In Azzoun
On Tuesday November 27th, at approximately 3 pm, 16 year old Mohammed Fathi Asad Swedan was on his way to visit his grandmother when he was shot by live ammunition by the Israeli army. One bullet struck him in the left side of his chest, heading down through his stomach before finally lodging in his…
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Non-violent Demonstration in Tuba
Tuba On the 1st of December about 200 people demonstrated against the settler violence and the isolation of the Palestinian village Tuba in the very south of the West Bank. Local Palestinians, joined by many Israeli peace activists and internationals, walked from the neighboring village At Tuwani to Tuba on a path that villagers normally…
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Second in a Series of Non-Violent Demonstrations Against Huwwara Checkpoint Near Nablus
Today saw the second in a series of non-violent demonstrations against Huwwara checkpoint, just south of the West Bank city of Nablus. Palestinians, joined by internationals, delivered a message to the Israeli army: We have had enough of the seven years of curfew that have been imposed on Nablus. About forty protestors arrived at the…