Category: Reports
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Israeli settler attacks Palestinian girl, Police detain four human rights workers
Israeli settler attacks Palestinian girl by ISM Hebron, 28 April 2007 On Tuesday, April 24, just after 11 am, two human rights workers (HRWs), an Israeli and an international, saw a settler boy from the Tel Rumeida Settlement beat a Palestinian girl as she was making her way home from school. The six border police…
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PNN: Gathering Steam in South Bethlehem
Nonviolent Activism Gathers Steam in Southern Bethlehem by Sami Awad, April 27th, 2007 To see video, click HERE The southern villages of Bethlehem have been organizing weekly nonviolent resistance activities to the building of the Apartheid Wall that will ultimately separate the farmers from these villages from 70% of their agricultural land. The activity this…
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Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance
Just can’t quell the non-violent resistance by ISM Martinez, 27 April 2007 Once a week for 26 months, Palestinians from the village of Bil’in have been non-violently resisting the Israeli Occupation and the Apartheid Wall has ripped through the village. This Friday, Palestinians were joined by international and Israeli solidarity activists. They joined the demonstration…
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IMEMC: Against the Wall near Bethlehem
Peaceful demonstration against the illegal wall and settlements near Bethlehem Polly Bangoriad, 27 April 2007 On Friday midday Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists held a non-violent demonstration near the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem, protesting against illegal Israeli settlement expansion and the Illegal Wall. Israeli army watch over non-violent demonstration – Photo by…
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Latifah, A Mother of Seven Prisoners
Call from a Mother of Seven Prisoners 23 April 2007 Latifah Naji Abo Homeed, 61 years old, lives in Al Am’ary Refugee Camp in the city of Ramallah – Palestine. Of her 10 children, one killed during 1994 by Israeli military & seven have been imprisoned by Israel. She longs to see them but has…