Category: Reports
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Israeli army injures 14 Palestinians, 1 Israeli arrested at Bil’in demo
Israeli army injures 14 Palestinians, 1 Israeli arrested at Bil’in demo by Martinez,, 6 April 2007 UPDATE on arrest of Jonathan Pollock, 8 April 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATE: VIDEO, 7 April 2007 UPDATE: After his court hearing in Jerusalem, Jonathan Pollock was “released on own recognisance” last night. Kobi Snitz said, “This is indeed…
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Pesach in Hebron, Settlers and Soldiers Trespass on Palestinian Property
Pesach inHebon by ISM Hebron, Wednesday 4 April 2007 At approximately 11am, 30 Israeli soldiers passed through checkpoint 56 into H1, the area of Hebron under limited autonomy of the Palestinian Authority. The army proceeded to close all the shops on Beersheva Road, forced the Palestinians in the cars to drive away, and ordered the…
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Palestinian Christians and the effects of Israeli Apartheid
Palestinian Chrisitians prevented from reaching Bethlehem on Palm Sunday by Snyder, 4 April 2007 As hordes of tourists flocked to the holy sites of Jerusalem to carry Palm leaves through the Old City, hundreds of Palestinian Christians were prevented from passing through the Bethlehem terminal. On the evening before Palm Sunday, I passed through the…
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Incurion and Arrests in Tubas
Incursion and Arrests in Tubas from Brighton Palestine, 4 April 2007 On Monday April 2nd the IDF entered the town of Tubas (in Area A – the ‘Palestinian controlled’ area of the occupied West Bank). Around 40 soldiers and several vehicles surrounded the home of Ibrahim and Hamid Daragmeh and told the family that they…
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Construction of Israeli settlement under way in Jordan Valley
Full of settlers: construction of new Jordan Valley Israeli settlement by Jamil al-Husni, Brighton Palestine, 1 April 2007 EIN AL-HILWA, West Bank From his home in the Ein al-Hilwa village in the Jordan Valley, 23 year-old Nasser Kaabna watches ongoing construction of the new Israeli settlement named Maskot. Foundations for temporary housing and electrical lines…