Category: Reports

  • Wadi Hilweh Information Center: Weekly update on Silwan

    06 March 2011 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center 3 March 2011 | 4 youth arrested in dawn raid on Silwan Israeli forces raided Silwan today at dawn, arresting 4 local children. The boys arrested are aged between 13 and 15 years, and are scheduled to appear in the Israeli Magistrates Court on charges of stone-throwing…

  • Violence and trauma grips Silwan once again

    5 March 2011 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Violent confrontations erupted in Silwan yesterday, with clashes sparked in Samer Sarhan Street and spreading throughout various districts of the village. Witnesses state that in addition to firing heavy amounts of rubber bullets at protesters, Israeli forces have begun using a new type of tear gas. 17…

  • Several people injured at the International women’s day demonstration at Qalandiya checkpoint

    05 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement At the 5th of March several protesters at Qalandiya checkpoint were injured. Among the injured were a 23 year old Swedish ISM activist hit by a tear gas grenade. The grenade burned her skin and left a bleeding wound on her arm, burned her hair, and left her…