Category: Reports

  • Wa’el al Faqeeh released from Israeli prison

    UPDATE | 17 November 2010: Wa’el al-Faqeeh was released from Israeli prison today and is back in his Nablus home. The International Solidarity Movement strongly condemned his arrest, which marked an escalation in Israeli targeting of Palestinian popular resistance leaders. Wa’el has been a irreplaceable grassroots organizer in the Nablus area and we are ecstatic…

  • Settlers set Saffa ablaze, 3 Palestinian youth arrested

    17 November 2010 | Palestine Solidarity Project Last night settlers from the Bat Ayn settlement set fire to 70 olive trees in the Saffa region of Beit Ommar. The trees belonged to the Thalji Aady family, who have been subject to frequent settler violence and military harassment. The fire was lit around 9:30 pm, and…

  • This week in Silwan: clashes, raids, arrests, and demolition orders

    14 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center & ISM On Saturday, Israeli forces erected checkpoints at the entrances to Silwan village for the second day in a row. The network of checkpoints are a notorious source of inconvenience and frustration to the people of Silwan, whose freedom of movement is obstructed by the “security”…