Category: Reports

  • Israeli army invades Ramallah, captures 4 Palestinians

    by Iman On Tuesday October 10th at 6:30 pm, Israeli Occupation Forces entered Lower Ramallah shooting their way through the city. One ISM volunteer on the scene reported having witnessed at least 9 Army Jeeps as well as a bulldozer. The ISM volunteer was not allowed near where the soldiers were trying to detain Palestinians.…

  • Soldiers Disrupt Medical Work in Tubas

    by Tom Hayes We had gone to meet Red Crescent workers in the hope of establishing links between the branch and grassroots groups in Brighton. The paramedics at the branch told us of how Israeli checkpoints and closures made it impossible to give their patients proper care. The road from Tubas to Nablus has recently…

  • Armed Israeli Colonists Move Freely While Army Restricts Palestinian Movement

    by ISM Hebron and Tel Rumeida Project For video evidence from this day: click here to view or click here to download. A description of each part of the video is at the end of this report. At 1.30pm on Sunday 8th October 2006, soldiers closed the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida, Hebron (checkpoint 56)…

  • Palestinian Resident of Hebron Detained for Sitting on the Street

    by ISM Hebron On Saturday the 7th of October at 2pm about ten Israeli settlers, aged 15 to 20, harassed Palestinians on the hill above Beit Hadassah settlement in Tel Rumeida, Hebron. Palestinians were afraid to go home and international human right workers observing were attacked by settlers who tried to push the video camera…

  • March of Grapes Brutally Attacked-6 Arrested, Many Injured

    by PSP, October 8 October 8, 2006-Today, Palestinian, international and Israeli activists joined together to demonstrate against land theft, road closures and economic isolation by bringing two tons of the surplus Palestinian grape harvest to an occupation checkpoint along Route 60. In a display of civil disobedience akin to the North American Boston Tea Party,…