Category: Reports
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Denied Entry
by Noura Khouri Typically, entry to the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) through the only possible route available, via Israel, is a nerve- racking, tiresome and extremely invasive affair. If the foreigner in question answers honestly, to the barrage of questions hurled by the Israeli Border Police he or she could be in for a very…
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Israeli “Justice”: Paul Larudee Denied Entry to Palestine by Israel
UPDATE, 19th of June: Judge Pilpel yesterday ruled that Paul will be denied entry. Paul has now left the country. There are now 15 days to file an appeal against the denial of entry. At this time, a decison on whether to do this or not has not been made. Israeli friends who came to…
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Bil’in Unites in Solidarity With Gaza
By Sunbula and Jennie Photos by Sunbula Yet again, the people of Bil’in were joined in solidarity by international and Israeli peace activists on a Friday afternoon after midday prayers to protest the annexation of the village’s land by the illegal Apartheid Wall. The Israeli presence here is constant, and there is a camaraderie among…
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Israeli Soldiers in Hebron Refuse to Prevent Attacks Against Palestinians, Internationals
June 14th: At approximately 12:30 PM, two Human Rights Workers (HRWs) on Shuhada Street noticed a group of between 8 and 10 settlers boys between the ages of 9 and 12 carrying plastic bags filled with water. The boys were coming out of the Beit Hadassah settlement and were headed up the stone stairs towards…
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“It is my land not the settlers’ land”
One of Solayby’s grape vines that settlers knocked over and their sheep ate the leaves Muhammed Abu Solayby from Beit Ummar village near Hebron has suffered heavily from the settlers from the nearby settlement of Beit Ai’an. They have destroyed many of his grape vines, fruit and nut trees, and even beat Abu Solayby severely…