Category: Reports

  • Settler and IOF violence at Sheikh Jarrah erupts into riot

    International Solidarity Movement 25 February 2010 One Palestinian man arrested, one woman and child pepper sprayed and two children injured as settler provocation turns into a riot. Spirits were high in the protest camp outside the Gawi and Al-Kurd families’ houses. Each Wednesday the community gathers for a meal, bridging the gap between the Palestinian,…

  • CPT: Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian shepherd, assault Palestinian youth

    Christian Peacemaker Team On Tuesday afternoon, February 23, 2010, Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian shepherd, Khalil Ibrahim Abu Jundiyye, from the village of Tuba. Abu Jundiyye, 19, was grazing his flock near Tuba when four Israeli soldiers, coming from the nearby Ma’on settlement, chased him and another shepherd back to Tuba. The soldiers aggressively pursued…

  • CPT: Netanyahu statement on Ibrahimi Mosque leads to unrest in Hebron

    Christian Peacemaker Team 22 February 2010 On 21 February 2010 Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the Israeli government’s intention to designate as Jewish heritage sites Rachel’s Tomb in Bethlehem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. Netanyahu’s statement has led to considerable concern and outrage in the Palestinian community. The Ibrahimi Mosque is one of the…