• Israeli army attack Palestinian march to evacuated settlement of Homesh

    Over 100 Palestinians and international activists were attacked by Israeli soldiers with tear gas and sound bombs as they attempted to march to the evacuated Israeli settlement Homesh from the village of Burqa, near Nablus, on Friday 14th November. The villagers and internationals intended to enter the settlement, which was evacuated by Israeli authorities in…

  • Road block removed outside Deir Izbi’

    On Friday November 14th at 10:30am, Palestinian, Israeli and international activists joined together in an action to remove a roadblock outside the village of Deir Izbi’ in Ramallah area. The roadblock is preventing 14 villages direct use of Road 463 and thereby making the transportation time to Ramallah much longer and more difficult. The action…

  • The Sunday Herald: Scottish activist films Israeli navy shooting at Gaza fishermen

    Claims of 14 deaths in previous incidents By Billy Briggs To view original article, published by The Sunday Herald on the 16th November, click here A SCOTTISH human rights activist has filmed the Israeli navy firing machine guns at unarmed Palestinian fishing boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The…

  • Nine injured in N’ilin demonstration

    On November 14th, nine people were injured in a demonstration against the construction of the apartheid wall in Ni’lin. The demonstration started from the centre of the village at 11.30am and made it all the way to the construction site. The Israeli army, situated right outside the village, did not attack the non-violent action immediately…

  • ISM Gaza: Israeli navy shoots cables on Palestinian fishing boat

    On 15th November, 2008, seven human rights observers accompanied four Palestinian trawling vessels from the port of Gaza City as they fished in Palestinian territorial waters. At approximately 09:00 an Israeli naval gunboat marked ‘833’ approached one of the fishing vessels and proceeded to circle it. A soldier, possibly the commander of the gunboat, began…