• Dozens of people suffer from teargas inhalation in Bil’in

    Friday 24 October 2008 Report by Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Apartheid Wall and Settlements A protest was launched today (24th October)after the Friday prayer in Bil’in and was joined by international and Israeli activists to allow Palestinians to pick olives from the trees on their land. A delegation of journalists and students from Belgium,…

  • Israeli navy escalates attacks against Gaza’s fishermen

    Wednesday 22nd October, 2008 – off the coast of the Gaza Strip. Three international human rights observers (HRO’s) accompanied three Palestinian fishing vessels from the port of Gaza City, as they trawled offshore in Palestinian territorial waters. At about 08:30 (approximately 8 nautical miles from the coast) a Palestinian fishing boat with an international HRO…

  • Free Gaza Movement to set sail again

    To view the Free Gaza Movement website click here On October 28, 2008, the Free Gaza Movement will set sail again for Gaza. On board will be a Nobel Peace Prize winner, five physicians, a member of the Israeli Knesset, and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The boat will again carry 26 passengers…

  • Seven injured at Ni’lin demonstration

    Wednesday, October 22, 2008 In the continued spirit of resistance, 100 Palestinians along with several International and Israeli activists marched to demonstrate against the construction of the Apartheid Wall in the West Bank village of Ni’lin. The demonstrators met around 15.30 and moved close to the construction site when Israeli soldiers began to scream at…

  • Fourth day of intimidation in Azmut by illegal Israeli settlers

    On Monday 20 October farmers in Azmut were subject to a fourth day running of intimidation and intrusion onto their land as they harvested their olives near the illegal settlement of Elon Moreh. At 15:00 international activists and farmers from the village of Azmut to the east of Nablus city witnessed 3 settlers patrol in…