• Tadamon!: Palestine – Apartheid Fares

    By Aaron Lakoff, October 2008, Interview recorded in Biddu, Palestine To view original interview posted on Tadamon!, click here Photo: Aaron Lakoff. Mohammed Mansour, near Biddu, Palestine. Mohammed Mansour is a resident of Biddu, a village near Ramallah in the West Bank of Palestine. A former organizer with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM), he now…

  • Haaretz: Hebron settlers assault Palestinians, activists harvesting olives

    By Nadav Shragai To view original article, published by Haaretz on the 18th October, click here Witnesses and Reuters crew on Saturday said that Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinians and others helping them pick olives in the West Bank town of Hebron. The settlers reportedly punched and kicked two news photographers and a British woman…

  • Resident of Ni’lin shot twice by rubber-coated steel bullets during demonstration in Ni’lin

    Friday, October 17, 2008 On Friday 17th October, the village of Ni’lin held a peaceful prayer on their land followed by a demonstration over property that has been annexed by the Israeli government to build the Apartheid Wall. At 11.30, Ni’lin residents held a prayer for the return of their land. Immediately after, around 150…

  • Farmers in Shufa denied access to their lands for 5th year in a row

    Ahmad Droubi and his 80 year old father, Mahmoud, were refused access to their olive groves located within the illegal settlement of Avne Hefez for the third time this week, despite having received prior permission from Israeli authorities. Private security guards at the settlement refused to allow the farmers, accompanied by international activists, entry to…

  • Shufa village plunged into darkness for sixth day

    The village of Shufa in Tulkarem has been without electricity for the sixth day in a row, after the municipality generators, which are the only power source for the village, burnt out. Shufa has inexplicably been denied connection to the main electricity grid by Israeli authorities since 2001, despite the fact that all of the…