• Three more residents of Ni’llin arrested by Israeli forces

    Three more people from the village of Ni’lin were arrested in the early morning of the 25th September Israeli forces. Moumin Abed Shadah Flror (17), Ibrahim Khalil Mussleh (19) and Said Attalah Amira (23) were all abducted from their homes at around 1am on the 25th September. Israeli forces entered the village, where large- scale…

  • Member of the Ni’lin Popular Committee shot in the head with tear-gas cannister

    On the 23rd September at about 11:00 Ahed Khawajeh, Salah Khawajeh, Mohammed Amira, 5 EU Parliament representatives and the head of the municipality Ayman Nefeah went to the fields to show the Parliament members the impact of the apartheid wall before a planned demonstration. Photo by Iyad Haddad The Israeli army approached them and told…

  • ISM Rafah: Fishing under occupation

    Report written by Donna Wallach, ISM volunteer in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine, 21st September, 2008. On Sunday 21st September, about 5 fishing boats trawled the coast from the Gaza City port. I was on a boat that had been water cannoned the previous day and many of their nets…

  • Israeli army open fire on civilians at Huwarra checkpoint

    Israeli soldiers opened fire on civilians at Huwarra checkpoint at 8am on Monday 22nd September. Photo by Nadal Shtayah The gunfire followed an alleged attempt by a Palestinian woman to pour acid on Israeli soldiers, echoing an attack that took place at the checkpoint two weeks ago. There are mixed reports as to whether any…

  • ISM Rafah: Israeli navy use live ammunition and water cannon against Gazan fishermen

    Gaza, 20th September 2008 – Members of ISM in the Gaza Strip accompanied Palestinian fishermen from the port of Gaza. When they were approximately four nautical miles offshore the fishing vessel was approached by an Israeli gunboat which proceeded to circle it continuously for a while. Shortly after the gunboat withdrew, a larger naval vessel…