• Ynet: Regiment commander to be dismissed over Naalin incident

    Crime and punishment: Chief military prosecutor decides to dismiss armored corps lieutenant colonel after IDF soldier filmed shooting handcuffed Palestinian; commander, shooter to face criminal charges By Hanan Greenberg To view original article, published by Ynet on the 6th August, click here First report: Regiment Commander Lieutenant Colonel Omri will be dismissed from his post…

  • AATW: 23 arrested in protest outside army officer’s home following Ni’lin killings

    Press release from Anarchists Against the Wall 23 demonstrators were violently arrested in front of the house of Colonel Aviv Reshef, who is the army commander of the regiment stationed in the Ni’ilin region. The demonstrators were arrested while protesting the murder of two minors in Ni’ilin last week. The two – Ahmed Mousa, 10…

  • The Guardian: Cherie Blair’s sister joins battle to break Gaza blockade

    By Rachel Williams To view original article, published by The Guardian on the 5th August, click here A group of activists including Tony Blair’s sister-in-law Lauren Booth plans to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip by sailing into the Palestinian territory. Some 46 campaigners, among them several Britons, a Holocaust survivor and an 81-year-old…

  • Israeli army attacks Yusef Amira’s funeral in Ni’lin

    On the 4th of August Yusuf Ahmad Amira was buried in Ni’lin. He was killed by Israeli soldiers, shot on 29th of July in Ni’lin after the funeral of Ahmed Mousa. Video courtesy of Israel Putermam The procession of the funeral was attacked by the army using tear gas, sound grenades and rubber bullets against…

  • Al-Kurd family home still under threat

    For more information, visit http://www.sheikhjarrah.com/ Since an order issued by the Israeli Supreme court on July 16, 2008 to evict the Al-Kurd family from their home, located in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem, neighbors, friends and international solidarity activists have maintained a strong presence at the house to show their support for the family.…