• Settlers attack house in Asira al Qibliya, Nablus

    The home of Nahla Machmoud and Jamal Yousef Saleh Ahmad in the village of Asira al Qibliya, near Nablus, again came under attack from Israeli settlers from nearby illegal Israeli settlement Yitzhar in the early hours of Tuesday morning, as the family awoke to find their house covered in spray-painted stars of David. Six stars…

  • 16 year old boy murdered by Israeli soldiers at Huwarra checkpoint

    At 7pm on Monday 19th May, a 16 year old boy, Fihme Abdel Jawad Dardouk, was murdered by Israeli soldiers at the Huwarra checkpoint in Nablus. Israeli army spokespeople have since claimed that the boy, a volunteer in the Tanweer Cultural Enlightenment Centre, had three pipe-bombs strapped to his body. Eyewitnesses claim this is not…

  • PCHR FACTSHEET: Extra-Judicial Executions of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) January– March 2008.

    PCHR FACTSHEET: Extra-Judicial Executions of Palestinians by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) January– March 2008. To download the full factsheet from PCHR, click here The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to implement a systematic policy of extra-judicial executions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). From the beginning of the second Intifada in September 2000 until…

  • J-Post: Quiet inauguration for West Bank police HQ

    By Etgar Lefkovits, published in the Jerusalem Post on 20th May 2008. To view original article click here A new police station has quietly opened in E1, an area between Jerusalem and the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim that has been a subject of continuing controversy. The station, which will serve as the new…

  • Alt-Arch: From Shiloah to Silwan – Urgent Update

    By: From Shiloah to Silwan: An Alternative Archaeological Tour of Ancient Jerusalem More links are available in the website http://www.alt-arch.org During the last months the efforts to raise awareness and to try to change the deteriorating situation in Silwan in East Jerusalem have gained momentum. We offer a short update and invite you to take…