• PCHR: Narratives Under Siege

    In order to highlight the impact of the siege and closure of the Gaza Strip on the civilian population, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is publishing a series of “Narratives Under Siege” on their website. These short articles are based on personal testimonies and experiences of life in the Gaza Strip, highlighting the…

  • Y-net: We didn’t mean to kill them

    Israel says it doesn’t mean to kill Palestinian children, yet they keep on dying By B. Michael To view original article published on Y-net, click here We really didn’t mean to do it. Again we didn’t mean to do it. We have never meant to do it. Yet as usual, even though we didn’t mean…

  • Settlers and Israeli army attack Assira al Qibliya injuring two Palestinians

    On Saturday 3rd of May a group of Israeli Settlers paraded and attacked local Palestinans within the small village of Assira al Qibliya. Assira al Qibliya, is situated in the Nablus governorate in the north of the West Bank and has become used to these regular settler attacks. Two Palestinians, one 15 year old and…

  • Protests in Bil’in, al-Ma’sarah and al-Khader to mark International Workers’ Day

    May 2nd, 2008 After midday prayers approximately 100 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists gathered for the Friday demonstration against the wall in Bil’in. This week, the protest was held in solidarity with the Palestinian workers to mark International Workers’ Day on Thursday. Protesters set off on a seldom used to route to the wall. Their…

  • Israeli soldiers beat residents and damage vehicles during curfew in Azzoun

    The village of Azzoun, nine kilometres west of Qalqilya, was again put under curfew by Israeli soldiers at 6pm on Friday 2nd May, lasting until 2pm the next day. This is the ninth curfew to be imposed on the village of 11000 people in the past eleven days. Villagers were forced to close their stores…