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Israeli forces shoots Gazan fisherman at shore
27 November 2010 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza At 12:30 pm, Ahmed Mahmoud Jarboh, aged 26, was shot in the back of the left knee by the Israeli Offensive Forces while fishing at the shore of Beit Lahya, in the north of the Gaza Strip. He is currently hospitalized in Kamal Udwan, in the neighboring town Jabalya, where his condition is being monitored. Beit Lahya borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the 1949 Armistice…
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Israeli forces assault 7 year old Palestinian in Silwan
26 November 2010 | Wadi Hilweh Information Center Israeli forces assaulted 7 year old Adam Mansour Rishq during tense scenes in Silwan today. The child was beaten by Israeli troops who accused him of throwing stones at a military vehicle, who then attempted to arrest the youth but were stopped by residents who flocked to the scene. One resident told soldiers that “if you want to arrest him you can send an order to his father,…
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Israeli bulldozers: demolishing homes, ruining livelihoods
26 November 2010 | Stella, International Solidarity Movement In the last few days, with a wave of demolitions, Israeli bulldozers have spread destruction and despair in the villages across the West Bank: in Qarawat Bani Hassan near Salfeet, in al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley, in Hizma, near Jerusalem, in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas, and in the South Hebron Hills. Yesterday I went to the village of al-Rifayaia, east of Yatta in South Hebron, where at…
