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Brighton-Tubas Fellowship: Three British nationals go to trial after non-violent demonstration
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Brighton-Tubas Fellowship: For more info contact Tom Hayes on 00447846506710 or Ann on 0522354477 ***Update, after being sent to the Ministry of the Interior to begin the process of deportation, the three women were released. Three British women, Kate Harrison, Caroline Bailey and Sarah Cobham representing the Brighton-Tubas Friendship and Solidarity group,…
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Targetted assault on Palestinian teen in Hebron
On the evening of Tuesday October 23, a 15 year old boy, Hamze Shweke, was detained by the Israeli army at the Tel Rumeida checkpoint. The soldiers approached the boy sitting at one of the checkpoints and told him that he had five seconds to leave. The night before Hamze had been assaulted by the…
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PCHR: Heart attack patient dies after being sent back from Erez crossing twice
Left on the Ground for Nearly an Hour, a Patient in a Serious Condition Dies Due to Restrictions at Erez Crossing PCHR strongly condemns the unjustified complicated procedures adopted by Israeli occupation authorities at Erez crossing, which have led to the death of an old patient from the Gaza Strip, who was suffering from diabetes…
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Ha’aretz: Protesters block Highway 443 to protest ban on Palestinian traffic
Israeli and Palestinian demonstrators blocked Highway 443 early Thursday morning to protest the ban on Palestinian vehicles from the road, which is a major artery connecting Jerusalem to Lod, Army Radio reported. The protesters, a coalition of Jewish and Arab members of leftist organizations, carried signs which read, among other slogans, “Caution Apartheid Road” and…
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Rubber-Coated Steel Bullet Wounds Peaceful Demonstrator at Bil’in
Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals came together in the village of Bil’in for another non-violent demonstration against the internationally-recognized as illegal segregation Wall built on Palestinian land. Israeli soldiers responded to the peaceful protesters with the usual onslaught of tear gas, sound bombs, and rubber-coated steel bullets. Two internationals were injured by the rubber-coated steel bullets,…