• 14year old boy detained for trying to steal a landmine

    A temporary checkpoint was erected in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, complete with a landmine placed on the road. Human Rights Workers noticed a young boy being detained. HRW’s approached the boy to enquire over what was going on. It was established that he was 14 years old and therefore too young to have an ID card.…

  • Landowner visits land for the first time in years

    Susya 1st September 2007 12 Palestinians and 3 Human Rights Workers (HRWs) went to visit land which is overlooked by an illegal Israeli settler colony and which has taken the old Palestinian name of Susya. Access to this land by its owners has been restricted since 1984 when the Palestinian residents of Susya were forcibly…

  • Elderly woman harrassed by settlers on quad bike night and day

    1st and 2nd September 2007 At 9.30pm on 1st September an elderly Palestinian woman shouted in distress to the other tents of the village scattered across a hillside South of Hebron where the original inhabitants of Susya now live. She had been walking with a torch in the dark when some settlers drove up on…

  • Succesful Road Block Removal ends in Arrests

    31.08.2007, Sarra – Nablus Region On Friday, 31.08.2007, International and Israeli Human Rights Activists joined the people of Sarra village in another demonstration against a roadblock that for years has obstructed direct access into Nablus city. For the last five years the people of Sarra have had a trip of five minutes from their town…

  • Non-Violent Friday in Al Walaja

    Al Walaja 31/8/07 On Friday August 31st at 12:30pm Palestinians, Israelis and international activists met at the village of Al Walaja north of Bethlehem to demonstrate against the construction of the annexation wall, which when complete will surround Al Walaja on three sides. The wall will also make a large amount of land owned by…