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Nablus: “So you’re doing this without a military order?”…“I am.”
Thursday, July 19, 2007 at 6:50 am approximately 50 Israeli Occupation Force (IOF) soldiers and border police, accompanied by a bulldozer, came to the village of Zawata, located by the West Bank city of Nablus. At 9:30 am they demolished one home despite attempts by international human rights activists at the scene to stop the…
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Is This Ben Gurion Or Hell?
Is This Ben Gurion Or Hell? Original Article Link. By Remi Kanazi 18 July, 2007 Countercurrents.org Anyone who has traveled through Ben Gurion airport in Israel knows that it is a unique experience. For most Israeli Jews, the experience is comforting, a quick and accommodating entry into a nation created and developed for the Jewish…
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Bil’in: No IOF Love for Bil’in Non-Violent Protesters
July 20th, 2007. Friday’s non-violent protest saw over 300 Israeli (~25), Palestinian, and international (over 100) supporters walk, unarmed as usual, from central Bil’in village towards the Israeli Apartheid Wall, which steals nearly 60% of Bil’in villagers’ vital agricultural land. Despite numerous attempts by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) at squashing the marchers demonstration, protesters…
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Tel Rumeida: Another Meaningless Trip to the Police Station
July 19th, 2007. This afternoon, on Shuhada Street, a young Palestinian boy was detained. Two settler children were coming up the street, drawing on the doors and walls of Palestinian houses with chalk. Two ISM members were posted on the street and one of them informed the police of the settlers actions, to which he…
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Jerusalem: ICAHD Continues to Rebuild!
July 17th, 2007. The below report was written by Summer Camp participant: P.R. The decision was made. We as the summer camp now officially have two houses to reconstruct. We all woke up this morning with a day of brick setting and cement pouring ahead of us. Some of us woke to the sound of…