• Beit Furik: Palestinians Defy Israeli Apartheid

    Hundreds defy apartheid restrictions on movement in Beit Furik from IWPS, 1 April 2007 Nearly 200 Palestinian and international activists defied Israel’s apartheid policies at the Beit Furik checkpoint in Nablus today. The non-violent demonstrators joined together to resist the closure of the checkpoints by the Israeli military for the Jewish Pesacht holiday. The demonstration…

  • Re-Ignited in Palestine: Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians

    Re-Ignited in Palestine: Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians by The Shmoogster The Tel Rumeida Circus for Detained Palestinians had their first reunited circus extravanganza last night. Due to heavy rains, our flames were dampened 2 weeks ago when we attempted to have our first 2007 circus show in Tel Rumeida. Last night, however, Katie…

  • IWPS: For 7 hours, Israeli soliders resfuse to return Palestinian ID cards

    Soldiers refuse to return ID cards after detaining three young men for over seven hours following Land Day demonstration by Gemma and Nova, IWPS, 1 April 2007 On March 30, 2007, three young men from the village of Rafat were arrested by the Israeli Forces following a nonviolent demonstration on the village’s land. At 1:44pm,…

  • Tel Rumeida: Teachers Detained at Checkpoint, Settlers attacks human rights workers, steal camera

    by ISM Hebron, Sunday, 1 April Checkpoint 56, Tel Rumeida: Palestinian school teachers were again delayed for a long time this morning on their way to school. The school teachers have an agreement with the DCO (District Coordinating Office) that they can pass through the gate at the side of the checkpoint instead of having…

  • M.E. Times: Palestinian refugee marks Land Day away from her land

    Palestinian refugee marks Land Day away from her land by Marwan Naamani, 31 March 2007 BEIRUT — Palestinian Umm Aziz was an 18-year-old newly-wed when she fled to Lebanon from her native village of Sheikh Daoud, in what is now Israel, when the Jewish state was created in 1948. On Friday, Umm Aziz marked what…