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Israeli forces invade Bil’in following Friday demonstration, shoot live ammunition

16 January 2010 Eight demonstrators were injured today in Bil’in along with dozens who suffered tear-gas inhalation during a regular Friday protest against the Wall and subsequent army invasion into the village. The army used live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and tear-gas grenades and canisters against the unarmed crowd. The demonstration, called by the Bil’in Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements, was joined by dozens of international and Israeli activists. Speeches were made commemorating the…

January 16, 2010

Thirteen leftists detained in East Jerusalem rally

Ronen Medzini | Ynet News 15 January 2010 Director of Association for Civil Rights in Israel among detainees in weekly protest against Jewish takeover. Thirteen leftist activists, including the director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Hagai Elad, were detained Friday in a rally in east Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarah neighborhood. About 70 Arab and Jewish leftists took part in the weekly protest to demonstrate against the Jewish takeover of homes in the neighborhood. The…

January 16, 2010

Palestinian olive grove destroyed in the night

15 January 2010 Christian Peacemaker Team For immediate release: In the afternoon of 14 January Palestinians discovered that a family owned olive grove in Khoruba valley had been recently destroyed. Twenty mature olive trees were broken at their trunks. The family believes that Israeli settlers from the Ma’on settlement and Havot Ma’on outpost are responsible for the vandalism. A Palestinian farmer informed internationals who documented the destruction that this was the fifth time since 1997 that…

January 16, 2010