• YNet: “Ministers okay restrictions on violent settlers”

    by Ronny Sofer, January 29th Ministerial committee approves series of measures against extremist settlers to prevent attacks on Palestinian civilians Government ministers on Monday approved a series of measures to be implemented against extremist settlers to prevent attacks on Palestinian civilians. Movement restriction and expulsion orders will be issued for violent settlers and the budgets…

  • Photo Exhibition Against Checkpoints at Huwwara

    This Saturday, 3rd February, from 12 pm. Palestinian photographer Khaled Jarrar will exhibit his photos at Huwwara checkpoint, outside Nablus. These photos show the daily suffering of Palestinians at checkpoints and the Wall. The exhibition, entitled “At the Checkpoint”, is organized by the Palestinian Body for Dialogue, Peace and Equality (HASM) and is part of…

  • Prayer and March on Bulldozed Land in Bethlehem Village

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE This Friday, at noon, villagers in the South Bethlehem region will gather for a prayer and march on the bulldozed land of Umm Salamuna. The action is part of the nonviolence resistance to the annexation and confiscation of their land for the Apartheid Wall and the nearby Israeli colony of Efrat. Israeli…

  • PNN: “Displaced from Aqaba as Israeli forces confiscate Jordan Valley village”

    by Ali Samoudi, January 28th The President of the Aqaba Village Council says the small community in the Jordan Valley is facing a new scheme which includes demolishing the village mosque, kindergarten, clinic and rural women’s center. Israeli forces issued 19 more demolition orders for houses and organizations that will replace Aqaba with military installations.…

  • Haaretz: “West Bank heart surgeon faces possible deportation from Israel”

    by Reuters, January 27th One of the few open-heart surgeons based in the occupied West Bank said on Saturday he had been detained at Israel’s airport and faced possible deportation. After being detained for more than a day at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, Israel granted Dirgham Abu Ramadan, a German cardiologist of Palestinian origin, a…