• PNN: “Tens of people homeless after Israeli bulldozers destroy Jerusalem apartment building”

    by Maisa Abu Ghazaleh, January 23rd Bulldozers belonging to Israeli-annexed Jerusalem’s municipality demolished a four story residential building belonging to Mohammad Mahmoud Al Aemes. Israeli forces used the pretext of building a street for a settlement in destroying the Sur Baher neighborhood home. But they did not finish on Monday, leaving half for today. Several…

  • Rally Against Settler Violence and Road Closure in Hebron

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On Thursday 25th January residents of Hebron will gather at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida at 2pm to demonstrate against settler violence and the closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Speakers, including Palestinian Legislative Council members Hatem Qafish (Hamas) and Dr.Saher Qawasmeh (Fateh), will condemn the continuing settler violence towards Palestinians…

  • Palestinian children to play Katyusha at Huwwara checkpoint

    UPDATE Tuesday 7pm This action has been postponed due to the current situation in Nablus. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE In the second action of the ‘Thirty Days against Checkpoints Campaign’ a youth band will perform the popular Russian folk song ‘Katyusha’ at Huwwara checkpoint on Wednesday 24th January at 12 noon. ‘Katyusha’, a popular Soviet Second…

  • Aljazeera: “Israel’s Hebron settlers criticised”

    Aljazeera, January 20th The head of Israel’s central Holocaust memorial has criticised Jewish settlers who harass Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron. Yosef Lapid, the chairman of Yad Vashem, Israel’s largest Holocaust memorial said on Saturday that the abuse recalled the anti-Semitism present in Europe prior to the second world war. Lapid’s unusually…

  • Residents demand freedom of movement at Tel Rumeida checkpoint

    by ISM Hebron, January 20th Today, at 13:00, internationals and local residents gathered at the main checkpoint into Tel Rumeida, known as the 56 checkpoint, to protest against settler violence and the continued closure of Shuhada Street to Palestinians. Children held signs in front of the checkpoint saying, “No to settlements. Yes to peace.”, “Freedom,…