• ACTION ALERT: Israel Attempting to Expel Bil’in Family Man to Jordan

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, June 5th, at 9:00 am, the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem will hold a hearing concerning a petition against the decision of the army to expel to Jordan one of the residents of Bil’in. The plaintiff is Assam Ibrahim Ali Khateeb, whose family immigrated to Jordan in 1966. During the…

  • A Quiet Shabbat in Tel Rumeida…

    by Shlomo Bloom One of the Palestinians said today that he thought most of the settlers were in Kiryat Arba and there were very few of them on the street so there was hardly any trouble. At about 3pm, three settler boys of approximately 10 years of age began throwing rocks at two Human Rights…

  • JPost: “Barakeh: Bil’in protesters didn’t attack”

    by Jersalem Post, 2nd June 2006 Photo from AP The weekly demonstration against continued construction of the security barrier in the village of Bil’in resulted on Friday in the injuries of one border policeman and several protesters. Hadash leader Mohammed Barakeh, who was present at Friday’s protest, told Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter that he…

  • Students Unite Against Checkpoints

    photo from Reuters A nonviolent demonstration was held at Atara checkpoint today to protest against the Israeli Occupation Forces’ preventing students from reaching their universities and schools. Palestinian and Israeli students, including Palestinian Israelis, were joined by international solidarity activists. The Atara checkpoint is located on the road to Bir Zeit University, north of Bir…

  • Qawawis Demands a Gap

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tomorrow, Sunday morning villagers will lie down along the route of the wall demanding the a gap is left for them to be able to pass through. The villagers of Qawawis woke up Wednesday morning to workers building a meter-high cement wall along the road that runs through their land between the…